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post #1 of 18
7/16/10 at 4:59am
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Apple readies 11.6-inch MacBook Air

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Apple is ready to launch a new generation MacBook Air featuring an 11.6-inch display and Intel Core i-series ultra-low voltage processor in the second half of 2010.... It will be manufactured by Quanta Computer, according to Mingchi Kuo, senior analyst at Digitimes Research.

Kuo, citing discussions with upstream component makers, noted that the 11.6-inch MacBook Air will feature an even slimmer and lighter design than the previous-generation models and the technologies used for the design and concept are expected to be broadly used in the company's other product lines to boost their competitiveness.

However, shipment volumes of the new 11.6-inch MacBook are expected to reach only 400,000 units in 2010, Kuo pointed out.

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post #2 of 18
7/16/10 at 10:56am
What size was the previous one?
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post #3 of 18
7/16/10 at 11:52am
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The current 13.3"

Height: 0.16-0.76 inch (0.4-1.94 cm)
Width: 12.8 inches (32.5 cm)
Depth: 8.94 inches (22.7 cm)
Weight: 3.0 pounds (1.36 kg)

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post #4 of 18
7/22/10 at 6:10am
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A new design besides the "thin" concept?




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"…the 11.6 inch MacBook Air will feature an even slimmer and lighter design than the previous-generation models and the technologies used for the design and concept are expected to be broadly used in the company's other product lines to boost their competitiveness."



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- The first alternative would be integrating a presentation pico projector into the MacBook Air.

- The second alternative would involve integrating "presence detection" into the new MacBook Air. The new technology would remotely detect a person's presence without requiring physical input by the user to restart their notebook from sleep. The technology could be built right into the physical frame of various MacBook Air or set within iSight itself.







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The Evolving MacBook Air

Apple's MacBook Air is a premium priced notebook that really doesn't serve a need any longer. It's nothing more than a novelty "Wow-factor" device but little else. Apple could very well be rethinking the MacBook Air's position in the marketplace and deciding to re-purpose the MacBook Air as Apple's flagship notebook. New and successful technologies brought to the MacBook Air could eventually filter down to others in the MacBook family.

A MacBook Air Hybrid notebook meets the criteria of the statement made by DigiTimes and perhaps that statement was in fact a planted statement. For my take, I found the statement to be overly clever and perhaps one that Apple's PR machine might have dreamed up to get the report to go viral. A way to get free press for a coming product so as to build market moment and high expectations for a future special event.

Whatever the case, the fact is that a hybrid notebook in the form of the MacBook Air would be a way to reinvigorate the one time super star device and put it back unto center stage where it belongs. Except this time it would have a lot of clout and technology behind it to really move this into the market for Christmas sales. I mean, could such a unit get any sexier?

In fact Apple could consider on re-branding the sexy beast to something like the AirBook – playing off the fact it's a hybrid MacBook Air and an iBook device. For the fun of it, we snug that into our cover graphic for you to see if you didn't already catch that.

The MacBook already has the built-in iSight camera and so Apple wouldn't really have to move its positioning being that FaceTime in landscape mode is cooler anyways. The fact that Apple will be implementing an Ultra Low-Voltage processor could pave the way for the A4 and the new iSeries chip to co-exist. Then again, how Apple will achieve this is beyond the scope of this report. Suffice to say that it is plausible being that Apple has this design patented.

At the end of the day, these are some of the coolest possibilities that we might see coming to the new MacBook Air this fall. Could there be an out-of-nowhere surprise? Of course. Could DigiTimes have simply overstated their claims? Yes, of course again. They're both possibilities - and yet the time is right for the hybrid to come to market to stave off competitors and expand the reach of Apple's revolutionary iPad. Then again, time will tell.
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post #5 of 18
10/21/10 at 10:37am
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So let us pick up from what NBF left off since July ... Now a 400.000 delivered units on this thin machine might be a bit optimistic with this late in the year for the assembly lines, unless Apple is way ahead of the game - models are already for ordering and delivering on the site.

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post #6 of 18
10/21/10 at 2:09pm
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It must be noted that with this new macbook air line, an 8GB USB flash drive is being bundled/used as recovery drive since these models do not come with an internal optical drive. Small detail that is well taken by the designing folks at Apple.

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post #7 of 18
10/22/10 at 7:11am
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An autopsy on a live macbook air , and hopefully it's still alive after the project






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post #8 of 18
10/23/10 at 9:56am
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By the way with this new refresh and models Apple will not bundle Flash with its machines. But if users want the Flash they can download it themselves from Adobe site.

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post #9 of 18
10/23/10 at 11:30pm
The 11 inch Air is AMAZING!

The processors are slower than the previous models but the flash memory makes them fast as hell. I really really really want to get one of the 11 inch ones but I would never use it
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post #10 of 18
10/24/10 at 6:38am
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Originally Posted by Kakaze View Post
The 11 inch Air is AMAZING!

The processors are slower than the previous models but the flash memory makes them fast as hell. I really really really want to get one of the 11 inch ones but I would never use it
Non? I am thinking seriously about getting it and replacing my Toshiba NB200 here

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post #11 of 18
10/24/10 at 1:53pm
I have a MacBook Pro so I have no need for the MBA. Plus I never travel so there's no need to get one just for portability. If I decide to go back to school it might be something to look into as something light and easy to take with me to class.
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post #12 of 18
10/24/10 at 2:49pm
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Originally Posted by Kakaze View Post
I have a MacBook Pro so I have no need for the MBA. Plus I never travel so there's no need to get one just for portability. If I decide to go back to school it might be something to look into as something light and easy to take with me to class.
Got ya. Sensible reason for not getting one

I might upgrade my gen1 macbook to the pro line, eventually - must deciding if going for a larger screen than staying with the current 13".

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post #13 of 18
10/24/10 at 6:52pm
I had the NB205. I ended up selling it to my sister n law because I had to many laptops. But I loved the weight and size. The MacBook Air is like computer porn :P

Yep, so I'm going to sell my more powerful MacBook white to get it. I love the weight, SSD card and how sleek it looks. I don't know about you guys but I have a feeling I might have the last (2010) white MacBook. I'll be surprised if that model returns next year.
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post #14 of 18
10/27/10 at 6:11pm
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Originally Posted by Kakaze View Post
The 11 inch Air is AMAZING!

The processors are slower than the previous models but the flash memory makes them fast as hell. ...
And it is fast indeed ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC1aQZMLAGg

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post #15 of 18
11/11/10 at 8:17am
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25-30fps with standard settings on Star Craft II? This is good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkOBVbu1XX8

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post #16 of 18
11/22/10 at 10:00am
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MacBook Air outperforms most Windows Netbooks and Ultraportables

Recent tests showed Windows 7 on two MacBook Airs ran faster than nearly any other recent netbook or ultraportable laptop!

The 11-Inch MacBook Air: Floats Like a Netbook, Stings Like an Ultraportable

First we tested a high-end 11-inch MacBook Air packing a 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, 128GB of flash storage and an Nvidia GeForce 320M integrated graphics chipset. We purchased our test unit for $1199, a much higher price than most Windows netbooks fetch. But in light of the size similarities, we compared it with some of the top-scoring Windows netbooks of 2010.

Our WorldBench 6 software runs systems through a timed gantlet of popular consumer applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Mozilla Firefox, compiles the results, and spits out an overall score. The 11-inch Air earned a WorldBench 6 score of 74, very impressive given that the average WorldBench 6 score of the netbooks we’ve tested recently is 45.






Even more impressive was the 11-inch Air’s performance in our gaming tests: Most netbooks can’t run 3D games like DiRT 2 and Call of Duty 4 at all, but the Air managed to sustain a frame rate of 23 frames per second while running COD4 at 1024 by 768 resolution and high graphic settings; much of the credit probably should go to the Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics card, which comes standard in every Air model.


The 13-Inch MacBook Air: A Competitive Portable Performance Machine

The 13-inch MacBook Air we tested came equipped with a 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, 128GB of flash storage and the Nvidia GeForce 320M. We ended up paying $1299 for the machine. The 13-inch Air easily outpaced the original MacBook Air (which we tested in 2008) on our WorldBench 6 tests: 90 to 57. The new 13-inch Air also compares very favorably with contemporary ultraportable laptops, which have an average WorldBench 6 score of 74. In fact, among our top 10 ultraportable laptops only the Asus U33jc outperforms the 13-inch Air, speeding to a mark of 103.





If you're undaunted by the Air's price tag, don't ignore some design idiosyncrasies that might get in your way. The Air has neither an optical drive nor an ethernet port, presumably so that Apple could keep their machine as slim and light as possible. An ethernet port is standard on Windows laptops; and though the lack of an optical drive isn't unusual in a small notebook these days, many ultraportables do have them. Still, if you’re comfortable with working over Wi-Fi and with spending a grand or more on a thin, light notebook, you’ll be hard-pressed to find one that outperforms the MacBook Air.

Now I would carry 2 sets of SSDs One for Windows and one for Mac Os X and swap them as see fit

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post #17 of 18
12/17/10 at 1:31pm
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Still not impressed?

How about being able to connect 4 monitors to this thin device?

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The new MacBook Air is definitely a notebook that we'd like to get our hands on, even though it's slightly under-powered. However, sacrifices had to be made in order to deliver this new form factor. This hasn't stopped Blake from running a total of four effective monitors (including the laptop screen) off his MacBook Air.


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There are currently four monitors running off his MacBook air in his home office. That's surprising since the MacBook Air isn't really supposed to be a multi-monitor machine. However, just take a look at what kind of monitors he's using and you'll understand.
The retro Apple IIc is tied to the MacBook Air thanks to a terminal session via a serial cable. The 20-inch Apple Cinema Display is connected via the Mini Display Port thanks to the DVI adapter. The 7-inch Mimo 720-S is plugged into a USB port on the MacBook Air. The Apple IIc is mainly used to log onto IRC (Internet Relay Chat) servers. We have to say that it can get annoying always switching tabs and such, so having a dedicated monitor for chatting via IRC makes sense, as much as having a screen dedicated to your Twitter stream.
One of the biggest issues with the MacBook Air is the fact that it uses a processor that's almost outdated. This hasn't stopped Blake from running it at its full potential. This home office sets itself apart thanks to the unusual tech that surrounds the MacBook Air, from the Apple IIc and the older Apple Cinema Display.
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Hats off!

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post #18 of 18
12/20/11 at 11:55pm

Very beautiful . A new one

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