Apple Introduces MacBook Air — The World’s Thinnest Notebook
 Apple® have unveiled the MacBook® Air, the world’s thinnest notebook, measuring an unprecedented 0.41 cm (0.16-inches) at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 1.93 cm (0.76-inches) is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks.
MacBook Air has a 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, a full-size and backlit keyboard, a built-in iSight® video camera for video conferencing, and a trackpad with multi-touch gesture support so users can pinch, rotate and swipe.
MacBook Air is powered by a 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache, and includes as standard features 2GB of memory, an 80GB 1.8-inch hard drive, and the latest 802.11n Wi-Fi technology and Bluetooth 2.1.
“We’ve built the world’s thinnest notebook—without sacrificing a full-size keyboard or a full-size 13-inch display,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “When you first see MacBook Air, it’s hard to believe it’s a high-performance notebook with a full-size keyboard and display. But it is.”
Features of the MacBook Air
13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with 1280x800 resolution
1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache
800 MHz front-side bus
2GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
80GB hard disk drive with Sudden Motion Sensor
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Micro-DVI port (includes Micro-DVI to VGA and Micro-DVI to DVI Adapters)
built-in iSight video camera
built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
one USB 2.0 port
one headphone port
multi-touch TrackPad with support for advanced multi-touch gestures including tap, scroll, pinch, rotate and swipe
45 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.
Build-to-order options and accessories include the ability to upgrade to a 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor; 64GB solid state drive, MacBook Air SuperDrive, Apple USB Ethernet Adapter, Apple USB Modem, Apple MagSafe Airline Adapter, Apple Remote and the AppleCare Protection Plan. Additional build-to-order options also include pre-installed copies of iWork ‘08, Logic® Express 8, Final Cut® Express 4 and Aperture™ 1.5.
The new MacBook Air will be shipping soon through the Apple Store®, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $1,799 that's around £920 at the present exchange rate. MacBook picture courtesy of Apple.
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