MacBook Unibody Teardown

Apple boasts that, "The new MacBook packaging is 41 percent smaller than the previous generation" and is made from recycled material.

Smaller packaging, they say, means fewer planes to transport the same number of products.

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It looks like a MacBook Air from the top, but it's about 25% thicker than the thickest part of the Air, and almost 6 times thicker than the thinnest part.

To be fair, though, it's about 12 percent thinner than its predecessor (0.95 in vs. 1.08 in) and 10 percent lighter (4.5 pounds vs. 5 pounds).

In the box:

• 85-page user's manual
• Restore DVDs
• 60-watt AC adapter
• AC adapter extension cable
• Cleaning cloth

As with previous MacBooks, there's no video adapter included. There's an empty spot in the box where it would fit nicely, but there's no adapter to be found. Apple offers the DisplayPort adapter for $29 extra.

There's a new Mini DisplayPort (fourth from the right), and a complete lack of a FireWire port.

It may be hard to tell from the image, but there are now 8 lights on the battery indicator, and it's conveniently located where you can actually see it.

Opening the battery latch.

For those hurt by the financial crisis, a coin is no longer required.

The hard drive is on the left, and the battery is on the right.

The new MacBook uses the same, hard drives as previous MacBook models.

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The battery is 45 watt-hours compared to 55 on the previous generation. It's also almost 20 percent lighter (302 g vs. 402 g).

Still, Apple claims that you'll get 5 hours of wireless productivity (with the display brightness set to 50 percent).

The hard drive is held down by a single Phillips screw.

Like the last black MacBook, the standard hard drive on the 2.4 GHz model is 250GB SATA and 5400 rpm.