MacBook Air Introduced at Macworld 2008 Keynote
January
15
Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the MacBook Air during his Macworld Expo keynote Tuesday morning (PST) Wednesday dawn (Manila Time). MacBook air which Apple dubbed as the world’s thinnest notebook is small enough to fit inside an interoffice mailing envelope. It will be available in two weeks with starting price of $1,799.
MacBook Air Features:
- 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display with 1280×800 pixel resolution
- Full-size and backlit keyboard
- Built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing
- 1.6 GHz or 1.8 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
- built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
- 1 USB 2.0 port
- multi-touch TrackPad with support for advanced multi-touch gestures including tap, scroll, pinch, rotate and swipe
- (OPTIONAL) MacBook Air SuperDrive (external drive via USB).
- Micro-DVI port (includes Micro-DVI to VGA and Micro-DVI to DVI Adapters)
- 45 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.
- 1 headphone port
Macbook Air has a slightly wedge-shaped profile. It weighs about 3 pounds, and sports a thickness of 0.16-0.76 inches. It’s 12.8 inches wide and 8.95 inches deep.
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