MacBook Air

MacBook Air now accounts for more than a quarter of Apple laptop sales

by Kenny Hemphill on 15 November 2011 in News

More than one in four Apple notebooks sold in October were MacBook Airs, according to figures from research company, NPD and Morgan Stanley. The share, 28%, is a significant rise from the first six months of 2011, when the Air accounted for only 8% of Apple notebook sales. Since then, the Air has been updated [...]

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iMac firmware update adds Lion Recovery over the Internet

by Kenny Hemphill on 27 October 2011 in News

The current crop of iMacs, released earlier this year, can now take advantage of OS X Lion’s over-the-air recovery, thanks to a firmware update made available yesterday.

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Apple updates MacBook Air and mini and launches Thunderbolt Display

by Kenny Hemphill on 20 July 2011 in News
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Apple has updated the MacBook Air and the Mac mini. Both ranges feature Intel Core i5 and i7 processors and Thunderbolt.

The MacBook Air, which starts at 3849, comes in two sizes, 11.6in and 13.3in. Each has two models. The 11.6in models have 1.6GHz dual-core i5 processors and Intel HD 3000 graphics. The cheaper of the two has 2GB Ram and 64GB flash storage. The other one, which costs £999, has 4GB Ram and 128GB flash storage. All models have a backlit keyboard, Thunderbolt connector, and two USB 2 ports.

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Why the MacBook Air must wait for Lion to be unleashed

by Kenny Hemphill on 17 June 2011 in Comment
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The imminent launch of an upgraded MacBook Air, complete with Sandy Bridge chipset and Thunderbolt connector, is about is about as open as secrets get where Apple is concerned. It’s one of those rumours where all the pieces fit so tightly together that you can be fairly confident that the new machines are only a few hours Apple Store downtime away from release.

It seems, though, that we may have to wait just a little longer. AppleInsider reports that Apple will wait until Lion ships before releasing the new Air. That makes perfect sense to me. There’s no way that Apple would release a new machine with a new version of the OS before the OS was available to buy on its own. It just doesn’t work like that. And it would be stupid to launch with Snow Leopard.

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SSD no more reliable than HDD

by Simon Aughton on 14 December 2010 in News

French survey finds that solid state drives are no more reliable than hard disks

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Apple fixes MacBook Air glitches

by Simon Aughton on 9 December 2010 in News
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Apple releases firmware update for the new MacBook Air

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