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Introducing MacBook Air.
The world's thinnest notebook.
MacBook Air is ultrathin, ultraportable and ultra unlike anything else. But you dont lose cms and kilos overnight. Its the result of rethinking conventions. Of multiple wireless innovations. And of breakthrough design. With MacBook Air, mobile computing suddenly has a new standard.
Design
What makes the Air so thin?
MacBook Air is nearly as thin as your index finger. Practically every detail that could be streamlined has been. Yet it still has a 13.3-inch widescreen LED display, full-size keyboard and large multi-touch trackpad. Its incomparably portable without the usual ultraportable screen and keyboard compromises.
Features
So many innovations. So little space.
The incredible thinness of MacBook Air is the result of numerous size- and weight-shaving innovations. From a slimmer hard drive to strategically hidden I/O ports to a lower-profile battery, everything has been considered and reconsidered with thinness in mind.
Wireless
Built for the wireless world.
MacBook Air is designed and engineered to take full advantage of the wireless world. A world in which 802.11n Wi-Fi is now so fast and so available, people are truly living untethered buying and renting movies online, downloading software and sharing and storing files on the web.
The brilliance of multi-touch.
MacBook Air includes an oversize trackpad with multi-touch technology. You can pinch, swipe, or rotate to zoom in on text, advance through a photo album, or adjust an image. This gesture-based input so successful on iPod touch now comes to MacBook.
A smart LED display.
The backlit LED display allows for an even thinner build. It provides instant full-screen brightness the moment you open MacBook Air. The mercury- and arsenic-free display is also more power efficient, which translates to longer battery life.
Thin is in the details.
The innovative now-you-see-it, now-you-dont port hatch flips down to reveal (and closes to hide) all the ports you really need: a USB 2.0 port, a headphone jack and a micro-DVI port that supports DVI, VGA, composite and S-video output. Even the MagSafe power connection has been reconsidered and slimmed to fit MacBook Air.
So thin yet so expansive.
MacBook Air comes with a way-more-than-generous 2GB of RAM built in ample memory for working with your favourite applications. The 80GB hard drive provides plenty of storage space. And you have the option to upgrade to a 64GB solid-state drive, which has no moving parts for enhanced durability.1 
Micro. Chip.
MacBook Air performance is as impressive as its form, thanks to its 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. This chip was custom-built to fit within the compact dimensions of MacBook Air.
Built-in iSight camera.
Unlike most other ultraportable notebooks, MacBook Air includes a built-in iSight camera. Its so smartly integrated, you hardly notice its there. The iSight camera and iChat software make video chatting easy anywhere theres a wireless network.2
The battery is slimmer. The performance isnt.
The MacBook Air battery is our thinnest ever, yet it doesnt compromise power. You can access the web wirelessly for five fullhours.
Technical Specifications
Size and weight
- Height:
- 0.4-1.94 cm (0.16-0.76 inch)
- Width:
- 32.4 cm (12.74 inches)
- Depth:
- 22.7 cm (8.9 inches)
- Weight:
- 1.36 kg (3.0 pounds)1
Processor and memory
Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB on-chip shared L2 cache running at full processor speed
- 800MHz frontside bus
- 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM onboard
Storage
- 80GB 4200-rpm Parallel ATA hard disk drive2
- Optional 64GB solid-state drive2
- Optional external USB MacBook Air SuperDrive
Environmental status report
MacBook Air embodies Apples continuing environmental progress. Itconsumes the least amount of power of any Mac andis also designed with the following features to reduce environmental impact:
Highly recyclable, mercury-free aluminium enclosure
Mercury-free LCD display witharsenic-free glass
PVC-free internal cables
Largely recyclable,low-volume packaging 
Meets ENERGY STAR requirements 
MacBook Air received a Silver rating from EPEAT
Display
13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy widescreen TFT LED backlit display with support for millions of colors
Supported resolutions: 1280 by 800 (native), 1152 by 720, 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, 800 by 500, 720 by 480 and 640 by 480 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768, 800 by 600 and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio; 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect ratio
Graphics and video support
Pure digital video output
DVI output using micro-DVI to DVI adapter (included)
VGA output using micro-DVI to VGA adapter (included)
Composite output using micro-DVI to video adapter (optional)
S-video output using micro-DVI to video adapter (optional)
Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor with 144MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory
Extended desktop and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 1920 by 1200 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors 
Built-in iSight camera
Input
- Built-in full-size keyboard with 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys, 4 arrow keys (inverted T arrangement) and embedded numeric keypad
- Backlit keyboard with ambient light sensor for automatic adjustment of keyboard illumination and screen brightness
- Solid-state trackpad with multi-touch gesture support for precise cursor control; supports two-finger scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, tap, double-tap and drag capabilities
Wireless
Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi wireless networking (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible 
Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
Peripheral connections
Audio
- Analog audio output/headphone out (minijack)
- Built-in mono speaker
- Built-in omnidirectional microphone
Battery and power3
Integrated 37-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery
45W MagSafe power adapter with cable management system
MagSafe power adapter port
Electrical and operating requirements
- Line voltage: 100V to 240V AC
- Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz
- Operating temperature: 10 to 35C (50 to 95F)
- Storage temperature: -24 to 45C (-13 to 113F)
- Relative humidity: 0% to 90% noncondensing
- Maximum operating altitude: 3,000 m (10,000 feet)
- Maximum storage altitude: 4,500 m (15,000 feet)
- Maximum shipping altitude: 10,668 m (35,000 feet)
Installed software
- Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (includes Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools)
- iLife 08 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand)
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