MacBook Air/1.6GHz

Apple's follow-up to the early 2008 debut of the ultraportable features faster RAM, more storage (a 120GB Serial ATA drive compared to the 80GB Parallel ATA drive in the original), and improved graphics. Instead of an integrated Intel GMA X3100, the Air now features an Nvidia GeForce 9400 graphics processor (though it still shares memory with the system RAM).

Reviewed Full Review

Though not for everyone, Apple's MacBook Air can still boast about its status as the world's thinnest notebook computer, only now, with a 33 percent performance gain, the tradeoff between size and speed is not as great as with the first generation MacBook Air.

Pros: Weighs three pounds; full-size keyboard; bright display; greatly improved graphics power.

Cons: Slower than much more affordable Apple laptops; unswappable battery; single USB port; no video adapters in box.

Basics

Reviewed Price: $1,799

Processor: 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Information about this system on Apple's website

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Lab Tests

Speedmark 5 Score153
Cinema 4D XL XL 10.51:23
iMovie HD61:04
iTunes 7.71:32
Photoshop CS31:27
Compressor2:46
Quake 426fps
Tested ConfigurationMac OS X 10.5.6 with 2GB of RAM

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