Apple has rolled out their new Mac Book Air at the WWDC 2013. Mac Book Air is a very popular ultra thin Mac Book that runs on OS X or Windows and is available today through Apple Online Store , Apple retail stores and Authorized re-sellers.
What would you expect of the new Mac Book ?
Let see what apple thinks:
Well obliviously it's spec seems to be as solid as their expectation. The new Mac Book Air come in both 13-inch and 11-inch. Both the Mac Book Air 11-inch and Mac Book 13-inch is powered with Intel Core i5 (1.3 GHz Dual-Core Turbo Boost up to 2.6 GHz & 3 MB L3 Cache) or i7 (1.7 GHz , Turbo Boost up to 3.3 GHz with 4 MB L3 Cache ) processors. The Mac Book Air 11-ich weigh about 2.38 pounds (1.08 kg) and 13-inch version about 2.96 pounds (1.35 kg).
Both device comes with LED-backlight glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors. The 11-inch version support resolution up to 1366 x 768 pixel at accept ratio of 16:9 and the 13-ich version support resolution up to 1440 x 900 pixel.
In the box the device comes with 45 W Magsafe 2 Power Adapter, AC wall plug, and power cord, printed and electronic documents. The storage varies from up to 128 GB to 256 GB of Falsh storage. The 256 GB version is configurable to 515 GB flash storage if you are looking for more storage. The Mac Book Air support RAM up to 8 GB (1600 MHz LPDDR3). Both device comes with 720p Face Time HD camera which support good quality video capture.
MacBook Air 11-ich support a battery life of 9 hours and up to 30 days standby and 13-ich version support up to 12 hours of battery backup.
Now lets look into the What makes Apple MacBook Air Special.
Due to it's compact all-flash storage in MacBook Air, there's plenty of room for a big battery. Working together with new power-efficient Intel core architecture, this battery can post some impressive numbers. now the 13-inch model gets up to 12 hours of battery life on a single charge and the 11-inch model gets up to 9 hours. That gives you all-day power for word processing, presentations, email, and more. And if you're watching iTunes movies, you get up to 10 hours of playback time on the 13-inch model and 8 hours on the 11-inch. Put MacBook Air to sleep for more than 3 hours and it will enter the standby mode to conserve battery life up to 30 days. And if you enable power nap , you'll continue to receive new email and calendar invitations while your computer is asleep.
MacBook Air is powered by the all-new fourth-generation Intel core i5 and i7 processor. This Ultra-efficient architecture was designed to use less power and still high performance. Which means not only can you do whatever you want- you can keep doing it for longer than before. in addition,the new Intel HD graphic 5000 offers up to 40 percent faster graphics-performance you'll especially notice with games and other graphic-intensive tasks.
MacBook Air now supports ultra-fast 802.22 ac Wi-Fi. When connected to an 802.11 ac base station-including the new
AirPort Extreme and
AirPort Time Capsule-wireless performance is up to 3x faster than with previous generation of MacBook air. And your Wi-fi range improves as well. With Bluetooth technology, you can connect MacBook Air to Bluetooth-enabled devices like speakers and headphones. Even without all wires, you're totally connected.
A high-speed Thunderbolt port and two USB 3 ports allow MacBook Air to transfer data at lightning-fast speeds and connect to display like the Apple Thunderbolt Display. So with a few connections, you turn a highly portable notebook into a highly versatile workstation.
Parts of what makes macBook Air so responsive is that it's designed entirely around flash storage. Not only does this make MacBook Air much lighter and more portable than traditional notebooks, it also provides faster access to data. Available in capacities up to 512 GB , this next-generation flash storage is up to 9x faster than a traditional 5400-rpm notebook hard drive. And it's up to 45 percent faster than the flash storage in previous-generation MacBook Air. So when you flip open MacBook Air, it's ready to go right away. Even after a month standyby mode, the screen springs to life. As if this big bump in performance wasn't enough, the 11-inch model now comes with standard capacity 128 GB.
LED-BACK-LIT DISPLAY : Corner to corner and pixel by pixel, the Mackbook Air display is both an engineering feat and design breakthrough. the display measures a mere 4.86 millimeters(0.19 inch ) thin, yet its resolution makes you feel like you're looking at a larger screen. The 11-inch MacBook Air features a resolution of 1366 by 768 pixel, while the 13-inch model wows with a resolution of 1440 by 968 pixel. And LED backlighting makes colors bring and vibrant from edge to edge. So whether you're editing photos,perfecting a presentation, or watching a movie, you're going to love what you see.
720p FACE-TIME HD CAMERA : Let your friends and family see more of you with the 720p FaceTime
HD camera. Every smile looks bright, even halfway around the world . And the widescreen format means everyone can fit into the picture without having to crowd around the display.
DUAL MICS : The dual microphones in MacBook Air are great for when you want to be heard . If you're making a faceTime call , for example, the notebook. And when you use Dictation, they create an adaptive audio beam that intelligently adjust to detect your voice- instead of the noise around you.
The Multi-Touch gesture in OS X makes everything you do on MacBook Air intuitive, direct and fun. And the spacious Multi-Touch trackpad is perfectly designed for them, whether it's a three-finger to activate Mission Control or a four-finger pinch to see all your app in Launchpad. Gesture response are real and realistic. So When you're scrolling up and down a web page or swiping from one-full screen app to another , it's almost like you're touching what you're seeing.
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