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Apple's MacBook Air hits the shelves

by Robert Jaques  on Feb 1, 2008
Tags: Apple's | MacBook | Air | hits | the | shelves
But Apple TV update still off the air.
Apple has started shipping overseas its super-thin MacBook Air notebook.

The device measures an unprecedented 0.16in at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76in is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks.

The MacBook Air boasts a 13.3in LED-backlit widescreen display, a full-size backlit keyboard, built-in iSight video camera and a trackpad with multi-touch gesture support so that users can pinch, rotate and swipe.

The unit is powered by a 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache, and includes 2GB of Ram as standard, an 80GB 1.8in hard drive, 802.11n Wi-Fi technology and Bluetooth 2.1.

The Air is available now overseas through Apple Stores and resellers at a suggested retail price of US$1,799. The Australian Apple store is taking preorders for the Air, with a $2,499 starting price.

However, Apple also announced that the new Apple TV software update, which allows overseas users to rent high-definition movies directly from their widescreen TVs, is not quite finished.

Apple now plans to make the free software download available to existing Apple TV customers in another week or two.

The Apple TV software update will allow overseas users to rent movies on the iTunes Store directly from their TV.

A catalogue of over 1,000 titles will be available to overseas users by the end of February, including over 100 titles in HD with 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound.

DVD-quality iTunes Movie Rentals are US$2.99 for library titles and US$3.99 for new releases, and high definition versions are US$1 more.

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