MacBook Air announced

[Kaido]

Click here for a Photo

World's Thinnest Notebook! via MacRumorsLive:

-MacBook Air is 0.16" to 0.76". The thickest part of the MacBook Air is thinner than the thinnest part of the Sony. It fits inside an envelope.
-Magnetic latch, 13.3" widescreen display
-Display is LED backlit. iSight is built-in. MacBook-like keyboard, but with an ambient light sensor
-Multi-touch trackpad
-Move a window by double-tap and move. Rotate a photo by pivoting your index finger around your thumb. Of course, pinch-zoom.
-1.8" Hard Drive
-80 GB hard disk standard, 64 GB SSD as an option. "they're pricy, but they're fast"
-1.6 GHz Standard, 1.8 GHz Option -- Intel Core 2 Duo
-Other features: 45 Watt MagSafe, 1 USB 2.0 port, Micro-DVI, Audio Out
-802.11n + Bluetooth 2.1/EDR
-No optical drive, but a Superdrive accessory is available for $99. Also, software comes with the MacBook Air that allows you to "borrow" a Mac or PCs optical drive.
-5 hours of Battery Life
-2 GB Memory standard
-$1799
-Environmental highlights: fully aluminum case (good for recycling), first fully mercury and lead free display, circuit boards are BFR free, retail packaging are 56% less volume than MacBook.
-Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor with 144MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory

 

[bigrash]

lol. did you just copy and past that from macrumors?

 

[spunkz]

yay thin!

 

[loup garou]

:shocked:

...now to see how much it costs...

 

[secretanchitman]

haha...nice. i want to sell my dads macbook and get that for him! hopefully the cost isnt way above the macbook.........................

 

[bigrash]

my guess: $1599

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: bigrash
lol. did you just copy and past that from macrumors?

Yes. I'm just a tad excited

 

[RichieZ]

i noticed you managed to fix their grammar, fits inside an envelope

i dunno i'm not so excited about this

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: RichieZ
i noticed you managed to fix their grammar, fits inside an envelope

 

[Kaido]

The photos are incredible...it's as thin as paper!

 

[Kaido]

Intel CEO Otellini: The processor is as thick as a nickle and as wide as a dime :Q

 

[secretanchitman]

yay...way thin. even my mom is excited for it lol...dvd-rw, cd-rw/dvd combo drive is nowhere to be seen yet.

"intel shrunk the c2d by 60%" how come they dont give that to us desktop/regular laptop people? that would be nice for power savings...

 

[jpetermann]

no optical drive... that bothers me

 

[secretanchitman]

$99 for the superdrive? you'd think they'd at least throw in a cd-rw/dvd combo drive for free or something...no wired ethernet?

i wonder what the "one more thing" is...new macbook pros!

 

[loup garou]

$1800

goo....

 

[jpetermann]

$1799

 

[Duddy]

Goddamnit Apple! I'm not rich you know!!!

 

[bigrash]

wtf? 1799?

 

[herkulease]

Originally posted by: pastorjay
no optical drive... that bothers me

something had to go for them to make it so thin.

Sony's TZ series still got it beat for thinnest complete notebook.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: pastorjay
no optical drive... that bothers me

When was the last time you used an optical drive on a Mac? Most software is download-only now. Much of the stuff I watch or listen to is online. Plus you can hook it up to another computer with an optical drive...

 

[RichieZ]

Originally posted by: pastorjay
no optical drive... that bothers me

whats to bother, i used to have a thinkpad x31 and only ever used an optical drive to install software. I had a USB DVD-RW but usually mapped a network optical drive and did it from there. used to have a 12" powerbook too and almost never used the optical drive.

personally i have moved beyond the need for an ultraportable but still admire its design, but i won't be buying one.

my macbook leaves my desk maybe once a month

 

[spunkz]

what about wimax or aircard. what's the best option for internet on the go? plug in my cell phone?

 

[KeithP]

$1799.

Sure it is thin but is it too big? I not in the market for something like this but doesn't a 13.3 inch screen take it out of the subnotebook catagory? I would think people looking for this type of machine would want something smaller, maybe a 12 inch screen?

-Keith

 

[Duddy]

Originally posted by: KeithP
$1799.

Sure it is thin but is it too big? I not in the market for something like this but doesn't a 13.3 inch screen take it out of the subnotebook catagory? I would think people looking for this type of machine would want something smaller, maybe a 12 inch screen?

-Keith

And cheaper! Damnit!!!!!

 

[secretanchitman]

i use my dvd-rw all the time...i guess this rules out selling my dads cause he uses his all the time (he constantly has usb devices and firewire plugged in) for pictures/dvds/video.