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MacBook Air InfoZone - The Best MacBook Air News, Information And Reviews From Around The Net!


Below you will find a list of links to stories relating to Apple's new MacBook Airs , culled from around the Web. Like our other Information Pages, MacBook Air InfoZone is intended as a one stop launching point, in this case for all information pertaining to Apple's new MacBook. Also check out our MacBook Air Buyer's Guide for additional information.

 



Latest MacBook Air News
•?The Tech Night Owl? looks at PR Mac, new MacBook Airs, more
•Applelinks Tech Web Reader - Thursday, July 2, 2009
•MacBook Air is the Apple Netbook, End of Story
•A DVD reader for portables at a rock bottom price
•What Do You Do With ?Retired? Macs?
•Product News: MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.2 Addresses Battery Compatibi...
•MacBook Air firmware updated to support replacement batteries
•SMC Firmware Update for MacBook Air
•Apple releases MacBook Air firmware update
•Finally a SSD to update the MacBook Air V1 ?
•Review: MacBook Air (Mid 2009)
•Loving the MacBook Air
•MacBook Air Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.0 posted
•Apple releases numerous updates
•Photos of the MacBook Air accessories
•Yael Naim rides the wave of Apple?s ubiquitous MacBook Air commercial
•MacBook Air unboxing: notes and high-quality photos
•What's wrong with the MacBook Air?
•MacBook Air: delivery, unboxing photos
•MacBook Air 1.8Ghz SSD Gets Benchmarked [Apple]
•The Apple Core: Jason and the MacBook Air
•Third party routers might pose some problems with the MacBook Air
•Fitting your files on a MacBook Air
•MacBook Air internals revealed in tear-down photos
•Apple's MacBook Air Will Soar
•SlashGear reviews Apple MacBook Air: If you rack up the miles, this machine i...
•Man buys MacBook Air, pulls it apart, takes pics
•Analyst Bajarin: Apple has another winner on its hands with MacBook Air
•MacBook Air Fully Disassembled [Apple]
•Gallery: MacBook Air Unboxing
•MacBook Air splayed -- multi-touch trackpad controller chip same as iPhone
•Inside the MacBook Air
•Why I Won’t Buy the MacBook Air
•Could the MacBook Air?s trackpad support pen input?
•MacBook Air Q&A
•Apple updates MacBook Air wireless note
•MacBook Air installation discs are unique and exclusive
•Apple promotes the MacBook Air song on the iTunes Store
•Notes from Apple on the MacBook Air: issues, caveats
•Apple prepping updated MacBook Pros?
•MacBook Air gets the unboxing treatment
•Repost: The Very Attractive Macbook Air Innards [Apple]
•MacBook Air box: Way smaller than other Apple boxes
•MacBook Airs land early, due in stores shortly [updated 5x]
•MacBook Air in the hizzouse
•MacBook Air spawns new software solutions for missing hardware
•MacBook Air's custom-built CPU going PC?
•MacBook Air ships in UK
•Thick Review for Thin Notebook
•Studio Leung's stylish-but-impractical MacBook Air bag
•Apple's MacBook Air support docs reveal one-of-a-kind solutions
•MacBook Air gets the Macworld treatment
•Apple Posts MacBook Air Support Page
•Older AirPort Base Stations May Cause Networking Conflicts with MacBook Air, ...
•The MacBook Air reviewed
•MacBook Air User's Guide is now available
•MacBook Air's Leopard Installer Incompatible With Other Macs, Apple Warns
•Assessing the MacBook Air
•A Slew of Technical Notes on the MacBook Air
•MacBook Air Leopard Disk Only Compatible with MacBook Air Hardware
•MacBookAir.com Now Apple's. MacBook Air in Stores Friday?
•Apple posts support docs for MacBook Air
•MacBook Air shipping notifications go out to customers
•Wrappers unveils sleeves for MacBook Air
•MacBook Air shipments beginning for the earliest adopters
•First HDD-based MacBook Airs to land stateside on Feb 1st
•A MacBook Air Parody that Goes One Better than Wafer-Thin [Apple]
•MacBook Air: Making the migration
•Compatible SSDs for MacBook Air
•MacBook Air may go retail as early as Tuesday
•Mock-Up Solves MBA's Port-Based Woes [Humor]
•Engadget reviews Apple?s MacBook Air: thinnest, sexiest laptop around today
•Is the MacBook Air this road warrior's dream machine?, Andrew J Fishkin, Best...
•The MacBook Air makes a statement, Frank Fox, My Turn
•Macworld: MacBook Air: First Lab Tests
•MacBook Air review
•Computerworld reviews Apple?s MacBook Air: incredible, amazing, truly innovat...
•The Apple Core: Early MacBook Air Feedback, Reviews and Details Emerge
•ComputerWorld: SSD Option Compelling for MacBook Air
•Forget about watching DVDs wirelessly on your MBA
•Details surface on the MacBook Air
•Several 3G USB Unable to Fit MacBook Air USB Port
•Early MacBook Air reviews trickling in
•MacBook Air: first benchmarks
•The Today Show's Meredith Viera licks the MacBook Air
•CW: First Impressions, Second Thoughts on MacBook Air
•Non-replaceable battery easily replaceable
•Benchtests: MacBook Air
•MacBook Air Unable to Play DVDs, Watch/Play Music via Remote Disc Feature
•MacBook Air: First Lab Tests
•MacBook Air: Observations on its technical note
•Teardown: MacBook Air internals, battery replacement
•Video confirms ease of MacBook Air battery replacements
•From the lab: MacBook Air in the house
•MacBook Air austerity program
•MacBook Air: SSD or HDD
•Inside the MacBook Air: The solid-state drive option
•MacBook Air has landed
•NBC's Today Show Gushes Over the MacBook Air
•Newsweek?s Levy reviews Apple MacBook Air: an instant object of techno-lust, ...
•First HDD-based MacBook Air reviews hit the wires
•USA Today?s Baig reviews Apple MacBook Air: 3-pound marvel for frequent trave...
•Mossberg: MacBook Air is Beautiful, But Limited
•Hands on with the MacBook Air
•MacBook Air USB Port is on Steroids
•Mossberg reviews Apple MacBook Air: Beautiful, amazingly thin, daring design
•Electronista: MacBook Air?s External Superdrive Requires Special USB Port
•Dilger: MacBook Air Stacks Up Well Against Ultra-lights
•Is Apple’s New MacBook Air The 21st Century Cube?
•New MacBook Air - Up To $100 Off ... Other Extras
•Death to the glossy display!
•Additional Information about MacBook Air CPU
•Greenpeace compliments Apple on their 'green' MacBook Air, still hates the iP...
•MacBook Air battery CAN be replaced: take one screwdriver...
•Inside Apple?s MacBook Air - and who?s this ultra-portable for, anyway?
•MacBook Air: The New Cube
•That?s One Way to Look at It
•MacBook Air battery replacement not so tricky
•4 Reasons You Absolutely Need the Macbook Air [Parody]
•The story of a successful raid on Apple's trade secrets
•MacBook Air Eject Key's Rumored Alternative Actions [Apple]
•NetBoot and the Air
•Is it in the Air?
•Cringely: Apple taking methodical steps in plan to establish global media dom...
•The MacBook Air: What you need to know
•MacBook Air: thinnest but not lightest (Updated 2x)
•Forbes Finds the Nits Some Apple Fans Pick
•Sources: MacBook Air battery replacements take only minutes
•Which Apple notebook is best for you, MacBook Pro, MacBook, or MacBook Air?
•Which notebook to get: MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro?
•MacBook Air unveiled, examined, and debated, The 'Book Review
•Greenpeace: MacBook Air Gets it Right... Mostly
•Macbook Air Parody Ad (Take One) [Clips]
•Review: Hands-On With The MacBook Air
•Apple MacBook Air
•Huh? Greenpeace calls the MacBook Air "a winner"
•Something's in the Blogs: MacBook Air
•The MacBook Air Can Boot from a Remote Disc
•Greenpeace Comments Steve Jobs' Announcement
•MacBook Air uses future Intel miniaturization tech
•MacBook Air's processor riddle solved
•Macworld.Ars: Kensington docks the MacBook Air
•Greenpeace Responds to MacBook Air (Supplies! They're Still Not Happy) [Apple]
•What is the demographic for the MacBook Air?
•Macworld.Ars: MacBook Air battery and drive upgrade info
•The MacBook Air misses the mark, Barry Shell, My Turn
•MacBook Air: Return of the PowerBook Duo?, Robert Alpizar, Marketing the Mac
•MW08: External SuperDrive a MacBook Air exclusive?
•Just a Thought - Macbook Air: The Wrong Envelope
•PC Magazine: MacBook Air 'Expected to Sell Like Hotcakes'
•MacBook Air a balanced package
•News to know: People don?t get the MacBook Air; Thinnest digital camera; Merg...
•Why does the MacBook Air make so many so dumb?
•AirMail: the manila folder MacBook Air sleeve gets real
•First Look: Apple's new MacBook Air (with photos and video)
•Interview: Sony's Thoughts On the MacBook Air [Apple]
•Apple's 'Green' Notebook Doesn't Impress Environmentalists
•Style over, well, everything!
•MW08: WSJ reports on the Macworld keynote; interviews Walt Mossberg
•MWSF08: MacBook Air Tech Tidbits Surface
•Intel's Tiny Chip Shows How Much Clout Apple Wields
•MW08: The MacBook Air - A few more details.
•Hands-on with Apple?s MacBook Air (with video)
•Compared To Rivals, Apple MacBook Air Pricing No Bargain
•MacBook Air Is A Hit At Macworld Expo
•PC Magazine reviews Apple?s MacBook Air: ?Will captivate millions?
•Sonnet intros keyboard covers for MacBook Air
•MacBook Air: Vent or Praise in this Flamewar Thread [Apple]
•Wired Video: Hands-On With the MacBook Air
•Putting your HDD on a 80GB diet
•Hands on With the MacBook Air
•MW08: Guided tours galore - MacBook Air, Apple TV and iPhone
•Is MacBook Air Worth the Money? Five Slim Laptops Face Off [Battlemodo]
•MWSF08: MacBook Air Interrogation Time Has Arrived
•Paul Boutin on the MacBook Air
•Apple releases Guided Tour of MacBook Air
•OPINION: One MacBook Air or SIX Asus Eee PCs?
•Steve Jobs talks MacBook Air, China Mobile, Amazon Kindle, more
•Air's "thinnest" claim thwarted by 1997 PC?
•Laptop web and weather innovations
•MacBook Air's tradeoffs
•The MacBook Air is nearly perfect, Dan Knight, Mac Musings
•Apple?s new MacBook Air tempts Windows user to make the switch
•MacBook Air Makes Fatty Laptops Disgusted With Themselves, Anorexic [Unhealthy]
•Apple Introduces Manila Case—The World's Thinnest Notebook Case [BREAKINGOMFG...
•Macworld.Ars: MacBook Air spec shootout
•MacBook Air: Technical Details
•Clash of the compacts: Eee vs Air
•MacBook Air: First Impressions
•MacBook Air: Holding my breath
•Mossberg?s early impression of Apple?s new MacBook Air: ?Very attractive prod...
•All Things Macworld 2008: Get it Right Here [Macworld 2008]
•Macworld Expo 2008: MacBook Air hands on
•Apple announces the MacBook Air. Here are some details you might not know.
•Expo Update: The MacBook Air — Definitely NOT a Desktop Replacement
•Gallery: MacBook Air Makes Its Slim, Sexy Debut
•MW08: All your MagSafe cords are obsoleted
•Photos: In the air, on the floor at Macworld
•? The MacBook Air
•MacBook Air cuts the wires (and ports)
•How Slim Is the MacBook Air? [Sizemodo]
•First Macbook Air multi-touch control panel screenshot
•MWSF: Day One Photos Posted
•More on the MacBook Air battery
•MacBook Pro Woes: What Should I Do Now? [Buyer's Remorse]
•Apple’s Tiny New MacBook Air Steals Macworld Show.
•MacBook Air
•Something new in the air, Dan Knight, Mac Musings
•MWSF: Apple Announces MacBook Air
•Apple Macworld booth tour
•Apple MacBook Air and MacBook Pro size showdown
•MacBook Air: plenty more details
•Jupiter Research analyst: Apple?s MacBook Air a new star, Apple TV no longer ...
•Highlight Reel: Apple's Official MacBook Air Tour in 60 Seconds [Apple]
•MacBook Air battery replacements: $129, free install!
•MacBook Air: Not the thinnest notebook ever
•High-quality photos and notes on Apple's new MacBook Air
•The MacBook Air's new processor
•Video: MacBook Air hands-on
•MacBook Air's Fatal Flaw: Battery, RAM, HD Sealed Like an iPod [Apple]
•MacBook Air: live photos, new details
•Apple USB Ethernet Adapter brings RJ-45 to your MacBook Air
•Apple offers up Micro-DVI to DVI / VGA / Video adapters for MacBook Air
•MW08: The MacBook Air floats into town
•MacBook Air doesn't have a user-replaceable battery
•MacBook Air Multitouch Gesture Pad Hands-On [Clips]
•Macworld.ars: First hands-on photos of the Macbook air (Updated x2)
•Apple MacBook Air first hands-on
•The MacBook Air SuperDrive
•MacBook Air Hands-on [Hands-On]
•TMO at MWSF - Apple Debuts MacBook Air: Ultra-Thin Laptop With Multi-Touch Tr...
•Meet the new MacBook family
•Adding a 64GB SSD to the Macbook Air? $1,300 Extra, Please. [Apple]
•It was the MacBook Air sub-notebook
•Sizing it up: MacBook Air vs. the rest
•Apple introduces MacBook Air
•MacBook Air: The World?s Thinnest Notebook
•The MacBook Air
•Apple announces Remote Disc to wirelessly install software on MacBook Air
•MacBook Air features Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
•Jobs Airs Apple's Plans in Macworld Keynote
•Apple Introduces MacBook Air?The World?s Thinnest Notebook
•Third-party vendor leaks ?MacBook Air? details? (with images)
•First Images of MacBook Air?
•MacBook Air is one skinny notebook
•MWSF: Apple introduces MacBook Air
•Jobs Unveils 'World's Thinnest Notebook'
•Wired claims last-minute "MacBook Air" details
•MacBook Air Rumors Still Vaporous, But Start Solidifying [Apple]
•Macworld.ars: MacBook air evidence cropping up online
•More "MacBook Air" evidence wafts by
•MacBookAir domain names registered by Apple (1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA)
•MacBook Air in the air?
•Apple to debut ?MacBook Air? on Tuesday?
•"Macbook Air" spotted in the wild
•MacBook Air? Yeah, sure!

Performance

Compared to iMac Core Duo 1.83 GHz
Processor ... 21% Slower
Graphics ..... 42% Slower
Hard Drive ... 40% Slower
Multi-File Copy ... 30% Slower
Game .......... 44% Slower
Application ... 13% Slower
About the Tests

This section updated: Monday, April 27, 2009

13 Inch MacBook Air 1.8GHz - Z0FS0LL - Originally $3,098
* 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* Intel GMA X3100 graphics
* 64GB Drive Solid State
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Performance

Compared to iMac Core Duo 1.83 GHz
Processor ... 27% Slower
Graphics ..... 41% Slower
Hard Drive ... 35% Slower
Multi-File Copy ... 30% Slower
Game .......... 59% Slower
Application ... 18% Slower
About the Tests

This section updated: Monday, April 27, 2009

MacBook Air - 13-inch 1.6GHZ- Z0ER-1.6GHZ - Originally $2,798
* 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* Intel GMA X3100 graphics
* 64GB Drive Solid State
* Optional External SuperDrive
Custom Configuration Options
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