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Wow, my guess was since it was 2011, they would've still been using an old-fashioned spinning disk or probably an SSD with that form factor and normal SATA conn

Wow, my guess was since it was 2011, they would've still been using an old-fashioned spinning disk or probably an SSD with that form factor and normal SATA connection, but they were already using M.2 SSD, but a Frankenstein one where an adapter is needed: https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/n4Fo16YKi45Y5JxL.full https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/n4Fo16YKi45Y5JxL.f... Source: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Air+11-Inch+Mid+2011+Solid-State+Drive+Replacement/6317 https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Air+11-Inch+Mid+2011+So...

hunter-gatherer 4y ago
That is surprising! I also assumed that being a 2011 it would be a spinning disk drive.
- sgerenser 4y ago
  Nope, MacBook Air switched over to flash storage shortly after it was introduced (looks like EveryMac confirms it was the 2008 and 2009 higher end models then all 2010 models: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook-air/specs/macbook-air-core-2-duo-1.86-13-late-2010-specs.html https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook-air/specs/macbook...).