The New Macbook Air: Unbelievable…
Apple did it again. During Steve Jobs’ keynote speech this morning, he announced the thinnest laptop in the world… the Macbook Air. According to Gizmodo, the specs are:
Here’s the CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Inside, 1.6 GHz standard, with a 1.8GHz upgrade available. Apple asked Intel to shrink their Core 2 Duo processors down to a package 60% smaller in order to fit it inside the MacBook Air.
Here’s what’s inside. 1.8-inch hard drives, like in the iPods. There’s also an optional 64GB solid state disk. What else is in there? A complete Mac board, which is a little wider than the length of a pencil.
You can turn on different types of gestures in the settings, like moving around a window with your finger, panning around a photo with two fingers, rotate a photo by twisting a finger, swipe between photos with three figners, and zoom in and out with pinching.
The Macbook Air… genius!
Tags: Apple, keynote, Macbook Air, Steve Jobs, thinnest laptop
January 15th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Jeff – thanks for sending this out. Everyone was looking for an actual picture of it and there you were posting the first three pics before he was done with his speech. Bravo dude!
January 15th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Jeff – thanks for sending this out. Everyone was looking for an actual picture of it and there you were posting the first three pics before he was done with his speech. Bravo dude!
January 17th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Dude, it’s a sealed box, 2GB, non-upgradable, no CD drive, no DVD player, no DVD burner. Backlit keyboards= nothing new. Size=same size Sony offered years ago (look at actual max width, not the claimed #’s. Multi-touch touchpads have been on Macs (and PCs) for years. As for 1.6Ghz is great if you’re doing email and surfing only. Where’s the integrated WiMax? This reads like a exec status toy for a pretty narrow set of scenarios.
(written from my MacBook Pro)
January 17th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Dude, it's a sealed box, 2GB, non-upgradable, no CD drive, no DVD player, no DVD burner. Backlit keyboards= nothing new. Size=same size Sony offered years ago (look at actual max width, not the claimed #'s. Multi-touch touchpads have been on Macs (and PCs) for years. As for 1.6Ghz is great if you're doing email and surfing only. Where's the integrated WiMax? This reads like a exec status toy for a pretty narrow set of scenarios.
(written from my MacBook Pro)
January 17th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Fair enough brother! I agree, actually… I’m just stoked at the beauty of it. But you’re right, it’s not the most powerful Mac nor is it cheap.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Fair enough brother! I agree, actually… I'm just stoked at the beauty of it. But you're right, it's not the most powerful Mac nor is it cheap.