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Macbook Air announced at Macworld
By VaBeachKevin | January 15, 2008
Today at Macworld, Steve Jobs announced in his keynote speach a new Macbook. The Macbook Air, which he claims is the “The World’s Thinnest Notebook”. The MacBook Air is 0.16″ to 0.76″. The thickest part of the MacBook Air is thinner than the thinnest part of the Sony TZ series. It fits inside a envelope. Some of the features are a Magnetic latch, 13.3″ widescreen LED backlit display, iSight is built-in, MacBook-like keyboard, but with an ambient light sensor. It also includes a 1.8″ Hard Drive, 80 GB hard disk standard, 64 GB SSD as an option. Jobs says “they’re pricy, but they’re fast”. I’ll bet.
It is powered by an 1.6 GHz Standard, 1.8 GHz Option — Intel Core 2 Duo processor which Apple had Intel shrink the processor by 60%, so that it is now as thick as a nickle and as wide as a dime. Other features include 45 Watt MagSafe, 1 USB 2.0 port, Micro-DVI, Audio Out, 802.11n + Bluetooth 2.1/EDR, 5 hours of Battery Life and 2 GB Memory standard. No optical drive, but a Superdrive accessory is available for $99. Also, software comes with the MacBook Air that allows you to “borrow” a Mac or PCs optical drive. Pre-orders today, shipping in two weeks for the low price of $1799. Anyone want to pick me up one?
Other neat environmental highlights include a fully aluminum case (good for recycling), first fully mercury and lead free display, circuit boards are BFR free, retail packaging are 56% less volume than MacBook.
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