Reinstalling the operating system took up about 95% of the time required for this job.
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OWC offers an upgrade video as well, should the task appear daunting. The hardware upgrade took us probably five minutes of work. With the single screw holding the SSD in place removed, we carefully took out the stock SSD and popped the Aura Express SSD into its place. The SSD is actually the only user-serviceable part inside this notebook that can even be upgraded. Note the custom battery and soldered on memory. Two sizes of these screwdrivers are needed the smaller one for the ten bottom cover screws, and the larger one for a single screw that holds in the SSD.Īfter removing the screws, the bottom cover lifts off revealing the neatly laid-out interior of the Macbook Air. The screws are of custom Apple design, which are similar to Torx but not compatible with Torx screwdrivers. OWC is kind enough to include the custom screwdrivers needed to dismantle the Apple MacBook Air. The connector also makes this drive very difficult to benchmark through our standard methods, since at the time of this review no adapter readily existed to convert the connection to standard SATA.īuyers interested in this SSD don’t have to worry about tracking down the proper tools for the job. The connector on the Aura Express SSD looks very similar to the mSATA interface until you realize it’s about 2/3 as wide. This SSD was designed with one goal in mind… making it as small and compact as possible to slot easily into the MacBook Air. The design itself is very compact down to the PCB itself, which is extremely thin. Similar to how the Intel SSD 310 is designed, the Express SSD has no case or external features besides the circuit board its made up of.
The Aura Express SSD has a very basic “skin and bones” appearance.
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Apple is great – they make products people want to buy, like their very cool and very portable 2010 MacBook Air that comes with an 11″ or 13.3″ display.