Apple surprised friend and foe in early 2008 with his first, very thin MacBook Air. A year later, the Air is a major update, which includes a powerful video chip. Apple also introduced a significant price reduction by which a major criticism was nullified.
Since then, competitors have not been idle. "Thin & Light" is now an important notebook segment, Intel has numerous consumer ultra low voltage processors released for thin laptops. Additionally flourished netbook segment, with cheap, small and light laptopjes with long battery life.
The big question was not whether Apple would react to regain its leadership but how. The company would still be able to make the air without too much compromising? Performance thinner Would it be an affordable netbook with Mac OS X release? Especially over the last opportunity did many rumors.
Apple crowds that speculation, however harshly the head: netbooks with absurdities were too small screens, awkward keyboards and brackish hardware, an innovative company that was not to be associated. Instead of a netbook Apple introduced the iPad, a small and lightweight tablet that directly compete with netbooks turned to go. So Apple saw vision portable computing for the masses is so out.
MacBook Air 11 and 13 inch
However, as the year progressed, reappeared reports that Apple would work on a MacBook with a small screen. As is so often the actual launch Apple knew fairly well to keep secret, but the Back to the Mac event were still two new MacBook Air models introduced with 13.3 "- and 11.6" screens. So Apple did not only thinner notebooks, but also smaller. Golden objections that the electronics company expressed rather than not for the newcomer to the range?
Tweakers.net received two Airs and subjected them to a test, which was partly addressed this question. Although the hardware and software to join Apple closely together, we have the OS and new features like FaceTime for Mac, iLife '11 disregarded.
Since then, competitors have not been idle. "Thin & Light" is now an important notebook segment, Intel has numerous consumer ultra low voltage processors released for thin laptops. Additionally flourished netbook segment, with cheap, small and light laptopjes with long battery life.
The big question was not whether Apple would react to regain its leadership but how. The company would still be able to make the air without too much compromising? Performance thinner Would it be an affordable netbook with Mac OS X release? Especially over the last opportunity did many rumors.
Apple crowds that speculation, however harshly the head: netbooks with absurdities were too small screens, awkward keyboards and brackish hardware, an innovative company that was not to be associated. Instead of a netbook Apple introduced the iPad, a small and lightweight tablet that directly compete with netbooks turned to go. So Apple saw vision portable computing for the masses is so out.
MacBook Air 11 and 13 inch
However, as the year progressed, reappeared reports that Apple would work on a MacBook with a small screen. As is so often the actual launch Apple knew fairly well to keep secret, but the Back to the Mac event were still two new MacBook Air models introduced with 13.3 "- and 11.6" screens. So Apple did not only thinner notebooks, but also smaller. Golden objections that the electronics company expressed rather than not for the newcomer to the range?
Tweakers.net received two Airs and subjected them to a test, which was partly addressed this question. Although the hardware and software to join Apple closely together, we have the OS and new features like FaceTime for Mac, iLife '11 disregarded.
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