The MacBook Air is a Macintosh notebook computer designed by Apple. It is positioned as the ultraportable in Apple's MacBook Family and was introduced at the Macworld Conference & Expo on January 15, 2008. It has been revised once since the original release.
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The MacBook Air is a Macintosh notebook computer designed by Apple. It is positioned as the ultraportable in Apple's MacBook Family and was introduced at the Macworld Conference & Expo on January 15, 2008. It has been revised once since the original release.
During the introdution, Apple described it as the "world's thinnest notebook". Since then Dell has challenged that claim with the Dell Adamo.
Overview
A flip-down hatch on the right side reveals the only ports on the MacBook Air: a single USB port, a Mini DisplayPort, and a stereo earphone jack. The left side of the machine has a MagSafe adapter for power, and there is a webcam above the 13" screen.
To regain the featues of an optical drive, users could either use an separately-available external USB SuperDrive, or the bundled Remote Disc software to access the optical drive of another computer.
Using an ethernet cable required a separately-available USB-to-ethernet adapter.
The Air is the first subcompact laptop offered by Apple since the full-featured 12" PowerBook G4 was discontinued in 2006. It is also Apple's first computer with an optional solid-state hard drive. ArsTechnica found "moderate" performance improvements of the 64 GBIn this article, the conventional prefixes for computer storage denote base-10 values whereby “kilobyte” (KB) = 103 bytes , “megabyte” (MB) = 106 bytes and “gigabyte” (GB) = 109 bytes. solid-state drive over the standard 80 GB hard drive in tests. On October 14, 2008, new models were announced boasting improved capacities of 128 GB (solid-state) and 120 GB (hard drive). The Air comes with 2 GBIn this article, the conventional prefixes for computer RAM denote base-2 values whereby “kilobyte” (KB) = 210 bytes , “megabyte” (MB) = 220 bytes and “gigabyte” (GB) = 230 bytes. non-upgradable RAM as standard.
The CPU on the original Air was a Intel Core 2 Duo chip especially designed to be 40% of the standard Core 2 Duo chip. The current Air has a low voltage, small form factor Core 2 Duo "Penryn" with 6MB of cache, running on a 1066 MHz bus.
The laptop has an aluminum casing similar to the MacBook and MacBook Pro, however it lacks the visible magnetic latch system. The improved oversized trackpad added iPhone-like Multi-Touch gestures Fact: date=January 2009 such as pinching, swiping, and rotating.
The MacBook Air is pre-loaded with Mac OS X v10.5 and iLife '09.
Remote Disc
User-serviceability
Unlike the rest of the MacBook family, the MacBook Air has no directly user-replaceable parts. The hard drive, memory, and battery are enclosed within the casing, with memory soldered directly to the motherboard. The MacBook Air's battery is enclosed within the case but can be replaced using normal screwdrivers, though it is unclear whether this process would void the notebook's warranty. The hard drive is not soldered and can be replaced through a difficult disassembly procedure. As part of the out-of-warranty service, Apple offers to replace the battery for a fee.
