News Mobile Computing Utra-thin MacBook Air goes size zero Utra-thin MacBook Air goes size zero |
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| Written by Simon Toat at MacWorld, San Francisco | ||||
| Tuesday, 15 January 2008 | ||||
Page 2 of 2 The Air also has a 13.1 inch display and is backlit by LEDs. The standard laptop will sport a 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo chip with 4MB shared L2 cache. It also comes with 2GB of memory. The storage is an 80GB 1.8 inch hard drive, which is also used in Apple's iPod Classic players.What the Air lacks is an optical drive. Users can shell out $99 to buy a USB-powered optical drive for the Air. Jobs also said that people could now rent movies via iTunes to watch over their computers, iPods or iPhones for $3.99 for a 30-day period. Older movies will rent for $2.99 for the same time period.
Jobs also gave details of a new backup device called Time Capsule. Apple also revamped its Apple TV device, which has been a bit of a disappointment by all accounts. The price has been slashed to $229, so that should get you parting with your money!
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