#Macbook Specs and Features

Having used two Macbooks lent to me by Apple in recent months, I remembered the time when they changed from the simple white and black plastic body into the silver aluminum unibody. Anyway, having used the silver-tone, aluminum MacBook Pro and this new white unibody MacBook I'd say I'd go for the latter in terms of looks. The refresh of the new 11.6" and 13.3" Macbook Air last July 2011 has introduced more powerful Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors into the line-up. When I bought the 11" Macbook Air last year, it was my first dibs at owning a Mac and using OS X. And because the Macbook Air uses an almost unibody design, there's no turning around once you grab a variant -- no user-replaceable or upgradeable memory or storage (update: but with enough determination and patience, the SSD is still replaceable but the RAM module is soldered into the board). From the design end, the Macbook Air remained the same except for a few additional features -- the mini Display Port has been replaced by a faster, more advanced Thunderbolt port, the keyboard is now backlit (which is a huge plus), and on paper about 40 grams heavier. The 2011 line of Macbook Airs also came with the new Mac OS X Lion and along with it, some OS improvements and UI changes. Read more in our articles including "The White Macbook is still classic" and "2011 Macbook Air 11.6" Review".