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MacBook Air (Original) 120 GB Hard Drive

$249.95

Product code: IF107-073-1

Product Overview

Undoubtably, the most significant happening of any January 30th—apart from the birth of Phil Collins in 1951—was the release of the MacBook Air in 2008. Thousands ran to the nearest Apple store to acquire their own ludicrously thin laptop. The jubilation that followed shook the heavens.

Gloating turned to mourning, however, on October 14 of the same year when Apple released their second iteration of this credit card-thin laptop. The new model featured a boost in storage from a 80 GB PATA hard drive to a 120 GB SATA drive. Original MacBook Air owners plunged into depression, refusing to leave their rooms, missing weeks of work. The result: a dip in the economy, the effects of which we're still feeling today.

We at iFixit, in our quest to bring order and equilibrium to the planet, sell a 120 GB PATA Hard Drive. Pluck up, you Original MacBook Air owners: more storage for your slender friend is at hand!

Drive uses zif-type connector. Does not include hard drive cable.

Note: This drive works only in Original MacBook Airs. Newer versions of the MacBook Air use a different connector configuration and are therefore incompatible.

Compatibility

Identify your Mac

  • 1.6 or 1.8 GHz Original MacBook Airs

Product Details

  • Manufacturer: Samsung
  • Dimensions: 1.8" form factor, 5mm thick
  • Capacity: 120 GB Unformatted
  • Buffer Size: 8 MB

  $249.95

 
 

Condition:

Used, fully tested

Warranty:

6 month warranty

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Compatibility

MacBook Air Models A1237 and A1304
1.6 GHz (Original)
1.8 GHz (Original)
 

Stories

My Problem

Hardrive had unrepairable errors.

My Fix

iFixit Team

I ordered the part 18:30ish (GMT) on the Friday evening, could believe it when I got home from work on Monday evening to find the new disk had arrived.

The next night I installed it with help from your utube clip explaining and showing the necessary stages. When it came to putting it all back together ...... no problems either. Powered it on and formatted and installed the O/S !!!!! ( I am now and Apple Engineer :-) or so I tell everyone.

Thanks for enquiring it shows you care. Please tell the girl in the utube clip if she ever in the UK and needs a place to stay she'd be always welcome at my house.

Many Many Thanks.

Steveo

My Advice

Mac Air users do not fill your harddrive over 95% for prolonged periods. It seems constantly writing and rewriting to the same blocks can cause corruption.