Apple MacBook Air Preview

Apple MacBook Air is the latest addition to the MacBook line of laptops. Recently unveiled by Apple CEO Steve Jobs this thin laptop has surely attracted a lot of traction from the innovation spree that Apple has been into off late.

The notebook justifies its name as it is very small and thin. Its 19mm thick at the thickest part and it tapers way down to 4mm at the thinnest region. This certainly is among the thinnest notebooks available in the market as of now. No wonder Apple describes it as the world’s thinnest notebook.

Well now let’s get into into the features in store for the user.

It comes equipped with the trademark iSight camera. The touchpad is a huge improvement. You talk of ease of use; the touchpad has it for you. The Air touchpad is very sensitive to subtle finger movements and is more like that of the Apple iPod touchscreen. Ambient light sensor and an LED backlit display make it useful for long working hours in front of the laptop screen.

The specifications available for you are

CPU

• 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

RAM

• 2 GB

Hard Drive

• 80 GB 1.8” standard hard drive
• 64 GB SSD drive

Keyboard

The MacBook Air boasts of a full size keyboard.

Weight

This MacBook weighs just above 1 Kg. It certainly is a traveler’s delight. This notebook surprisingly though lacks an optical drive. However it’s capable of wirelessly connecting to an external optical drive. You won’t find Express Card Slot, SD Card Slot and Ethernet with this laptop.

Other Ultraportable Laptops

Fujitsu LifeBook Q2010
Toshiba Protégé R500

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