Monday, November 1, 2010
Apple Product of the Day by Scott Morris
Today, the Apple product of the day is the new MacBook Air. The new MacBook Air now comes in two 11 inch models. Apple is now making the Air as they would an iPad. Instead of making it with a computer hard drive, they are making it with Flash storage. And the Air now has instant on, so as soon as you open it, it turns on. Apple has figured out that for a computer, the best way to have multi-touch is through the trackpad, and if it has multi-touch on the screen your arm would get tired. The 11 inch models start at $999 and $1,200, the 13 inch models cost $1,299; and $1,599. The 11 inch model of the Air has a 5 hour battery and the 13 inch has a 7 hour battery. With the Air's multi-touch trackpad you ca scroll, swipe, and you can basically control what you do on the computer. I have used the MacBook Air before and I really like it. If I were to buy one, I would buy the 13 inch model that costs $1,299. With the Air, it also has FaceTime so you can video call people that have iPhone 4s, iPod Touch 4th generation,, or people on another MacBook. It also has mission control, which helps you see all of your windows at once.
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I am pretty sure the Drive features the flash storage built in.
The MacBook Air also features a SSD (Solid State Drive) instead of the typical "computer hard drive" also called and HDD (Hard Disk Drive). The outcome is the "Instant On" feature that Apple claims they have on the new MBA. The SSD that Apple uses is a smaller version, more like a stick of RAM. Also, an SSD has NO moving parts.
Oh, and ALL Macs that have an iSight Camera have the ability to use FaceTime, but the MBA has a renamed version of the iSight called the FaceTime Camera.
Note: The MBA does not have Mission Control, not yet. But when Mac OS X 10.7 Lion comes out, most likely at Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference next Summer.
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