![]() ![]() Then again, SSD was so expensive in Early 2008 that it cost $999 to upgrade to a 64 GB SSD. The MacBook Air was the only Intel-based Mac designed to run from a parallel ATA hard drive, a tiny, slow 80 GB microdrive also used in iPods. OS X 10.7 Lion is too demanding of resources to be practical on the original MacBook Air unless you’ve upgraded to an SSD, and even then you might not be happy with its performance. With 2 GB of memory and no upgrade possible, OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard are your best OS choices, especially 10.6 since it is optimized for Intel. ![]() 1.8 GHz, 64 GB solid state drive, 2 GB RAM, US$3,098.1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 80 GB 4200 rpm hard drive, 2 GB RAM, built-in iSight, and a 1280 x 800 display for US$1,799.The MacBook Air was available in two configurations, which can be further customized: Cost to have Apple replace the 37 Watt-hour battery out of warranty is $130. Like the iPod and iPhone, it does not have an easily replaceable battery. The MacBook Air is available only with an 18-bit glossy display, not the 24 bits you might expect. Like MacBook Pro models, the MacBook Air has a backlit keyboard, and it uses the same Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor as the consumer MacBook (this ties up 144 MB of system memory). The Apple Remote is not included with the MBA it sells for $19. There is no option to upgrade RAM from the 2 GB built into the computer, because it’s soldered to the logic board. There’s no built-in ethernet port if you need ethernet, Apple sells a USB 2.0 ethernet adapter for $29. This is the first aluminum Mac notebook since 1999 without FireWire, and it only has one USB port. Our Leopard Group is for those using Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6.Ī few things are missing.Got a MacBook, Pro, or Air? Join our MacBook Group.lighter and was the first Mac with a unibody aluminum design. The MacBook Air has the same footprint as the MacBook, but it’s 2.2 lb. You can add an external USB 2.0 SuperDrive that is only compatible with the MBA for US$99.) (However, you have to use a USB optical drive to install Windows for use with Boot Camp or virtualization. The MacBook Air is Apple’s first computer to support wireless NetBoot, and the Remote Disc software that comes with the MBA (on CD) can turn a Mac or Windows PC into a NetBoot server, allowing access to that computer’s optical drive from the MBA even for reinstalling the operating system. (You can upgrade to a 1.8 GHz CPU for US$300 additional.) There is no built-in optical drive. The MacBook Air uses a special version of the Core 2 CPU that’s 60% smaller than usual. New to the MacBook line is a large multitouch trackpad, which lets MacBook Air users do the same kind of things iPhone users can. Where netbooks used small screens, shrunken keyboards, and underpowered CPUs, Apple has gone very, very thin so the MacBook Air can have a 13.3″ LED backlit display, a full-sized keyboard, and a 1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU – along with up to 5 hours of battery life without turning off AirPort. Apple took a completely different approach to ultralight notebook computers with the MacBook Air (MBA). ![]()
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