Steve's "One More Thing" from today's Apple Live Event was the announcement of the new MacBook Air. A complete unibody construction, .11" at its thinnest and .68" at its thickest end, with two models: 13.3" and a 11.6" versions; 2.9lbs and 2.3lbs; high resolution LED backlit display. Both have 30 days standby time thanks to Flash storage only. $999 for the 11.6" with 64GB of flash memory, $1299 for the 13.3", 128GB flash capacity model. Available today. Chime in below about what you think about this new design.
Unplggd's Sonia Zjawinski snapped us a couple photos from the press event, with an upcoming full review in the works.
11 Inch MacBook Air Model
Size and weight
- Height: 0.11-0.68 inch (0.3-1.7 cm)
- Width: 11.8 inches (29.95 cm)
- Depth: 7.56 inches (19.2 cm)
- Weight: 2.3 pounds (1.06 kg)
Processor and memory
- 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache; or optional 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache
- 800MHz frontside bus
- 2GB of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM onboard (4GB maximum)
13 Inch MacBook Air Model
Size and weight
- Height: 0.11-0.68 inch (0.3-1.7 cm)
- Width: 12.8 inches (32.5 cm)
- Depth: 8.94 inches (22.7 cm)
- Weight: 2.9 pounds (1.32 kg)
Processor and memory
- 1.86GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB on-chip shared L2 cache; or optional 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB shared L2 cache
- 1066MHz frontside bus
- 2GB of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM onboard (4GB maximum)
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Beautiful looking! Can it do Excel and Powerpoint?
I want one
I have no need for one really, but at the same time I do want one. If anything, it'd be a great travel companion for when I didn't want to lug my 15" MBP with me.
Still can't compare on price with either an ipad or a netbook. And I don't know entirely what this has to do with apartments.
I'm not feeling the wedge shape. Ugly.
I am impressed that there is so much computer in so little of a package. That is where it differs from a netbook, yuppiescum. Most netbooks are running mobile CPU chips, same as a smartphone. This is running a full-on Intel 2 Core Duo chip. Gotta check those specs first, buddy.
Is it just me or is the screen bezel huge on the 11" version? Just seems so out of proportion on such a small laptop.
My wife needs her own computer to replace her Dell Mini 10 (which she hates). Currently trying to decide whether to get her one of these or an iPad.