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CNET sister site TechRepublic runs a regular series called "Cracking Open" in which it takes a look inside a variety of gadgets. CNET News is publishing this excerpt of a photo gallery that takes apart Apple's iPod Nano (fourth-generation).
Click on the photo above to see the entire gallery.
Click to get inside the Air
(Credit: Mark Kaelin/CNET Networks)Ever since the MacBook Air was released, we've been wondering how Apple fit an entire working computer into a space as thin as a magazine. Mark Kaelin over at TechRepublic has cracked open the brand new notebook computer, and you can have a look inside without voiding anyone's warranty.
Check out the glory of ribbon cables in this News.com gallery: Photos: Cracking open the MacBook Air
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(Credit: CNET Networks/Mark Kaelin)Right in time for the Game Developers Conference, News.com is excerpting another TechRepublic feature in which they dive into the guts of a popular piece of equipment. With a $6000 price tag, the Blackbird might not be ubiquitous, but it's certainly an object of intense lust for many gamers.
Don't think any PC's worth that investment? Check out the full gallery at News.com: "Cracking open the HP Blackbird gaming PC"
BlackBerry guts
(Credit: CNET Networks/John Lee)TechRepublic has done it again, this time cracking open the BlackBerry just in time for the raging speculation about its maker's reliability. News.com's running an excerpt of the dissection of its very tidy innards here: "Photos: Cracking open the BlackBerry."
See inside the TRS-80
(Credit: Mark Kaelin/CNET Networks)Yep...that TRS-80. The one from Radio Shack. You know, from the '80s. The one you spent countless hours learning how to talk to in the most intimate terms then known to computer science. Well, TechRepublic dives right in with its screwdriver, in a gallery excerpted on CNET News.com: "Cracking open the TRS-80"
Get out your handkerchiefs, computer scientists of a certain age--this one's a tearjerker!
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(Credit: CNET Networks/Scott Wolf)This historic piece of equipment was a popular external storage solutions for years. Our sister site TechRepublic is rather fond of digging into the workings of electronics, and CNET News.com has a gallery of its effort. Have a look-see at the drive's insides here: Cracking open the Iomega zip drive
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Sony's PS2 was a defining game console-DVD player combo when it came out some years back. What exactly went into it?
You can see how it was constructed and how it stacks up against its successor, the PS3, on News.com: Cracking open the PlayStation 2.
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For those readers obsessed with motherboards, ribbon cables, and teeny tiny screws, look no further. News.com has added another gallery from TechRepublic, "Cracking open the iBook G3," which is sure to feed your fix.
XBox 360 Elite hard drive
(Credit: CNET Networks/Erik Eckel)Circuit boards! Perforated chassis! Heat sinks! Cutting-edge industrial design! Check out TechRepublic's careful dismembering of an XBox 360 Elite gaming console over at News.com.
R2-D2 on the operating table
(Credit: CNET Networks)Crave sister sites News.com and TechRepublic often trade photo galleries, much to the enjoyment of both sites' readers.
Here, in a shameless ply for clicks, or rather, to educate you on the construction of various electronic devices, are the latest:
