MacBook Air now shipping in UK
The MacBook Air has finally gone on sale in the UK - a little under three weeks after Steve Jobs announced the ultra-thin notebook at Macworld 2008.
The 1.36kg laptop is currently the world’s thinnest, measuring just under 2cm at its thickest point, tapering to 0.4cm. It packs a 13.3-inch widescreen display, 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, an 80GB hard drive, 802.11n wireless networking and 2GB of RAM as standard for £1,199. Or you could blow an additional £829 and plump for the 1.8GHz / 60GB solid state drive version instead. Eek.
Naturally Apple has had to make some necessary - and controversial - compromises to squeeze a PC into the MacBook Air’s slender frame and boost its battery life to a claimed five hours.
These include the complete absence of a built-in CD / DVD drive, and the inclusion of only one USB 2.0 port, one mini DVI output and a headphone jack. Other compromises include the slowest CPU of any currently available Mac, a slow 4200rpm spin speed on the hard disk drive and a non-removable battery.
tech.co.uk