Apple MacBook Air - Expert Reviews

Review summary: After seeing the final Steve Jobs keynote, we are left with the desire to know the difference between an ordinary HDD ( hard disk drive ) and a SSD ( solid state drive ) as those are both are coming as an option in the new MacBook Air. Regular HDD ...

Review summary: Apple's thinnest ever laptop, La Cie's smallest ever drive and FileMaker's simplest ever database.

Verdict: The latest version of FileMaker's venerable database adds Leopard compatibility. But the interface is the same as it has been for years and while FileMaker is one of the simplest databases on any platform, that's only simple compared to other database ...

Review summary: MacWorld, annually Apple and Mac related fair, is always used by Apple to present some new technology or product that they think that will be most important for the Apple company in that year. On this years MacWorld in San Francisco, among the other ...

Review summary: apple macbook air (1.6ghz) review: Apple has released what has to be the thinnest notebook ever -- the MacBook Air.

Pros: Incredibly thin yet surprisingly sturdy, New trackpad gesture controls are very useful, Remote optical drive makes living without a built-in drive much easier, Very limited connectivity, Slower than other MacBooks, SSD hard-drive option is ...

Cons: Very limited connectivity, Slower than other MacBooks, SSD hard-drive option is ridiculously expensive and standard hard drive is small, Battery is not user replaceable.

Verdict: The MacBook Air is not quite an ultraportable, but still very small. Mimicking the 13-inch silhouette of the current MacBook line, it's less than 20mm thick at its thickest part. Apple calls it the "world's thinnest notebook."

Review summary: Apple has released what has to be the thinnest notebook ever -- the MacBook Air.

Pros: Incredibly thin yet surprisingly sturdy, New trackpad gesture controls are very useful, Remote optical drive makes living without a built-in drive much easier

Cons: Very limited connectivity, Slower than other MacBooks, SSD hard-drive option is ridiculously expensive and standard hard drive is small, Battery is not user replaceable.

Verdict: The MacBook Air is not quite an ultraportable, but still very small. Mimicking the 13-inch silhouette of the current MacBook line, it's less than 20mm thick at its thickest part. Apple calls it the "world's thinnest notebook."