The MacBook Air is Apple’s first computer to support wireless NetBoot, and the Remote Disc software that comes with the MBA (on CD) can turn a Mac or Windows PC into a NetBoot server, allowing access to that computer’s optical drive from the MBA even for reinstalling the operating system. (You can upgrade to a 1.8 GHz CPU for US$300 additional.) There is no built-in optical drive. The MacBook Air uses a special version of the Core 2 CPU that’s 60% smaller than usual. New to the MacBook line is a large multitouch trackpad, which lets MacBook Air users do the same kind of things iPhone users can. Where netbooks used small screens, shrunken keyboards, and underpowered CPUs, Apple has gone very, very thin so the MacBook Air can have a 13.3″ LED backlit display, a full-sized keyboard, and a 1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU – along with up to 5 hours of battery life without turning off AirPort. Apple took a completely different approach to ultralight notebook computers with the MacBook Air (MBA).
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