TechRestore has posted gruesome dissection photos of Apple’s new Apple TV device.
The photos show:
• First peek inside
• Close-up of the wireless card
• Top View
• Bottom of Logic-Board
• GPU Close-up
• CPU Closeup (Intel Inside)
• Another Top Angle
• Shows Apple TV is easier to open than a Mac mini
See all of the gory photos here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Judge Bork” and “Adam W.” for the heads up.]
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OMG, I think I’m going to be sick. There should be a warning page before somone displays such a graphic autopsy.
Is it just me or is this not the best looking thing Apple has put out? What’s with all the strips of tape??
Gruesome to some, geek p0rn to others
I’m looking at the HD and drooling over putting in a bigger drive
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Ahhhhh, yellow tape. I thought those were Post-it® Flags.
Hard drive can be upgraded then!
Whoopie!!!
I don’t know if the strips of tape are factory or added by the dissectionist.
Looks easy to clone that drive onto another larger drive and then swap them around.
But I have always believed that $300 is a little too high for this. Maybe $250 would be better price. So for $300, it should come with a bigger drive already.
Same thing I was thinking….now to add a 160GB drive….
Interesting how the RF shield inside says 2006 Apple Computer Inc.
I guess some components sit around for a while.
There is nothing more exciting than Apple Porn.
I think the tape is just an extra precaution regarding electrical insulation.
The hard drive is sandwiched in close, the tape makes doubly sure that
it doesn’t contact any pins and short something out. It looks very well
built to me, steel skeleton and all.
I like seeing an Apple get peeled.
Actually I realize that the tape is just for holding down wires (stupid me).
I still view it as an extra precaution though. Looks like a good design for a
simple device.
Oh my god you guys are dorks.
MDN Magic Word: dorks. I kid you not.
I only hope very very few of these ever need to be opened.
Now that it’s out… it’s not so impressive.
Apple’s QT chokes on so many file types, I’ve completely switched to VLC. I give up the wireless-ness of ATV but get support of more file types and resolutions. No Biggie.
Not worth $200 to me.
VLC + DVI->HDMI (or DVI->S-Video for older sets) works better.
The tape is factory.
It’s pretty standard Apple tape, it’s in all the portables, sometimes in large quantities.
This thing is WAY cleaner inside than a MacBook Pro, or even one of the newer iMacs. Ever noticed that Apple doesn’t show the inside of iMacs now, and hasn’t since they added the iSight? that’s because they’re a mess.
It’s almost im-friggin’-possible to get into a Mac Mini without scratching it. My Bondi iMac was easier to get into. >.<