Price: $899.95
MSRP: $1199
Store: Buy.Com
Posted: Jul 02, 2012 at 7:34 pm
The 11.6 MacBook Air Notebook Computer from Apple is an extremely portable stunningly designed laptop computer. Apple's engineers have leveraged the lessons they learned in designing the miniaturized iPad and applied them to the design of this 2.4-pound computer. To say that the Air is svelte is all at once stating the obvious and understating the truth. The system is defined by its sleek lines and stunning aluminum enclosure. At its thickest point the computer is only 0.68 -- it tapers down to 0.11 at its thinnest. The system is loaded with 128GB of SSD flash storage rather than an old-fashioned hard drive. Flash storage doesn't just give you a lighter thinner computer. It also allows for impressive battery life -- up to 5 hours of web browsing and an amazing 30 days of standby time! The MacBook Air is housed in an aluminum unibody enclosure which is as strong as it is light. Because it is cut from a solid block of aluminum the housing is stronger than those found on laptops built via traditional means. The computer's high-resolution display makes working on the go a breeze. At 11.6 in size the 16:9 display feature a native resolution of 1366 x 768 -- delivering more pixels than the 13.3 MacBook Pro! It features a glossy finish and LED backlight technology for enhanced image quality and energy efficiency. Computers in the MacBook Air's weight class are most often classified in the netbook category. Netbooks typically feature less-than-full-size keyboards cramped trackpads and low-powered CPUs. Not so with the MacBook Air. This computer features a standard-size backlit chiclet keyboard the same as on the larger computers in the MacBook line. It also boasts a large multi-touch glass trackpad giving you full control over your computer -- without sacrificing ergonomics. The computer is powered by a dual-core 1.6GHz Intel Core i5 processor and boasts 4GB of RAM. Graphics are provided by an integrated Intel GMA HD 3000 GPU. The computer features all the amenities you expect on a Mac -- a FaceTime webcam dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi Bluetooth 4.0 and built-in stereo speakers. iLife '11 a complete suite of digital creativity applications is installed on the system. Easy enough for anyone to use iLife will help you edit your home movies organize digital photos and compose original music. The computer is loaded with Apple's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion operating system. The 64-bit OS features Time Machine backup which automatically backs up system data to an external hard drive. It also features intuitive natural scrolling the innovative Launchpad application launcher and support for full screen applications. Mission Control combines the functionality of Dashboard Expos and Spaces -- giving you a bird's eye view of everything that is happening on your computer. Lion also adds Auto Save to your Mac ensuring that you won't lose data if you forget to save a fi MC969LL/A 11.6" MacBook Air Notebook Computer Feature Highlights: 11.6" MacBook Air Notebook Computer , 1.6GHz Intel Core i5, 4GB RAM, 128GB Flash Storage, Intel GMA HD 3000 Graphics, 11.6" Glossy Widescreen LED Backlit Display, FaceTime Webcam, Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 2.4 lb