If the $1799 price of the MacBook Air didn’t dissuade you from picking up “the world’s thinnest notebook” and, as a bit of a road-warrior, you were tempted by the 64GB SSD option, prepare to hack away at that spare piggy-bank. Apple’s spec customisation page shows just how much you’ll have to pay to swap out the standard 80GB 4200rpm hard-drive for the solid-state alternative, and it’s a whopping $999.
After all the usual rumor, intrigue and speculation, another Macworld Keynote comes to a close. It’s been a morning of updates and a few significant launches, with Apple TV, iTunes, the iPhone and the iPod Touch all getting new software, the introduction of $3.99 movie rentals from all of the major studios, Apple’s first NAS in the shape of the Time Capsule and, of course, the super-slim, super-sexy (and already super-controversial) MacBook Air.
The full SlashGear transcript of the Keynote is after the cut, and you can guarantee that we’ll be bringing you all the latest coverage of these new additions and upgrades to Apple’s range over the coming days.
Despite the uncontrollable salivation over the new MacBook Air ultraportable, our intrepid Macworld 08 team still managed to shoot footage of the lustworthy laptop’s first advert.
There may not be built in WiMAX or cellular broadband, but the MacBook Air is still indecently thin – just 0.76-inches at its narrowest – respectably powered, thanks to an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU in 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz flavors, and features a gesture-sensitive touchpad that borrows from the iPhone’s MultiTouch capabilities. All in something that weighs 3lbs.
The rumors were true: Apple has announced an ultraportable laptop, the MacBook Air, will be added to their range. Measuring just .75-inches at its thickest point and an amazing .16-inches at its thinnest, the MacBook Air has an LED-backlit 13.3-inch display, full-sized keyboard with ambient light sensor and built-in iSight webcam, and storms the shelves as the World’s thinnest notebook.
With hours to go until the Macworld Keynote, the rumors surrounding Apple’s “There’s something in the air” slogan continue to simmer. A third-party Apple vendor has told Wired magazine that the expected ultraportable – believed to be named the MacBook Air – is “unbelievably thin” and constructed from aluminium and glass following the company’s latest design ethos. Shaped like a teardrop in profile – thicker at the hinge and tapering to the forward edge of the keyboard – according to their source the Air has both a physical keyboard and MultiTouch screen.
Concept images via Wired
[Update] Macworld 08: MacBook Air is Apple’s long-awaited ultraportable
Apple’s multi-touch Newton tablet will be MIA at this year’s Macworld Keynote but in its place might be the MacBook Air. Yes sir, MacRumors claimed to have heard various whispers that Steve Jobs will introduce the MacBook Air. Take this information for what it’s worth, because Apple has been known to send out false hardware specs and design info.
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