Photo of New MacBook Air Leaked?

A photo claiming to be that of the new MacBook Air without room for a hard drive has been posted online by Engadget.

We just received this shot of what is purportedly the inside of the new MacBook Air. Contrary to popular belief, the machine appears to be another 13.3-incher, with the primary modification being extra room for battery cells and apparently no room for a hard drive. Of course, this is only one SKU, so who knows what else Apple has in store. From what we can tell from the photo, Apple is taking its unibody styling and construction and running with it here, not that the MacBook Air was too far off from the MacBook Pro to begin with. The telltale sign is the black hinge, though it also appears Apple has done away with the drop-down side ports.

AppleInsider reported yesterday that "the new models will do away with existing options for a conventional hard-disk drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD) in favor something described as an 'SSD Card' that lacks a traditional drive enclosure and more closely resembles a stick of RAM, yet is not easily user-replaceable."


Apple is expected to announce the notebook at their "Back to the Mac" event on October 20th.

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