The first MacBook Air aroused by his surprise appearance by its thinness. However, the unit was firmly on the price and also the concessions that the manufacturer should have done in terms of processor, interfaces and battery installation did many question the actual usefulness. The air was definitely a work of art, but whether a notebook with such relatively moderate specs was worth so much money that was to be seen.
Last year, Apple released new Airs and in those models the price performance was a lot better. The enclosure was made thinner, the HDD's were replaced by much faster SSDs, the battery life was excellent and there was now a choice of 11.6 "- and a 13.3" version. The processors were still on the old side - Apple used models from 2008 - but were quite efficient high-end CPUs. To remedy the lack of graphics power Apple Nvidia's GeForce 320M graphics chip was built.
However, the manufacturer must have baled that there is no better solution for the CPU and GPU could be chosen. An integrated solution on a single that has at ultraportables prefer and use of Core 2 Duos in the Core i era will not have been. Apple's first choice Fact was that the economical Arrandale processors from Intel were very expensive and inadequate savings offered compared to their predecessors.
Meanwhile, Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs are released and thus the company has a large portion of its existing processors obsolete. The new CPUs provide their integrated video chip also for much better graphics performance. That a MacBook Air with the new Sandy Bridge would appear, so it was really only a matter of time. Apple could also use the Thunderbolt interface in its ultraportables was not a surprise: the manufacturer had always detest too many cables. Finally, the keyboards of the new Airs are virtually identical to those of the other Apple notebooks: also ultraportables now have a backlit keyboard.
The improvements are basically be summarized in three words: speed, lighting and Thunderbolt. Of course it is especially interesting to see how big the speed increase is: how do the CPUs in 2008 turned to the Sandy Bridge-violence? Should the low-end GeForce GPU from last year's match for the Intel IGP?
We took both the 11.6 "- as the 13.3" Air progress to answer these questions. In addition, we also took the screens under the microscope and we watched or SSDs have not yet become faster.
Last year, Apple released new Airs and in those models the price performance was a lot better. The enclosure was made thinner, the HDD's were replaced by much faster SSDs, the battery life was excellent and there was now a choice of 11.6 "- and a 13.3" version. The processors were still on the old side - Apple used models from 2008 - but were quite efficient high-end CPUs. To remedy the lack of graphics power Apple Nvidia's GeForce 320M graphics chip was built.
However, the manufacturer must have baled that there is no better solution for the CPU and GPU could be chosen. An integrated solution on a single that has at ultraportables prefer and use of Core 2 Duos in the Core i era will not have been. Apple's first choice Fact was that the economical Arrandale processors from Intel were very expensive and inadequate savings offered compared to their predecessors.
Meanwhile, Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs are released and thus the company has a large portion of its existing processors obsolete. The new CPUs provide their integrated video chip also for much better graphics performance. That a MacBook Air with the new Sandy Bridge would appear, so it was really only a matter of time. Apple could also use the Thunderbolt interface in its ultraportables was not a surprise: the manufacturer had always detest too many cables. Finally, the keyboards of the new Airs are virtually identical to those of the other Apple notebooks: also ultraportables now have a backlit keyboard.
The improvements are basically be summarized in three words: speed, lighting and Thunderbolt. Of course it is especially interesting to see how big the speed increase is: how do the CPUs in 2008 turned to the Sandy Bridge-violence? Should the low-end GeForce GPU from last year's match for the Intel IGP?
We took both the 11.6 "- as the 13.3" Air progress to answer these questions. In addition, we also took the screens under the microscope and we watched or SSDs have not yet become faster.
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