Basic Guide To MacBook Air
The Macbook Air is another Macintosh innovation brought by Apple Inc. The Macbook Air is designed to be the thinnest and most portable notebook computer among all Macintosh computers. On January 2008, the Macbook Air was introduced to the public at the MacWorld Conference & Expo and has been labeled as the "world's thinnest notebook" since then.
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.
The Macbook Air's memory boasts of the same as in the iPod classic which is a 1.8?80-GB drive. Users can opt to add more memory such as a 64GB SSD.
The Macbook Air provides the ultimate in portability because of its thin and sleek design. Its lightweight features are ideal for traveling and for users who are constantly on the go.
There are also some issues and limitations that the Macbook Air has. Because it is quite small in size and in space, the laptop does not have a built-in drive for media. Due to this, users must use an external USB to be able to use or access other computer's optical drive. This is just one of the features of a typical laptop that the Macbook Air does not offer.
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.
If you are a user who is always on the go or is always traveling, then the Macbook Air is the most ideal laptop for you. To be able to purchase your own Macbook air, you can visit an Apple store near you or go to any Apple retail stores in your area. You can also go online to order a Macbook Air at Apple's official site. This ensures a safe money transaction, and all you need to do is to weight comfortable in your own home to await that sleek and portable Macbook Air that you have always wanted.
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