MacBook Air – 2011 style
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The online Apple store went down at around 7 pm tonight, and lo and behold when it reopened just after 10.30 pm there was a new MacBook Air on offer.
Packed into the still very slim MacBook Air, available in 11- and 13-inch screen sizes, is a little more grunt, and some new features. Firstly, processors. On-board are the Intel Core i5 and Core i7 dual-core processors, providing what Apple claim is up to twice the speed of the last MacBook Air model.
Both sizes also house the new Thunderbolt port, that allows 10 Gbps of throughput in both directions. That’s 20 times faster than with USB 2.0, and over 12 times faster than FireWire 800.
Left-hand side view of the Apple Macbook Air…
… and the right-hand side
A very welcome new feature is the backlit keyboard. It might not sound sexy, but once you’ve used a computer with a keyboard that lights up in the dark you curse anything you use that lacks such a feature.
MacBook Air pricing
The new MacBook Air is available to order online now, and will be on store shelves when the doors open today, July 21. The MacBook Air will be available in the following sizes and standard configurations:
1.6 GHz 11-inch MacBook Air
- Option 1: 2GB of memory and 64GB of flash storage – AUD$1,099 RRP
- Option 2: 4GB of memory and 128GB of flash storage – AUD$1,349 RRP
1.7 GHz 13-inch MacBook Air
- Option 1 – 4GB of memory and 128GB of flash storage – AUD$1,449 RRP
- Option 2 – 4GB of memory and 256GB of flash storage – AUD$1,799 RRP
Optional upgrades / configurations for the 13-inch MacBook Air include a 1.8 GHz Core i7 processor, additional flash storage, MacBook Air SuperDrive and a USB Ethernet Adapter.
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hard to teach and old dog new tricks..bought my mac air in christmas …three months of doing my head learning ..and when i almost had all the basics …..bang …no ,not even a bang ..the stupid thing just stop working …nothing silch ? just stop ,cant turn it on ? to my surprise there is a series of things you can do when this happens ? w t ?? is in the manual… what? hey this is a new computer ? and is not a cheap one , i am a little bit confused here .because when they sold it to me ,they did not told me ..by the way mister … we do forsee that your brand new computer may …..just stop working …..mmm any time ; if this happens ,just have a look at the manuals ,because there is a number of things that you can do …if this happens …. give it a try …and good luck ….yes good luck ??? what a load of bull …. i posted a coment on the apple webside and so fari believe there is 14 posts from people that have exactly the same problem ..well i tried all the things that they sugested ,but my mac air crap is still very dead and i am very sorry i spent 1400 hundred dollars in the stupid good looking gadget , that some how is predictewd by their own manufacturers to …….just stop working ..sometime after purchase …….good luck sort of thing …Jaime
Is there an Apple Store near you Jaime? A trip to the Genius Bar would shed some light on the issue. Say what you want about Apple, but the Genius Bar service is second-to-none. I also would try a channel other than the Apple website. Ring them, and talk to someone. If you continue to have trouble contacting anyone I can put you in touch with someone at the company. I’ve also not heard of any major issue wit the MacBook Air – it’s a great little computer.
So light, so portable, so mine? please? :0)