Editors’ rating: 7.7

Apple MacBook Air (1.6GHz)

By Dan Ackerman on 29/01/2008 Tagged with: air, apple, macbook, macworld 2008 us

The bottom line: The design is revolutionary, but Apple's MacBook Air will appeal to a smaller, more specialised audience than the standard MacBook, thanks to a stripped-down set of connections and features.

RRP: TBA

Battery

  • Battery type included
  • Lithium-polymer
  • Claimed battery life
  • 4.5 hours

Connectivity

  • Network interface
  • Bluetooth, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
  • Dialup modem
  • No
  • USB ports
  • 1
  • S-Video
  • No
  • VGA
  • Yes
  • DVI
  • Yes
  • HDMI
  • No

Display

  • Natural resolution (max)
  • 1280 x 800 pixels
  • Diagonal screen size
  • 13.3 inch

Drives

  • Primary hard drive
  • 128 GB
  • Optical drive
  • CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW

General

  • Dimensions (H x W x D)
  • 19.4 x 325 x 227 mm
  • Weight
  • 1.36 kg
  • Laptop type
  • Ultraportable, Thin and light

Graphics

  • Amt of video RAM
  • 256 MB
  • Graphics hardware
  • GeForce 9400M

Memory

  • Amt of RAM
  • 2GB
  • RAM type
  • DDR3
  • Memory card reader
  • No

Other

  • Integrated webcam
  • Yes

Processor

  • Processor type
  • Intel Core 2 Duo
  • Processor speed
  • 1.86 GHz

Software

  • Operating system
  • Mac OS X

Sound

  • Embedded stereo speakers
  • Yes