Apple introduced the latest version of the MacBook Air today, and it's a feat of miniaturization. Steve Jobs described it as "what would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up." Perhaps most ...

In this fourth installment of our MacBook Air review series, we pit Apple's standard hard disk drive (HDD) model against the standard solid state drive (SSD) configuration in a set of battery and ...

The MacBook Air comes with an 80GB hard drive in its standard configuration. Or you could pay an extra $999 for a 64GB solid-state drive. Why pay more for less? Because SSDs have a number of ...

Think of the last time you made heavy use of your optical drive, and ponder how many Apple users totally cram up their 320GB hard drives, and you’ll see why. There’s also some discussion about ...

The 500GB 7200 RPM drive that was in the old MacBook now serves as a Time Machine backup for a MacBook Air. Benchmarking Now that all the hard work is out of the way, we can see what our SSD ...

According to the site, Apple’s MacBook Air refresh last October included Toshiba’s Blade X-gale SSDs, but a recent teardown revealed a different SSD altogether (manufacturer as yet unknown).

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

It’s a bit harder to get to the MacBook Air’s hard drive than the regular MacBook’s. You need to remove the bottom cover as well as the battery, both of which are held by a variety of screws.

MacBook Air: Most models from 2017 or older have hard drive upgrade options. MacBook Pros: Both 13-inch and 15-inch models 2015 and older can be upgraded.

Cheaper bus-powered drives are available. Wednesday, January 23rd. A quick reminder: the aptly named MacBook Air SuperDrive is only for the MacBook Air.

The launch of the M4 MacBook Air back in March helped Apple enjoy faster growth than any other computer maker in the first quarter of the year, according to a new report.. However, there are ...