Sunday, March 16, 2008

Apple Air Macbook Review

Overview
The new invention by Apple is the latest macbook air,
with a slick new design, and i do mean "slick", it is full of features for such a small, fine, stunning design. Flat on a desk the macbook air stands at barely 19mm high at its highest point on only weighs up to a remarkable 1.38KG.
This ultraportable macbook is quite a unique design, and whats even more surprising is that it doesn't feel so insubstanial and in fact it is quite the opposite. The base may be quite thin but the precision-machined internals mean there is nary a hint of flex, no matter how enthusiastically you dare to grapple with it.




Display
The 13.3 inch Glossy Display LCD screen -it's outstandingly slight, and has to be violently heavyhandled before there was any sign of display distortion. The Apple Macbook airs screen resolution is still at 1280 x 800, the display gives outstanding picture quality. The colours are rich and vibrant and the LED backlighting provides such a rich and high quality brightness that even the whites look impressively clear and tint free.



Components
The Macbook Air requires some serious compromises with it's unique skinny frame when it comes to components, however. The review model is the cheapset of Apple's two basic configurations, sporting a low-voltage Intel P7500 processor running at a modest 1.6Ghz, 2GB of RAM and a tiny 1.8" 80GB Solid State Harddrive. The processor is still a dual core of course, but it's low voltage and low power demands help the macbook air keep cool under pressure.

Conclusion
The mackboor air is a bit sluggish on running movies which was surprising and the fact that it only comes with one USB port is a bit of a sting. You can get an ethernet port but you will have to pay extra. The downfall is mainly the fact that it does not have an optical drive and does not stay up with the sony VAIO 9hr battery life for an ultraportable. The lack of an ethernet port will frustrate the user if needing a wired connection as well.
In ending there is definetely room for improvement as was with the first gen of Apple IPODs and Iphones.
All together its ulraportable but needs improvement.

Rating
61/2 out of 10

Pricing
Normal:$2499AUD
w/ Superdrive and ethernet port: $2677AUD

By Trent Gow.
Trent's Apple Macbook Store

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