Monday, January 21, 2008

MacBook Air, the latest from Apple, Inc.

During this year's keynote address, Steve Jobs announced the newest device to come out of Apple's workshop: the "thinnovative" MacBook Air. This strikingly thin laptop measures 0.16-0.76 of an inch and is Apple's entrance into the market of portable, lightweight computers known as subnotebooks. Built-in to this three pound device is an oversized trackpad with multi-touch technology first introduced with the iphone and ipod Touch. It also includes a hidden USB 2.0 port, headphone jack, and a micro-DVI port that supports DVI, VGA, composite, and S-video output. Complete with a 13.3-inch wide screen display, 1280 X 800 resolution, iSight camera, and LED backlight that provides full screen brightness the moment you turn it on, the MacBook Air is quite neat for those of us who are impressed with aesthetics. For more serious techies, the MacBook Air could seem a bit empty and frivolous due to its lack of many major features. It doesn't have an ethernet port (although you can buy an adapter), a FireWire port, a Kensington Security slot, or even a remote. So who will buy this super-thin, super-sleek laptop? Well people who want the newest, coolest, lightest product out there who are willing to sacrifice some features for chicness. All I know is that I kinda want one!

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