The Apple MacBook Air 11 inch laptop weighs in at 2.3 pounds. 2.3 pounds is an unbelievable weight for a machine of this caliber. Heck, my mom’s purse weighs 20 pounds easy. The onboard Core 2 Duo processor runs at a speed of 1.4 GHz. The RAM capacity is 4GB and the motherboard has a 800MHz front side bus. Although the technology used on this device is becoming past its time, it offers a respectable entry level price range for students and mobile users alike.
With a hard drive storage capacity under 100GB you won’t be putting your entire video library on it. Still, with the updated DDR3 dual channel RAM and the full QWERTY “chiclet” style keyboard, users can browse the web and type Word documents faster than ever. Just don’t expect to play a game of Crysis on it or use it as a photo editing workstation. Its design features are typical of an Apple –sleek and elegant. The NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor provides a great graphics experience. The Intel HD graphics on the new Core series chips offer about the same quality of playback. It also has two USB 2.0 ports for connecting peripherals. A standard 802.11 n network card is onboard to enable to connect just about anywhere.
Giving way to faster Intel Core series processors, this light little laptop is efficient enough to compete with the best smart phone on the market with some added perks. Businessmen, students and even home makers will be able to appreciate the portability of this machine. Weighing less than a third of typical 15” notebooks, this Apple addition to their lineup will surely entice new customers to get used to the Apple OS X Snow Leopard operating system.
