Introducing the MacBook Air. With the music and art industry using mainly Apple platforms, this new notebook will be the buzz among many artists. Perhaps, this is one you can create your beats and/or do your Photoshop work on and travel with easily. You decide.
The screen is a backlit 13.3 LCD display with a resolution of 1280x800 and on the right side of the notebook, there is a flip down hatch that houses a headphone jack, one usb port, and a micro-DVI port. The top of the lid has a "smartly integrated" iSight camera that has the capability for webcam chats and picture taking. As for the internal hardware, the MacBook Air has 2GB of RAM and a 80GB hard drive. It has a 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor included in the standard model, and for those who need more performance, there is a higher model available that has a 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor in it. Battery life for this notebook is not too impressive for its size. Apple is saying "you can access the web wirelessly for five full hours" which is not heavy use at all, meaning the ACTUAL battery life is significantly less. I'm guessing the battery will last 2-3 hours for those college leveled student multi-taskers who listen to music, chat on AIM (or iChat), write those essays, and browse the web... at the same time.
The keyboard is different from the previous MacBook Pros, which is a downgrade because those keys were so easy to type with and felt very soft to the touch. The current MacBooks have the "separated keys" which is awkward at times and very hard to the touch. It also features a large trackpad similar to the touch screen on the iPhone, meaning you can "pinch, swipe, or rotate to zoom in on text, advance through a photo album, or adjust an image."
Where are the speakers? No optical drive?
Case Specs:
Weight: 3 pounds
Thickness: 0.16-0.76 inches
Dimensions: 12.8" wide and 8.95" deep
Portability is a huge factor with consumers now and this notebook can fit in a large size mailing envelope with its wedge shaped design. It will be available in two weeks starting at the price of $1799.
*Update 1/18/08: Even after all the bickering with Apple over iPhone specs, the environmental organization Greenpeace has acknowledged the MacBook Air as being "a strong entry in the race to build a green PC" because of the laptop's lack of mercury and arsenic. (via Macworld)
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Steve Jobs Introduces the MacBook Air
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What sucks is the damned thing only has an 80GB HD (at a sluggish 4200rpm) or a 64GB SSD which probably costs $500 or more.
And no audio inputs! Boo, but that's what a USB interface is for I suppose.
yeah... i was thinking, where are the speakers on this thing?
and i JUST realized that there is no optical drive. they have some wireless hootenanny going on instead.
right now the cons outweigh the pros but the specs are out there for people to decide themselves.
i must say, it IS damn sleek.
lol, hootenanny.
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