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Thursday, March 22, 2007, 07:00 pm
Busting into an Apple TV (photos)
The first Apple TV dissection photos have hit the Web, clearly revealing some of the device's internal component suppliers and design wins.The guys over at TechRestore where quick to the punch on this one, not hesitating to pry the cover from their Apple TV's chassis.
From their photos, both the 1.0GHz Intel Pentium M-based "Crofton" central processing unit and NVIDIA G72M graphics chip are visible. The Intel chip bears the model number "7645A966 0159," while the NVIDIA chip model number is not entirely clear.
Also visible from the photos is a Silicon Image IC and Broadcom chip affixed to Apple TV's 802.11n-enabled wireless card.
AppleInsider had exclusively reported that the new Apple device would employ a NVIDIA graphics chip, and subsequently that the software drivers for that chip were to blame for the delay that pushed Apple TV availability out until this week.
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IUHU games ahead... 
Hmmm.... using P-ATA, and not S-ATA on the Hard Drive. Some what of a shock, since small form factors like this would benefit and the overall movement away from P-ATA. Granted it would not benefit from S-ATA in speed, but it would make for a more common supply chain.
I guess it could be cheaper not to use SATA?
IUHU games ahead...
Anyone?
Is that a 1.8 inch drive? Looks like it. Do they make SATA 1.8 inch drives?
I find it bizarre that the Apple TV is using a Broadcom-sourced wi-fi card. Up until now, the Intel Macs have all used Atheros chipsets (both the original G and pre-N). The original PPC Airport Extreme cards were from Broadcom though.
Especially for draft-spec equipment like this, the compatibility is best with the same chipset in every device. Does anyone know what the new pre-N AirPort Extreme base station has in it?
I find it bizarre that the Apple TV is using a Broadcom-sourced wi-fi card. Up until now, the Intel Macs have all used Atheros chipsets (both the original G and pre-N). The original PPC Airport Extreme cards were from Broadcom though.
The iMac Core Duo on my desk is Broadcom -- BCM43xx 1.0 (4.80.79.1)
They put a NVIDIA chip in this but they put the pos GMA 950 in the mini , macbook, and macbook black.
When someone tries upgrading that easy to get at hard drive let me know if it works OK. 
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