Apple MacBook Air

Apple MacBook Air

Technical Specification

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

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 FSB

Memory

RAM : 2GB of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM onboard (4GB maximum)

Storage: Flash Storage 64GB or Flash Storage 128GB

Display

11.6-inch (diagonal) 1440 x 900 high-resolution LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors

Graphics and video support

Mini DisplayPort

Pure digital video output

DVI output, VGA output, Dual-link DVI, HDMI output

NVIDIA GeForce 320M GPU with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory

Dual display and video mirroring

FaceTime camera 

Keyboard and trackpad

Full-size keyboard with 78 keys

Multi-Touch trackpad

Peripheral connections

Stereo speakers

Omnidirectional microphone

Headphone minijack

Support for Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic

Communications

AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi wireless

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

Battery and power

Built-in 35-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery

Up to 7 hrs wireless productivity

Up to 30 days standby time

Apple recently launched MacBook Air Netbooks, their highly compact and ultra portable line of notebooks. Due to its slim size you can carry it anywhere, work on it at almost in any place and have a battery life to compliment its mobility. At first look it may look like an IPad with keyboard support but a closer look will reveal its true potential. The hardware specs of this little beauty quite appreciable except for the processor which is a little bit old. The MacBook sports a solid stunning look with decent performance, albeit a slower “ULV Core” Core 2 Duo CPU with 6MB L2 Cache, clock frequency ranging from 1.4Ghzto 2.13 Ghz. It comes preconfigured with 2GB or 4GB Ram along with 64GB /128GB / 256 GB Flash Memory.

The MacBook Air boasts a 1440 x 900 hi-resolution display with Nvidia GeForce 320m mobile graphics processor. Everything packed in neat unique aluminum design which just weighs just about 2.9 pounds. Major improvements over older MacBook models, is in the disk storage as it has Flash memory instead of hard disk there by extending the battery life to 7 hours stretch and 30 days of standby mode. It has other nifty features like instant-on, installable software flash drives as a replacement for optical drives.

But it is a disappointment that in terms of connectivity the MacBook doesn’t offer 3G mobile internet in any of its models. Estimated street price of the 11” model with 64GB Flash Memory is about $999, while the 128GB variant costs around $1,200. 

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