Friday 28 February 2014

MacBook Air 13 inch model A1237

For my daughter, I bought the MacBook Air 13 inch model A1237, built in 2008/9, with OSX Lion, iLife and iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote). Very neat used with minimal user traces and in the original packaging for €350. She is very happy with this purchase (I would also be).

Specifcations Apple MacBook Air Core 2 Duo 1.6 -13"
The full-size keyboard and a trackpad that supports "multi-touch gesturing" (two-finger scroll, pinch, rotate, swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag), it uses slower processors than the stock MacBook models available at the same time, the memory cannot be upgraded beyond the onboard 2 GB, there is not an internal optical drive, and the battery is not designed to be removable.

The "MBA" is powered by a customized 1.6 GHz Intel "Core 2 Duo" processor (P7500) in a miniaturized packaging design with two independent processor "cores" on a single chip with a 4 MB on-chip shared level 2 cache running on an 800 MHz frontside bus.

It features 2 GB of onboard 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, an 80 GB PATA (4200 RPM) hard drive, an Intel GMA X3100 integrated "graphics processor with 144 MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory", an integrated iSight video camera, a "MacBook-style" full-size backlit keyboard with ambient light sensor, and a 13.3" widescreen TFT LED backlit active-matrix "glossy" display (1280x800 native resolution) in a razor thin (0.16-0.76 inch), three pound, aluminum case.

Connectivity includes AirPort Extreme (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, a single USB 2.0 port, analog audio out, and video out capabilities (micro-DVI) that support an external 24" display. It lacks Ethernet (an external adapter is available), Firewire, and optical audio in/out.

Update 10/2014:
Because there regularly HD problems and sometimes the laptop does not start I ordered the following SSD drive on eBay:
SSD 1.8" ZIF for Apple MACBOOK AIR 1.1 MBA A1237 2008.
Price: $68,90 (Hong Kong)

Specs:
  • 64GB 1.8-inch ZIF-interface Solid State Disk 
  • 40-pin interface 
  • Read speed up to 93MB/sec 
  • Write speed up to 54MB/sec 
  • Suitable for MacBook Air and others with ZIF PATA interface

MacBook Air opened seeing the 80GB Samsung HDD HS082HB/A:

Update 10/2015:
Because the cord was broken of the power adapter, I ordered a replacement  charger at AliExpress (for MacBook Air type A1237). However, the battery should be replaced, so I ordered a replacement battery too.
The charger led  on the magsafe-connector don't blink and the MacBook does not recognize a charge current but charge it.
I've shortened the cord of the old charger and neatly repaired it. The original charger also functions better anyway.


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