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Apple releases MacBook Air


Apple goes for a win with the new MacBook Air. All I can say is it’s thin, sleek, thin! And surprisingly, it’s cheaper than I expected. Tech specs and pictures after the jump.

That’s 12.8 inches by 8.94 inches with thickness from .16 to .76 and natively supports 1280 by 800 pixels. Weighs only 3 lbs!

Of course since this rig is thinner than its predecessor, it can only fit an 80GB HDD (4200 rpm) compared to older models that go up to 160GB . However, there’s an optional 64GB solid state drive (Flash disk) — really nice.

MacBook Air

Now, how fast can they go? Well, they’re actually slower than the older ones too. Comes with Intel Core 2 Duo at 1.6GHz and 1.8GHz. The older model speeds at 2.0GHz and 2.2GHz (and 2.4GHz for the Macbook Pro).

At least, they go with a standard 2GB RAM which lets you avoid that expensive memory upgrade (or maybe they added the extra 1GB cost in the initial price?). And the 5 hours battery life is almost common with all Macbooks.

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And oh, it lacks the standard ports - only 1 DVI port, 1 USB port (what???) and 1 audio port. How one can live with only 1 USB port is still a puzzle to me. No phone port, no LAN port. It has Bluetooth 2.0 and WiFi 80.211n.

Price starts at $1,799 for the 1.6GHz/80GB HDD and $3,098 for the 1.8GHz/64GB SSD. Wow, that SSD surely is very expensive.

Update: Comes with an optional $99 external Superdrive. But what if I left it at home or *gasp* lose it somewhere. An external wired LAN port will cost you $29 extra.

Oh, and CrunchGear says it’s beautiful but basically useless.

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  1. Gravatar Icon 37 j4s0n Feb 11th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

    Tsk. Common sense. Get a macbook pro for performance, get a macbook if concerned about the price.

  2. Gravatar Icon 36 kenzo Feb 3rd, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    um, i think a couple of us misunderstood about the SSD model?

    what the author might have meant is that aside from the HDD, the SSD is a variant model of MacBook Air in terms of storage medium, not an optional peripheral..

    just to clear things up, correct me also if im wrong.

  3. Gravatar Icon 35 Gstar-Raw Jan 31st, 2008 at 10:47 pm

    MBA is not for everybody. Stop complaining if you can not afford. get the cheaper one. Ganun lang.

  4. Gravatar Icon 34 quezacolt Jan 28th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    ang mahal nung optional na ssd($3,098)

    edi bibili nalang ako ng 2 pang macbook air para 3 na macbook air ko kaysa magpalagay ng ssd hehehhehe

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