MacBook Air announced: specs and pricing
00 for a unit with SSD and 1.8 GHz processor.
Today Apple introduced the MacBook Air, a super-thin notebook that sports a specially designed, miniaturized Core 2 Duo processor board and lacks an optical drive. The new Mac is the first to make use of optional SSD (solid-state disk) technology.
The official default configuration, priced at $1800, is as follows:
- 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; and
- 45 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.
Upgrading to a 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and a 64GB SSD will set you back an additional $1300, bringing the total price to $3100.
Appple claims battery life of 5 hours for the new device, which is 0.16-inches at its thinnest point, an 0.76-inches at its widest.
Other options include the MacBook Air SuperDrive ($100), Apple USB Ethernet Adapter, Apple USB Modem, Apple MagSafe Airline Adapter, Apple Remote and the AppleCare Protection Plan.
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