MacBook Air - they actually did it!

Submitted by charlie.collins on Tue, 01/15/2008 - 13:11

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I thought the sub was just hype and rumor, but nope, it's real:

10:25 am Pre-orders today, shipping in two weeks
10:24 am $1799
10:24 am 2 GB Memory standard
10:23 am 5 hours of Battery Life
10:23 am No optical drive, but a Superdrive accessory is available for $99. Also, software comes with the MacBook Air that allows you to "borrow" a Mac or PCs optical drive.
10:21 am 802.11n + Bluetooth 2.1/EDR
10:20 am Other features: 45 Watt MagSafe, 1 USB 2.0 port, Micro-DVI, Audio Out
10:18 am Apple asked Intel to shrink the Core 2 Duo. Intel shrunk the processor by 60%. Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel is taking the stage
10:17 am 1.6 GHz Standard, 1.8 GHz Option -- Intel Core 2 Duo
10:16 am 80 GB hard disk standard, 64 GB SSD as an option. "they're pricy, but they're fast"
10:15 am 1.8" Hard Drive
10:15 am How did we fit a Mac in here?
10:08 am "The World's Thinnest Notebook"
10:08 am As you know, Apple makes the best notebooks in the industry. Today, we are introducing a third kind of notebook. It's called the MacBook Air

I am guessing $2499 if you get the SSD option, but the store is still down.

Comments

A bit pricey for me. I do

Submitted by bored (not verified) on Tue, 01/15/2008 - 13:40.

A bit pricey for me. I do like the idea of breaking out the optical drive to save space since I rarely use mine, though I do on occasion I need an Ethernet hookup. I assume you could get some sort of USB job that would do the trick.

Overall pretty cool, though it is just a really small laptop. Nothing crazy. Chuck, you got my hopes up with your comment about Apple announcing a "flying car that gets 1000mpg, plays MP3s with WiFi access to iTunes, doubles as a computer for third world children, and automatically plants trees while not in use."