Two USB 2.0 ports (one on each side) remain standard, and the native screen resolution of 1366 x 768 is also the same as last year. Battery life is rated at “up to” 5 hours.
Apple claims this makes its SSDs twice as fast as conventional ones. Solid-state drives (SSD) are standard across the board – and they’re built right onto the motherboard. That means also integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000, so say good-bye to the Nvidia GPU used in last year’s version.Ī backlit keyboard is back, making it much easier to use the MacBook Air in poor lighting. Apple claims the new CPUs “do everything twice as fast” – we’ll know more when we see benchmarks for the upgraded models. That pretty much summarizes the July 2011 update to the MacBook Air.Īt its heart is a 1.6 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 CPU, with a 1.8 GHz i7 version for those who need more power. The OS X Lion upgrade costs $31.99 and is available through the Mac OS X App Store, but if you need to install and don’t have access to the App Store, Apple will be releasing it on a USB thumbdrive in late August for $75.Same small size, same small price, same SSD options, but a whole new CPU – and lightning-fast Thunderbolt to round things out. The new OS features a “resume” mode which will restore apps to where they were when you restart your computer, an easy wireless transfer system to send files to and from other Macs, a new version of Apple’s email app, and new multitouch gestures to use on the trackpad. Pricing for the new Mini starts at $699.īoth of these computers will come equipped with Apple’s latest operating system, Mac OS X Lion, also known as 10.7. The monitor-less Mac Mini (above) also received an update, ditching the DVD Superdrive and throwing in Intel’s latest Core i5 or I7 chips and a Thunderbolt port. The new Air starts at $1099 for the 11 inch or $1449 for the 13 inch. Apple's 11 inch and 13 inch MacBook Air notebooks sitting back to back.Īpple is also including a FaceTime HD camera in the new models, USB, an SD card slot, and Apple’s high-speed Thunderbolt port, which Apple sees as a replacement for USB and Firewire. Much like the past model, they’re both really thin, being 0.3 cm at the thinnest point and 1.7cm at the thickest. Both the 11 inch and 13 inch MacBook Air computers feature either an Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor with between 64GB and 256GB of storage using a solid state drive. One of the world’s biggest computer makers just upgraded its slate, with a refresh of the ultralight MacBook Air, a new operating system, and updates to a couple of other products.įirst up is the new MacBook Air laptops, updated with new Intel Core processors launched earlier this year with Sandy Bridge technology.
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