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MacBook Air: More tests

February 21, 2008

With another month of use under his belt, Jason Snell revisits the MacBook Air, looking at how the solid-state drive option affects performance and exploring the laptop’s battery life.

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Batteries Might Be Apple Achilles' Heel For Its MacBook Air (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Apple's decision to give its ultra-thin MacBook Air notebook computer a battery that users can't replace themselves bucks a growing trend, and some say could hurt its sales.

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Apple Hot News

Apple Introduces MacBook Air—The World’s Thinnest Notebook

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 users can pinch, rotate and swipe. MacBook Air is powered by a 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache, and includes as standard features 2GB of memory, an 80GB 1.8-inch hard drive, and the latest 802.11n Wi-Fi technology and Bluetooth 2.1.

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Apple Hot News - Apple Introduces New MacBook and...

CUPERTINO, California—February 26, 2008—Apple® today updated its popular MacBook® and MacBook Pro notebook lines with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, larger hard...

02/26/08

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MacBook Air Is Beautiful But Omits...

Apple's MacBook Air is a beautiful, amazingly thin computer, but one whose unusual trade-offs may turn off some frequent travelers, says Walt Mossberg.

01/28/08

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MacBook Air battery life almost...

The MacBook Air's touted five-hour battery life is an almost acceptable measure of the ultraportable's abilities, while enthusiast site Mac on Air has performed a full...

02/08/08

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Add 6 to 10 hours of battery life to...

Section: Mac + Computers, Laptops, MacBook Air, PeripheralsAre you looking for a way to extend the battery life of your MacBook Air? QuickerTek might have the solution....

07/16/08

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TUAW Reviews the MacBook Air

02/06/08

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MacBook Air aflutter: demand stays...

Thintresting move, Steve! Be it marketing or design, the MacBook Air is hotter than many expected. Even a month after general retail "availability," the MacBook Air is out of...

03/03/08

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Apple Intros MacBook Air

Apple today unveiled MacBook Air, the world's thinnest notebook. It measures only 0.16-inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76-inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks.

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MacBook Air SSD vs HDD Battery Life Revisted

Anandtech provides another review of the MacBook Air, however, unique to their review is an objective battery test comparing the Solid State Drive (SSD) vs the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) of the MacBook Air. In this case, they actually installed the SSD ...

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Macworld - Getting testy with the MacBook Air

The MacBook Air is unlike any other computer in Apple’s line-up. The Macworld Lab testers putting the laptop through its paces aren’t so sure that’s always a good thing.

02/08/08

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MacBook Air HDD and SSD battery...

The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg (SSD) and AnandTech's Anand Lal Shimpi (HDD) have each issued reports on the battery performance of Apple's new MacBook Air models after...

02/07/08

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Macworld - MacBook Air temperature tests

The MacBook Air is one of the coolest laptops around in terms of hipness—but is it the coolest physically? To find out, Brian Chen used an infrared thermometer and a widget...

02/22/08

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Apple Hot News - MacBook Air Now Shipping

CUPERTINO, California—January 30, 2008—Apple® today announced that MacBook Air™, the world’s thinnest notebook, is now shipping. MacBook Air measures an unprecedented...

01/30/08

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Ask TUAW: Syncing from a portable to...

In this episode of Ask TUAW we'll be looking at questions about syncing between a Mac portable and a Mac desktop (backing up and iTunes playlists), battery comparisons between...

03/08/08

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MacBook Air's Battery is Actually...

pizzach noted that the MacBook Air battery is actually fairly easy to replace. "All it requires is a philips screwdriver. Unlike some of Apple's other products, the battery is...

01/19/08

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Extended battery upgrade for MacBook Air (external)

QuickerTek has introduced an extended battery upgrade for Apple's MacBook Air, which it says offes six to ten hours of additional battery power -- for a total of 12-16 hours of battery life when used in conjunction with the (charged) internal battery. "Since the MacBook Air has a non-removeable battery, the typical user strategy of using multiple ...

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Standardized Battery Test Results for the MacBook Air

Anandtech provides more standardized battery results for their 1.8GHz MacBook Air (HDD).

They setup 3 tasks of varying intensity with the MacBook Air's display set at just above 50% brightness, and not to go to sleep, though the hard d...

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MacBook Air, Say Hello to Lenovo's...

NewsFactor - There's something in the air -- a new ultrathin laptop from Lenovo that some observers think could become the first major competitor to Apple's MacBook Air.

02/14/08

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MacBook Air temperature tests

Section: Current-Products, MacBook Air MacWorld Magazine has been known to test and review Apple products in every aspect. Their most recent test is a temperature test of a...

02/29/08

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MacBook Air: 1.8GHz SSD vs 1.6GHz HDD...

ArsTechnica compares the Solid State Drive (SSD) and Hard Disk Drive (HDD) versions of the MacBook Air to see if the SSD upgrade is worth the additional cost.

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02/06/08

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MacBook Air Chip Going Into Other...

NewsFactor - More computers will be running on Air. Chip-maker Intel is reportedly selling to other computer makers the miniaturized Core 2 Duo processor that helps make Apple's...

02/01/08

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MacBook Air demand trails that of...

Interest in Apple Inc.'s new ultra-thin and lightweight MacBook Air is running high, but demand for the new sub-notebook is noticeably less than that of the first Intel-based...

02/12/08

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No spin: Ars reviews the MacBook Air...

The MacBook Air's high-end model comes with 200 extra MHz and a solid state drive. Is it worth the extra $1,300 to upgrade? We compare the two Airs directly to find out whether...

02/06/08

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