Apple MacBook Air MC234LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop
- Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
- 2.13 GHz Core 2 Duo Processor
- 128 GB Solid State Drive, 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M Integrated Graphics, 13.3 inch LED Display
- Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard Operating System
Product Description
MacBook Air continues to redefine what’s possible. Just 0.16 inch at its thinnest point, 0.76 inch at its thickest point, and a mere 3.0 pounds, it’s still ultrathin and ultraportable. And now, pushing the performance limits of ultraportable notebooks, it features a faster 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a 1066MHz frontside bus, 2GB of DDR3 memory, and 6MB of L2 cache, so you can be as productive on the road as in the office. Offering ample storage, MacBook Air comes with either a 128GB solid-state drive that uses less power and provides enhanced durability. Its advanced NVIDIA processor brings you amazing, high-speed graphics, delivering a graphics performance boost up to 6x that of the original model. Unlike other ultraportables, MacBook Air doesn’t compromise on features users care most about: the display and the keyboard. It includes a bright, 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, a full-size backlit keyboard, a spacious Multi-Touch trac… More >>
Apple MacBook Air MC234LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop
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5 comments
N. Grover on December 7, 2009 at 4:43 pm
This is such a great laptop. So thin and light but also strong for such a light laptop. This our first Mac and we love it. The quality is superb and very fast for such a thin laptop. I had to order another as my wife seemed to take mine over. Amazon shipping was so fast!
Panathinaikos on December 7, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I purchased this product through Amazon approximately 3 months ago. Overall I like it but do not love it. My previous Macbook was a 17″ so the smaller size is welcome relief. I have since updated this with Snow Leopard ( which freed up needed hard drive space ) and I must say that it runs very smoothly except if it is on a surface that impedes ventilation such as bedding. After a few minutes it will heat up slow down performance. Otherwise it seems to do better than my 17″ Pro which had double the memory (4GB vs. 2GB). Even so, it would have been nice to be able to splurge and upgrade the RAM for screaming performance.
PROS:
Portability
Speed
Solid State Drive (this is optional but highly recommended because you don’t need moving parts on something that portable)
CONS:
The remote (ROM)drive feature is not as seamless as it should be (even under Leopard)
Lack of Upgrade Possibilities ( RAM )
I wish they would have included the new Pro track pads with the latest update to the line.
Overall, I like this computer even though I wanted to love it. I would also recommend buying through Amazon ( Prime! ) vis a vis the Apple store if you are interested in saving a couple of hundred dollars (depending on where you live) for sales tax and shipping.
Mac Collector on December 7, 2009 at 6:57 pm
One thing you might not notice unless you read the product description carefully is that the USB Ethernet Adaptor is now included with the computer. So it is a mystery that this adaptor is listed as a commonly purchased accessory for this model. I almost bought one myself.
The MacBook Air is an unexpectedly nice aesthetic improvement in using a computer. Lightness, thinness and silence (with the SSD) make a surprising difference. Another thing I like compared to the MacBook Pro is that the edges of the case are tapered, not sharp 90 degree corners that scrape your arms. Particularly if you are considering the 13″ MBP, the MBA is definitely worth a serious look.
A. Barkaloff on December 7, 2009 at 7:19 pm
First of all, make sure that the battery is working properly. I just returned one with a bad battery — it kept telling me that there was no battery present and also the system kept stalling. But i did play around with one that worked properly.
I’m only going to speak about the SSD (higher end) version. If you are going to get this MacBook Air, I completely feel that you are wasting your money buying the lower end version. The lower end drive is terribly slow and feels underpowered whereas the SSD drive version beats a faster MacBook Pro with a HDD. To further illustrate, the Macbook Air SSD opens up Adobe Photoshop in 3 seconds. Word in 2 seconds or less.
So here are the pros:
–super, light…it’s addictive, wonderful. You’ll carry it everywhere, annoyingly so.
–good battery life. I think the battery life in real world conditions even beats out the 7 hour battery of the Macbook Pro. Seems to use less battery and more intelligently
–AC converter is also light to carry around (but i still think it should be lighter)
–sturdy, and able to comfortably hold with one hand
The cons:
–don’t use this for multimedia, other than simple video, YouTube, etc. If you try playing HD video on this machine loses frames
–the speakers! sorry, the speaker. don’t use this machine for presentations that involve sound. hard to hear in a busy environment (such as trade shows). really i think this is the worst con!
–the USB port is hard to reach, difficult for those USB Verizon/Sprint/AT&T mobile broadband sticks. You have to use with a cable. But i think this is just a little cosmetic issue
The non-issue issues:
–lack of DVD drive. Other than installing software or viewing DVDs that someone wants to you watch then and there, how many times do you really need to do this? If the answer is frequently, then this machine is definitely not for you (go with a Macbook Pro). If occasionally or infrequently then the networked DVD drive (using Bonjour) works really well. If you feel a need to get a portable drive, then don’t get this machine. It wasn’t meant for this, really.
So, who is this for?
–writers! Screenwriters, students, business writers, writers, period. This is the funnest machine to use if you are a writer, period. you will love the ability to take this everywhere, put in a small, light bag, just open it up and start writing, either in Word, Pages, Final Draft, etc. (I HIGHLY recommend using a service like Dropbox — [...] — so that whatever you write is automatically synced over the air to your home desktop, automatically! — no need to worry about losing your work ever!).
–traveling business people who need to show off pictures, electronic brochures, etc. Even to walk around shop floors and plop that Macbook Air out of a bag, hold in hand as you are walking
–road warriors, photographers on the road, journalists, etc.
Rodrigo Davila on December 7, 2009 at 9:36 pm
First of all, I want to say im from Bolivia, very few people use Macs here. A lot of friends told me i was making a mistake in changing my HP tx2000 Tablet for the MBA. Im happy to say i was never so delighted with a laptop. Ive own several PC’s before but definitely I wont change to PC’s ever again. I use my Mac for not so complicated tasks like emailing, word, excel, etc. If you want a reliable laptop and extremely fast one buy the MBA with SSD. It is faaaaaast, i cant beleive it starts up in barely 30 seconds, safari, itunes and even Microsoft word for Mac start instantly. To this day, my system never crashed, never got an error message and never got any problem to do what i wanted. By the way, i like messing around with my laptop so i did everything to cause a crash or even slow the MBA but nothing happened. I totally recommend this computer to anyone unless you want to do heavy tasks like CAD design. I didnt do anything so demanding so I cant comment but for me it is just perfect. Altough it has a high price tag it is definitely worth it. I give this laptop 5 stars because thanks to it Ive become a Mac OS fan.