Apple's MacBook Air - It Blows My Mind!!!!!!!! - Thinnest Laptop In The World Baby!!

If you havent been watching Steve Jobs' Keynote presentation at today's Macworld 2008 , you would think that the picture you see above , is just a piece of aluminium sheet with an Apple logo on it ... but what can i say , Apple has done it again!!! it's the new laptop , and it's called MacBook Air.. not because it's floating.. but because of the whole idea of being wireless... shit i dunno where to start..

Imagine the MacBook Pro in the size of the MacBook.. much much more thinner , with the MBP's sleek finishing and MacBook's cool keyboard - in BLACK!! .. ehehe...





MacBook Air is a full-size notebook encased in the 0.16 to 0.76 inch of sleek, sturdy anodized aluminum. It weights 3.0 pounds, the glossy 13.3-inch, widescreen LED backlit MacBook Air display is the same viewable size as the screen on MacBook with 1280-by-800 resolution (huahahhahaha.. crazy stuff man..)



"MacBook Air includes an oversize trackpad with multi-touch technology. You can pinch, swipe, or rotate to zoom in on text, advance through a photo album, or adjust an image. This gesture-based input so successful on iPhone and iPod touch now comes to MacBook." - imagine working on your photos on this MBAir ... make's life easier isn't?? talk about innovation..

"MacBook Air comes with a way-more-than-generous 2GB of RAM built in — ample memory for working with your favorite applications. The 80GB hard drive provides plenty of storage space. And you have the option to upgrade to a 64GB solid-state drive, which has no moving parts for enhanced durability." - SSD drive baby!!... don't have to worry about the harddisk breaking down again...



Some of the setbacks of this machine is that , there's no network (LAN /broadband ) port for it... and there's no optical drive (optional) ... the whole idea of this MBair is to operate everyday's requirements wirelessly and it's able to do just that.. most places are already with wireless network.. and regarding software installations , you can use any Mac/PC as a 'host' for the installers (you'll need a special software to operate it that way)... other than that , there's only 1 USB2.0 and there's no more firewire ports..

Height: 0.16-0.76 inch (0.4-1.94 cm)

Width: 12.8 inches (32.5 cm)

Depth: 8.94 inches (22.7 cm)

Weight: 3.0 pounds (1.36 kg)

More specs details here..

i'll post up an ESTIMATED pricing in RM... the standard configuration ... ehehe..

Standard - USD 1799 - RM 6296.5 (i took 3.5 as the conversion rate)

Well , to know the exact price in RM , it'll take about a week i guess...

Other than that , there's of course the Time Capsule being announced but i won't talk about it.. it's late now.. i need to sleep.. ahaha.. read about it here..

There's Something In The Air

The keynote is coming... be prepared for the most exciting presentation of the year !! - eventhough the year has just begun.. ahaha

Macworld 2008 - There's Something In The Air

It's here again. Macworld.. the event that everyone is waiting for.. alot of people has been holding off their urge to splurge their money on a new Apple product lately.. that's because they know that Apple will be announcing some new products during Macworld.. 

there's alot of rumours going about lately regarding this.. but the more solid rumors will be the new line of laptop which won't replace the MacBook or MacBook Pro but a totally new line-up... rumors includes features like a much bigger trackpad compared to the current one... a flash-based harddisk (how cool is that - but capacity will definitely be compromised) .... no optical drive (external options).. the lightest laptop..  of late , there's also some hu-ha about a tablet.. so imagine a laptop with ipod touch/iPhone's touch screen capabilities (super cool!!) 

but since Apple indicates that there'll be something in the air , i personally think that it could be a new upgrade for wireless products... maybe a new AppleTV , or a new iPod classic/nano with built-in Wi-Fi which enables you to share music wirelessly or stream music from any iTunes connected to the network (that should be quite cool).. i think Microsoft's Zune has got that feature.. but the difference is , Zune is a TOTAL FAILURE..  ahahha

anyway , alot of us are equally excited about Macworld 2008.. only days away from THE event... 14-18th Jan... 

*pictures are taken from various sources as the watermark indicates..