Apple launched the MacBook Air ultra-thin laptop

Apple yesterday officially unveiled the MacBook Air laptop and a range of new products and services.

Ultra-thin MacBook Air

Apple CEO Steve Jobs insists that MacBook Air is the company's thinnest laptop to date. The laptop is less than 2cm thick and even has a point of less than half a centimeter. MacBook Air casing is designed from aluminum.

Apple expects the MacBook Air with a new impressive design will once again make a mark on the market like what the iPhone and iPod did last year. However, with a minimum selling price of 1,800 USD, it is likely that customers' preference will be difficult to be as expected by the manufacturer.

Detailed specification of MacBook Air is as follows: Intel Core 2 Duo processor 1.6GHz to 1.8GHz, 2GB of RAM memory, 80GB hard drive or 64GB SSD storage, display screen 13.3-inch reaches a maximum resolution of 1280x800 pixels, iSight camera, multi-impact table, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, supports wireless networking 801.11n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, USB 2.0 port, Micro-DVI .

However, MacBook Air does not have an optical drive plugged in, but instead users will have to spend about $ 99 to equip themselves with an external SuperDrive drive added to the laptop. To better manage this external hard drive, Apple introduces the Remote Disc application to users to manage all drives that the system can connect to even a drive on a computer. Remote is connected via the network.

Online movie rental service

In parallel with the official launch of the MacBook Air laptop at Macworld Apple show also introduced some new services to users. The most notable is the service for online movie rental shops on iTunes.

The latest version of Apple TV is now equipped with the ability to connect directly to the Internet to download TV shows, movies or music through the iTunes online store. Users can rent content directly from the TV service provider or directly from Apple. High-definition content content has also been added to iTunes by Apple.

Upgrade iPhone, iPod

Steve Jobs also demonstrated the latest version of the 1.1.3 firmware upgrade for the iPhone, adding a feature to display the user's location on the Google Map global positioning map. The latest version of the 1.1.3 firmware also eliminates the limit of only 1,000 existing SMS messages on the previous iPhone and adds the new Gmail IMAP support for the device.

iPod Touch has also been upgraded with an application that allows users to receive email, track weather information, stocks, notes or maps - applications that were previously available only on the iPhone. The iPod Touch console is now very similar to the iPhone. If only looking through users, it will be relatively difficult to distinguish.

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