MacBook
MacBook Air
The MacBook Air has a silver staining that perfectly embodies the style Apple: design to say the least attractive and finishing of the highest level. All with particular emphasis on the environment: the MacBook Air, in fact, was built with recyclable materials and free of harmful substances.
Currently, versions of Air MacBook available at Apple are two, and these differ from one another, essentially, two hardware components: the cheaper version has Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz disc P-ata from 80gb to 4200 rpm, while the most expensive is equipped with a processor, Intel always Core 2 Duo, but with a frequency of 1.8 GHz with a solid state disk SSD 64 gb. Processors installed in the ‘Apple MacBook Air were designed and constructed specifically for this notebook, in order to drastically reduce the sizes and weight.
Both models have the same amount of RAM, namely type 2 gb DDR2. Right choice, at a time when the price of RAM has fallen a lot. The contribution that an adequate amount of ram can offer, in order to increase the overall performance of the system is very considerable, particularly when using programs that make extensive use.
Choosing the right also because the video card, the ‘Apple MacBook Air, is a Intel GMA X3100, which exploits the memory function ram system. Specifically, the video card subtracts a minimum of 144mb of ram memory system, but can reach sottrarne even longer if required by the particular conditions of use (for example, when the possible connection of an external monitor). The video card in question, including integrated with shared memory, is one of the most efficient and quality, but do not expect too much in terms of 3D performance. However, in a laptop that is used as such, it seems a suitable choice because of its low energy consumption.
Other non-negligible particular technology is the construction of the display, a lighted Led. This technique is the one that has most contributed to the creation of an ultra-design, what characterizes as the ‘Apple MacBook Air, especially with regard to the upper panel. The magnitude of the visible surface of the screen is 13.3 inches. The maximum resolution is 1280×800, the format, as intuitable the resolution, widescreen. Led technology also helps reduce power consumption and increase, therefore, the timing of autonomy of functioning of the notebook, when powered by battery, which should ensure a lasting about 5 hours.
Un’autonomia so high it was possible to obtain even through the use of mass storage at low power consumption, as the disc Parallel-4200 rpm or as the solid state disk, the disk that is solid state, in this case 64 gb based entirely on flash memory. The latter solution seems the most appropriate choice, but unfortunately, also the most expensive.
The notebooks Apple MacBook Air, by design, however, had to do without integrate some components that can be useful in certain situations, such as the network adapter for wired connections (in fact lacks a port RJ-45), which must acquire separately if necessary, in the form of external usb device, as well as the 56k modem and Gordon Fraser. However are present, a network adapter AirPort Extreme wireless 802.11b, g, draft-Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR new generation, characterized by superior performance and save more energy efficient than the previous generation Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR.
To compensate the absence of the optical drive, Apple has put its still offering the opportunity to exploit the Remote Disk technology, which allows you to use the optical drive other computer, PC or Mac, for the installation of programs on MacBook Air or accessing files on optical media, CD or DVD that is the MacBook Air.
To complete the overview of this notebook, we remind you that the keyboard of ‘Apple MacBook Air, in a shortage or absence of light, retroillumina, helping in the process of typing, and that the trackpad multitouch through a movement similar to that of a pinch, to be executed on the surface sensitive to rotate, scroll, or perform a zoom window on the screen.
Finally, the fact that the interfaces available are hidden by a door, confirms such as’ Apple MacBook Air is characterized by a special attention to aesthetic detail.
The peak of Apple MacBook Air is a true jewel, but also has the jewel price. The basic version, however, is put aside as an important disk SSD, replaced with a hard disk P-ata at 4200 rpm. Choice certainly cheaper, but it reduces the element news from the point of view hardware in Apple MacBook Air.