Mid-2007 Prototype MacBook Air Found on eBay
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Prototype Macbook Air from mid-2007 surfaces on eBay
Published 11/19/2008 by Duncan Geere at Tech Digest
... Air' written on the bezel of the display. On further investigation, Brett discovered that it was a very early prototype of the device, built in May 2007. The laptop was running a build of OS X 10.5, and the device was produced six months before it was announced to the public. It's rather unusual to see one of these prototypes in the wild, given how secretive Apple is as a company. If I were Brett, I'd stick it straight back on eBay at double the price. Forum thread (via Macrumours) Related posts: Apple beefs up MacBook Air with more storage and better ...
Macbook Air Prototype Escapes Cupertino, Gets Sold on Ebay [MacBook Air]
Published 11/19/2008 by Kit Eaton at Gizmodo
... it was built in May 2007, six months before the Air was introduced. It's got a few giveaways: the microphone positioning near the webcam is off, there's no keyboard lighting, no "MacBook Air" legend, it runs an interim build of OS X 10.5 and the bottom is black-colored aluminum, versus the usual shiny silver. Lord knows how this baby escaped Cupertino's clutches, but escape it did. Does this make it valuable like a prototype stamp to a philatelist? Only another Ebay sale will tell. [Macrumors] ...
Unidade de pré-produção do MacBook Air é encontrada à venda no eBay
Published 11/19/2008 by Silvio Sousa Cabral at BLOG.MACMAGAZINE
Um usuário dos fóruns do MacRumors encontrou no eBay um protótipo do primeiro MacBook Air, sendo vendido por US$730. Uma análise feita com o número de série encontrado no produto revelou que se trata realmente de um modelo construído pela Apple em maio de 2007.
Segundo o comprador, ele roda um build de testes do Mac OS X Leopard (8R4016), possui um HD de 60GB e 2GB de memória RAM. A câmera iSight e as portas USB e Micro-DVI funcionam perfeitamente como no primeiro modelo — lançado apenas em janeiro desse ...
Prototype Macbook Air Surfaces On eBay
Published 11/19/2008 at GEARFUSE
... . I’m not sure if I’d want to own a prototype Mac, though. I have enough problems with my Macbook. Imagine the headache this laptop would give me! Link
