In the least surprising announcement at Macworld Expo 2008, Steve Jobs took the covers off a much-rumoured and ridiculously thin laptop called, MacBook Air.
Apple, always one for inventing new words, described the process as “Thinnovation”. The notebook is just 0.16in at its thinnest point and 0.76in at its maximum, which is very thin indeed. It sports a 13.3in LED-backlit widescreen display, a full-size and backlit keyboard, a built-in iSight video camera, big trackpad with “multi-touch gesture support so users can pinch, rotate and swipe”.
It is powered by a 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache, and comes with 2GB of memory, an 80GB 1.8-inch hard drive, 802.11n Wi-Fi technology and Bluetooth 2.1. Users can also opt for a 64GB solid state drive (SSD). Battery life is rated at 5 hours and prices start at £1,199.
“We’ve built the world’s thinnest notebook—without sacrificing a full-size keyboard or a full-size 13-inch display,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “When you first see MacBook Air, it’s hard to believe it’s a high-performance notebook with a full-size keyboard and display. But it is.”
That said, Apple’s quest for a Size Zero notebook means that certain sacrifices did indeed have to be made. There’s only one USB port, no Ethernet, no Firewire and no optical drive.
Ah, the price of fashion. Jump for another shot.-Martin LynchIn the least surprising announcement at Macworld Expo 2008, Steve Jobs took the covers off a much-rumoured and ridiculously thin laptop called, MacBook Air.
Apple, always one for inventing new words, described the process as “Thinnovation”. The notebook is just 0.16in at its thinnest point and 0.76in at its maximum, which is very thin indeed. It sports a 13.3in LED-backlit widescreen display, a full-size and backlit keyboard, a built-in iSight video camera, big trackpad with “multi-touch gesture support so users can pinch, rotate and swipe”.
It is powered by a 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache, and comes with 2GB of memory, an 80GB 1.8-inch hard drive, 802.11n Wi-Fi technology and Bluetooth 2.1. Users can also opt for a 64GB solid state drive (SSD). Battery life is rated at 5 hours and prices start at £1,199.
“We’ve built the world’s thinnest notebook—without sacrificing a full-size keyboard or a full-size 13-inch display,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “When you first see MacBook Air, it’s hard to believe it’s a high-performance notebook with a full-size keyboard and display. But it is.”
That said, Apple’s quest for a Size Zero notebook means that certain sacrifices did indeed have to be made. There’s only one USB port, no Ethernet, no Firewire and no optical drive.
Ah, the price of fashion. Jump for another shot.-Martin Lynch
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