One of the most recent and best innovations that has been introduced by Macintosh/Apple Inc. is the Macbook Air. Among all the Macintosh computers developed and produced, the Macbook Air is known to be the thinnest and most portable laptop computer. It was introduced in January 2008 at the MacWorld Conference and Expo. Since then, it has been known to be the thinnest notebook in the whole world.

When closed, the Macbook Air is only 0.16 inches thin. It is so sleek in design and very lightweight. It is so thin that it can even fit into a manila envelope. However, do not be deceived by its size, because it holds its own in terms of power and functionality. It comes with a full-sized keyboard, as well as a 13.3?display screen. Its screen is backlit by LED lights and with built in iSight. The Macbook Air also comes with a big trackpad.

Just like another Apple product, the iPhone, the Macbook Air comes with features such as panning around the screen, rotating the image, moving different windows, and flicking to zoom. All this can be done with just a few taps, flicks, and clicks on the trackpad.

Even if it is so thin the Macbook Air still has a big memory space. Apple uses the 1.8?hard drive they used in their iPods with 80GB capacity. In addition to that, it also has a 64GB SSD drive. What more can you ask for?

Ultimate portability was the main goal when Apple designed the Macbook Air. A very lightweight laptop that you can tag along anywhere you want.

The Macbook Air is not your typical laptop and because of its unique design some of the features of a regular laptop have been taken out to facilitate the thin form factor. A major component that has been taken out is the CD ROM drive. But this does not mean that you can’t use a CD drive anymore, you just have to connect it externally from the USB port.

Apple positioned the Macbook Air to be an upgrade to the regular Macbook. But the downside of this is that some other features of the Macbook have been taken out. The Macbook Air does not have ethernet port, security slot, cardbus slot, express card slot and FireWire port. And it only has one USB port.

Those are important points that you can consider when you want to buy a Macbook Air. The product is really targeted towards people who are on the go. It is a very thin and portable laptop that is still capable of addressing your computing needs. Buying one today is not really hard you can just visit one of the Apple store in your area. You can try to test is out first before buying. Or if not you can just order it online, Apple store is up 24 by 7.

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