I figured I’d see if I could get in on some of the Macbook Air® action. Today Steve Jobs announced the Macbook Air at MacWorld 2008. The Macbook Air is a super-thin Macbook, measuring in at 0.76″ thick at the widest point and 0.16″ at the thinnest point, the Macbook Air will set you back a cool $1,800 for the cheap version. I’m not really sure why the more expensive Macbook Air is nearly $3,000 since it has a bit more processing power, but less memory… Hardly seems worth it for the upgrade.
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Macbook Air
As widely expected, Apple is launching an ultra-thin notebook called the MacBook Air. At 0.76″ thick at its widest point, the three-pound Air has a wedgelike shape that tapers down to 0.16″ thick at the front base. LED backlighting on its 13.3-inch screen, multi-touch trackpad (which offers some nifty features like rotating photos, all in the touchpad), and a backlit keyboard. Specs are decent: 1.6 or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (on a cleverly shrunken socket), 2GB of RAM, and an 80GB hard drive (or 64GB SSD option). No optical drive (of course), and just one USB port. It’ll set you back $1,799, which is on the inexpensive side for ultralight notebooks with specs like this. Ships in two weeks.
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