Apple MacBook Air gets more Power
Topic: Notebooks and PCs
Posted on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:17:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Apple unveiled today new MacBook Pro and new next-Generation MacBooks. The MacBook Air stays in its design the same, but will have more performance and storage.
MacBook Air, measuring only 0.16-inches at its thinnest point, 0.76-inches at its maximum height and weighing just three pounds, now includes new NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics and a faster architecture to provide robust support for 3D games and enhanced performance.
Starting at $1,799, MacBook Air is available with a 120GB 4200 rpm hard drive, a 50 percent increase from the previous generation, or a new 128GB solid state drive.
The new MacBook Air notebooks are available on the Apple Store.
The 1.6 GHz MacBook Air, for a suggested retail price of $1,799 (US),
includes:
-- 13.3-inch widescreen LED-backlit high resolution 1280 x 800 glossy
display;
-- 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 6MB shared L2 cache;
-- 1066 MHz front-side bus;
-- 2GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM;
-- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics;
-- 120GB serial ATA hard drive running at 4200 rpm, with Sudden Motion
Sensor;
-- Mini DisplayPort for video output (adapters sold separately);
-- built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth
2.1+EDR;
-- built-in iSight video camera;
-- one USB 2.0 port;
-- one headphone port;
-- Multi-Touch trackpad and illuminated keyboard; and
-- 45 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.
The 1.86 GHz MacBook Air, for a suggested retail price of $2,499 (US),
includes:
-- 13.3-inch widescreen LED-backlit 1280 x 800 glossy display;
-- 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 6MB shared L2 cache;
-- 1066 MHz front-side bus;
-- 2GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM;
-- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics;
-- 128GB solid state drive;
-- Mini DisplayPort for video output (adapters sold separately);
-- built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth
2.1+EDR;
-- built-in iSight video camera;
-- one USB 2.0 port;
-- one headphone port;
-- Multi-Touch trackpad and illuminated keyboard; and
-- 45 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.
Posted on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:17:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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