Apple MacBook Air MB543LL/A

Product description

With the MacBook Air, Apple has created the world’s thinnest laptop, measuring an unprecedented 0.16-inches at its thinnest point and 0.76 inches thick overall. The Apple laptop features a 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB hard drive and a vibrant 13.3-inch LED-backlit display.

Amazingly thin

It’s impressive how thin the MacBook Air is, but even more impressive is that fact that there’s a full-size notebook encased in the 0.16 to 0.76 inch of sleek, sturdy anodized aluminum. The 3-pound notebook has a vibrant, energy efficient 13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display. Its spacious trackpad offers multi-touch gestures like rotating photos or zooming into web pages in Safari. The MacBook Air also features a full-size backlit keyboard which includes a built-in ambient light sensor making it ideal for dimly lit environments such as airplanes, studios or conference halls.

Amazingly powerful

Despite the its slender shell, the MacBook Air doesn’t skimp on the specifications. The MacBook Air is powered by a custom-built 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, which provides an optimized, multithreaded architecture for improved multitasking performance. It also features integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, which delivers outstanding 3D game play with up to five times faster graphics performance than the previous generation.

The Apple MacBook Air MB543LL/A comes with a 120 GB Serial ATA hard disk drive (4200 rpm). Alternatively to the Hard Drive, a 128 GB Solid State Drive can be built in, like in the Apple MacBook Air MB940LL/A model. The laptop also includes 2 GB of PC3-8500 DDR3 RAM (two SO-DIMMs of 1024 MB) having an industry-leading 1066 MHz speed, and it maximizes the capacity for the laptop.

Because of the amazingly thin design of the MacBook Air, an optical (DVD/CD) drive was not included. To install software from a disc, you can wirelessly use or “borrow” optical drives on remote PCs or Macs using the Remote Disk feature. If you want to have an optical drive for burning CDs and DVDs, you can purchase the optional MacBook Air SuperDrive (sold separately) or any other external optical drive with an USB connection.

The MacBook Air doesn’t include an Ethernet port for networking, and instead relies solely on 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi to connect to your home network as well as wireless hotspots. It works seamlessly with the optional AirPort Extreme base station as well as Apple’s Time Capsule base station/hard drive, both of which include 802.11n capabilities. If you don’t have access to a wireless network, you can use an optional USB Ethernet Adapter (sold separately).

Amazing machine

The MacBook Air is not only amazingly thin at just 0.16 inches at its thinnest and 0.76 inches at its thickest point. It comes pre-loaded with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system, which adds over 300 new features including easy backup of your most important data via Time Machine, a redesigned desktop that helps eliminate clutter and the newest version of the fast-loading Safari web browser. It also comes with the iLife ‘08 suite of applications, including iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, and iTunes.

Technical Specifications

Processor	1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
RAM	2 GB DDR3 SDRAM
Hard drive	120 GB Serial ATA
Display	13.3-inch LED-backlit display 1280x800
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
Optical drive	no drive
Operating system	Mac OS X 10.5