![]() ![]() ![]() At AU$1599 for the base model, it is admittedly around three times more than a netbook - but significantly cheaper than its predecessors. This is a laptop, though, that's built for mobility. Thankfully, Apple has also included OS X on a USB flash drive, rather than a disc. The difference is when the first Air was released, we pined the lack of optical drive, bemoaned the single USB port and admonished the performance - now, in a post-netbook world, the Air makes more sense than it once did, and provides a better experience than any netbook ever could. Admittedly, it'd likely also drive up the price and push the Air into the unattainable zone for many as well.Īnd that's the new Air - while there's a little more expansion than the last version, this is still a device of minimalism. Sadly, it doesn't inherit the backlit keyboard or edge-to-edge glass of the MacBook Pro, and there's no dedicated microphone jack or Ethernet - all features that we feel would push the Air into true luxury zone. There are now two USB ports instead of one, a headphone jack, SD card reader and Mini DisplayPort out. The annoying flip down ports are gone, in favour of directly exposing them to the outside for easy access. The power button has been moved into the keyboard, sitting right next to the F12 key. Apple's making a point of not calling it an SSD in its marketing (although OS X's Disk Utility is perfectly happy calling it thus, as is Toshiba).Īll this hardware is crammed into a unibody aluminium shell, refined since the last iteration - it has an extra large touch pad, with single button press as per the MacBook Pro. Our particular review sample comes with 2GB RAM and a 128GB flash drive. This time around though Apple has boosted its 9400M graphics solution to the GeForce 320M, also found in the latest 13-inch MacBook Pro. I use OCZ SSD ( octane S2) drive in my macbook pro (mid 2010) model at the same parameters only with upgraded memory 6 GB OZC working with mac laptops and you can read it in there ( specifications) > ives. Some Windows-based thin-and-light laptops still use the Core 2 Duo as a way to keep heat and cost down (although they're now transitioning to Core i3 and i5), while still being able to achieve the svelte form factor that the MacBook Air pioneered in the first place. 11:29 PM in response to roeifromjerusalem. ![]() This is nothing to be ashamed of, of course.
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