At the Macworld Expo 2008, Steve Jobs unveiled the ultra-portable Mac Book Air laptop. This thin notebook has a ridiculously small thickness of just 0.76-inches and weighs at a feather-weight 1.36 kg. But unlike recent ultra-portables like the Asus Eee PC, the MacBook Air doesn't compromise on the screen size; bearing a 13.3 inch eco-friendly LED display with a resolution of 1280x800 pixels. It also gives users a comfortable typing experience on its well-spaced, full-size illuminated keyboard. The mouse pointer is navigated by a large trackpad which supports multi-touch gestures; much like their iPhone.
It's powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor rated at 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and 80 GB Hard drive or a 64 GB Solid State Disk (SSD). Wi-Fi 802.11n as well as Bluetooth 2.1 is supported. Graphics are handled by the integrated Intel X3100 GPU. Peripheral connections include a USB 2.0 port, micro-DVI port and one Audio out/Headphone port. Mac Book Air includes an oversize track pad with multi-touch technology. You can pinch, swipe, or rotate to zoom in on text, advance through a photo album, or adjust an image. This gesture-based input so successful on iPhone and iPod touch, now comes to Mac Book.
Apple is taking pre-orders for the MacBook Air which is retailing at 1800 US Dollars (Rs. 70,200 approximately) for the base model and at 3100 US Dollars (Rs. 1,20,900 approximately) for the fully-blown version.
Technical Specifications
Height: 0.16-0.76 inch (0.4-1.94 cm)
Width: 12.8 inches (32.5 cm)
Depth: 8.94 inches (22.7 cm)
Weight: 3.0 pounds (1.36 kg)1
13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy widescreen TFT LED backlit display with support for millions of colors
Supported resolutions: 1280 by 800 (native), 1152 by 720, 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, 800 by 500, 720 by 480, and 640 by 480 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio; 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect ratio. Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
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