"This is my tool for changing the world", Steve Jobs proclaimed in 1976 when introducing the world's first personal computer. Since then Jobs has capitalized, brilliantly, on miniaturizing the tech world. Buttons and optical drive will soon be archaic collectibles- or trash. If you thought the iPod© nano was Jetsons sleek, take a second look- Jobs has changed the world again.
Enters the Mac Book Air: the thinnest and lightest laptop, (notebook), in the world.
On the Mac's twenty-fourth year, the inception of the new computer age has arrived. The Mac Book Air is .16-.76 inches thin and only 3.0 pounds. The Mac Air still maintains an impressive 13.3 inch wide-screen with a LED backlit display. The component comes on when you raise the screen. The keyboard wasn't compromised and the entire board lights up in low light environments.
Although, ultra portable (remember this term from 2001- the ipod) the Mac Air has all the functionality of any "regular" notebook. The prevailing genius of Apple is displayed in the track-pad technology which uses the multi-touch gestures of the iPhone. You can control your windows with the pinch mode and shift through your files with the swipe gesture.
Speaking of genius, Apple introduces the remote disk- make virtual drives look like floppy disk). The remote disk allows you to retrieve files from optical drives of nearby Macs and PCs. That is with out using any transfer media.
The final specs on the Mac Air are equally impressive. You have a choice between 1.6GHx or 1.8Ghz. It's armed with Intel Core 2 Dou processor and 2GB memory. Storage is modest with an 80GB hard drive. Speed isn't an issue with the wireless at 802.11n2 and Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR built in wireless technology.
