Apple’s notebook, the MacBook Air, is a stunner. An attention seeker, one could say. The Air is such a magnificent thin design coupled with an extremely lightweight package for a notebook that has the same basic footprint as the standard MacBook.
The design of the MacBook Air is nothing short of amazing, when you compare its basic shape and look to a standard notebook. It is also so incredibly thin compared to any other notebook; you could even slide it under one’s door. With the display open and the notebook laying flat on your desk the palmrest is a pencil erasers height above the surface of your desk.
The configuration of this MacBook Air is a 3-pound, thin and light notebook. The 13.3 inch widescreen has a native resolution of 1280 x 800, which is fairly standard among notebooks. It runs on the Intel Core 2 Duo chip and it comes with an 80 GB hard disk and 2 GB memory.
Another great asset of the Air is its speed. We might have to find out if this is what inspired Usain Bolt. But the real beauty of this magnificent notebook is its clean design with only one visible port connection, with the rest hidden by a magnetic latch cover.
However, the biggest beef with the MacBook Air is the lone USB 2.0 port, which does not really accommodate all peripherals due to its flip-down panel. And more so, you would have no problems connecting external storage devices. Keep in mind, a mini USB is a must if you frequently plug gear into your notebook.
Another feature rolled out is the “Remote Disc”, Apple’s new system for sharing the optical drives of networked Macs and PC’s with the drive-less Air.Apple’s own MacBook Air is a delight for graphic users, who are calling the Air the ipod of laptops.