Apple MacBook Air 11 Mid 2011 Subnotebook Review

The smallest portable and cheaper than Apple currently offers is called the MacBook Air, 11 weighs less than a kilogram and is only 1.7 cm at the thickest point. Externally: aluminum unibody case. Inside: Sandy Bridge CPU, along with the SSD offers superior performance.

Apple has stuck to this policy for years: new trends, but do not jump on any bandwagon going. " So, for example netbook hype the past two years there is almost no sign of Apple's product portfolio. Their response was to the IPAD, which produces results that we all know.

Apple MacBook Air 13 Notebook Review

After updating the case of air in the fall of last year, we now see completely new internal hardware based on Intel sand bridge. The extremely thin aluminum chassis is unchanged, still sets the standard for attractiveness, overall feel and thinness.

When 2010-MacBook Air was introduced, Apple has been bombarded with criticism for sticking with out-of-date technology, Intel Core 2 Duo (ULV), while the new Intel Core processors are already available. Instead, Apple has built on the GeForce 320M at the time a relatively powerful graphics card.

Apple MacBook Pro Winter Review

After a period now usual rumors, leaks, and anecdotal evidence, a new generation of Apple laptops MacBook Pro arrived. And while these new models may look the same as those they replace, the changes under the hood are some of the most ambitious in the history of the brand MacBook Pro.

The 15-inch MacBook Pro moves based on the original core of Intel processors and the latest series of the second generation chip, code-named Sandy Bridge. Not only that, you can forget to see the Intel Core i5 15 inches (or 17 inch), MacBook Pro - using high-end quad-core Core i7 now. Our step-up Review Unit $ 2,199 was 2.2 GHz Quad-Core i7 4 GB of RAM and a huge 750GB hard drive (5400 rpm only, however).

The lowest cost 15-inch MacBook Pro is still $ 1799, after the usual opening of Apple keeping prices stable, but adds quickly, more powerful components. While we are still waiting for the most frequently requested enhancements such as HDMI, Blu-ray, and 3G, the speed and power of these new quad-core CPU Core i7 are very impressive, and leaves even more recent MacBook Pro in the dust.

Specifications Apple MacBook Pro Winter (2.2GHz Core i7, 15-inch) :

• Processor : 2.2GHz Intel Core i7 quad-core
• Memory : 4GB, 1,066MHz DDR3
• Hard drive : 750GB 5,400rpm
• Chipset : Intel H67
• Graphics : AMD Radeon HD 6750M / Intel HD 3000
• Operating system : OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard
• Dimensions (WD) : 14.4x9.8 inches
• Height :0.95 inch
• Screen size (diagonal) : 17.3 inches
• System weight / Weight with AC adapter : 5.5/6.2 pounds
• Category : Mainstream
• Price : $2,199

Case
Aluminum monocoque construction is an emblem, like the large glass trackpad multitouch. Most ports and connections remain the same, with the addition of new remarkable. When the Mini DisplayPort used to be, now a port of the same size that is marked with the icon of a flash.

That's Thunderbolt, new Intel high-speed technology power port for transferring data and sample. Ray technology is seen as a kind of unified future successor USB, FireWire, and DisplayPort, which allows devices to 10 Gbps of data and video (the video above, which may have been a slip and said Mbps, but meant Gbps).

Graphics
The biggest surprise is a 15-inch MacBook Pro graphics card. Instead, Nvidia 330M can be found in these previous systems, the GPU from Nvidia came from a long time rival AMD. Base 15-inch model is the AMD Radeon HD 6490M, and our review unit was still faster than 6750M. Best Intel integrated graphics card is a 13-inch model, this means that Nvidia has completely ousted from the line MacBook Pro

Apple MacBook Air (11.6-inch)

Apple is known for pushing boundaries. Sometimes it's a cutting-edge industrial design, sometimes it's new technology and sometimes a new standard. When the MacBook Air was originally introduced, it was all three. Growing less unique with the netbook craze, Apple was forced to rethink thin. Did they succeed?

Specifications:

• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 @ 1.4GHz (3MB cache)
• Display: 11.6-inch TN panel
• Resolution: 1366x768
• Memory: 2GB not accessible
• Hard drive: 64GB solid state drive
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M with 256MB of shared system memory
• Optical drive: none
• Networking: none
• Wireless networking: 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Built-in iSight webcam, integrated microphone
• Dimensions: 11.8 x 7.56 x 0.68-0.11 inches (WxDxH)
• Weight: 2.3 lbs
• Warranty: One year limited parts and labor, 90 days free phone support

The manufacturer's suggested retail price of our review unit is $999; a fully-specced 11.6-inch MacBook Air will cost $1,399.

Build and design
The original MacBook Air remains one of the thinnest notebooks ever created; like the current iteration, it was designed along a tapered-wedge form factor. Although it wasn't necessarily the thinnest laptop ever created (hey there, Mitsubishi Pedion!), the first-generation MacBook Air brought a number of new features to the table.

It was the first of Apple's notebooks to be designed using the now-famous unibody engineering technique, which essentially carves the computer's case from a single block of cast aluminum. The CPU was a Core 2 Duo designed to take up only 40% of the room of its more traditional counterparts.

The last couple of years, however, have driven the notebook market into a frenzy. Netbooks, buoyed by consumers' desires to be smaller, lighter and cheaper invaded the industry. The MacBook Air that once stood alone started to get overshadowed. Few of these notebooks were as thin, but they weren't precisely fat. They were also light and affordable.

Apple finally realized that with the latest refresh of the MacBook Air lineup, something had to change. The 11.6-inch MacBook Air is Apple's smallest laptop ever, harking back to the days of their original 12-inch ultraportable offerings. Both the 11.6- and 13-inch Airs share the same design trend and some of the same dimensions. Both are 0.68 inches in the back, tapering down to a scant eleven-hundredths of an inch at the front.

As mentioned in the first look on the device, the thinness of the MacBook Air is a carefully crafted illusion - the reality is that the Air is thicker than it seems. It's definitely light, though - the smaller model tips the scales at just 2.3 pounds - and frankly, who cares if there is trickery involved? The design is smart, and it works.

Much of the notebook's exterior is notable only for its emptiness. The front of the Air has a notch cut out of the bottom lip to provide a spot for opening the screen. Like most modern MacBooks, the screen easily lifts up with a single finger.

The rear and bottom of the machine are largely featureless as well, with the latter hosting four plastic bumpers to lift the machine off of its worksurface. There are also a number of five-lobed Torx screws on the bottom for those so bold as to risk voiding their warranties for a peek at the insides.
by : notebookreview.com