A comparison of a late 2008 Macbook air with a mid 2009 Macbook Air, top spec. According to macworld these are the same speed, but it looks like the mid 2009 macbook air is slightly faster in use. www.macworld.com
“MACWORLD SAN FRANCISCO—January 15, 2008—Apple® today unveiled MacBook® Air, the world’s thinnest notebook. MacBook Air measures an unprecedented 0.16-inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76-inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. MacBook Air has a stunning 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, a full-size and backlit keyboard, a built-in iSight® video camera for video conferencing, and a spacious trackpad with multi-touch gesture support so …
The ModBook is a 1.83GHz or 2GHz MacBook that’s been converted into a tablet computer–the first Mac offering of its kind. Macworld Senior News Editor Jonathan Seff got his hands on a preproduction model and made a quick video with Assistant Editor Brian Chen that shows the tablet in action.
On 15 January 2008, at MacWorld EXPO in san Francisco, Apple introduced the thinnest laptop of the world: MacBook Air. —————————— And here are the details on the MacBook Air that eco-fanatics care about. It’s got an Aluminum case, and a mercury-free and arsenic-free glass display. The circuit boards are BFR free and PVC free. The packaging has 56% less volume than the regular MacBook. System specs:3.0 pounds, 0.16 -0.76 inches, 13.inch display, full-sized keyboard, multi …