Macbook Air Released
January 16th, 2008 3:41 PM | by Christen da Costa
Sleek and sexy hardly begin to describe the new Apple Macbook Air. You won’t find an optical drive, and inputs are limited to one USB input, a mini DVI, and an audio out. To install new applications by CD/DVD Apple developed a ‘wireless optical drive’, which basically utilizes another computer’s drive on the network. It sports Apple’s standard ‘magsafe port’ for plug-in power. From the pics featured on Apple.com it appears some what recessed to better blend with the Macbook Air’s aesthetics. Keyboard is black and matches that of the regular Macbooks, as does the screen’s size, although this one rocks an LED screen, which should enable longer battery life. Also included, is an oversized trackpad which will enable iPhone like interaction: pinch, swipes or rotate or zoom in on text, etc. The real joy is in the size of the computer: 0.16 to 0.76 x 12.8 x 8.94 inches – that’s almost paper thin by computer standards – and a mere 3 lbs. Course there are sacrifices in chip set speed: 1.6GHz or 1.8GHZ Core 2 Duos respective to monetary investment. That’s up to .4 GHz slower then the fastest Macbook. If you do blow our wad (of cash) on the more expensive of the Macbook Airs, then you’ll end up with a 64GB solid-state drive (you can get one the lower model at an additional $1000). 2GB is standard memory and 802.11N is included. You can also order an external drive for $99. Ships in 2-3 weeks and starts at $1,799.
Available for preorder here.
