![]() ![]() SLOTS and DVD DRIVE (LACK OF)Īgain, people have complained about the lack of an optical drive. In the lid there’s the standard iSight camera, which has now been rebranded as the “FaceTime camera.” It’s even thinner than the camera on iPhone 4, allowing it to be built into the wafer-thin lid. In the background, a dozen apps were open. I played a HD movie trailer on the big screen while playing a HD Netflix movie on the main 11-inch screen. I hooked the Air to a 27-inch iMac using a DisplayPort cable, and the iMac transformed into a large external monitor. This may be an issue for older users, but of course, the resolution is easily adjusted down. Because of the higher resolution, everything’s smaller. I moved the Dock to the left-hand side to give the screen more vertical space. ![]() It’s glossy, which some people hate, but I don’t mind. It has a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, and more or less the same resolution (1366 x 768) as a 13-inch MacBook Pro. (The 13-inch Air has the same screen resolution as the 15-inch MBP). Guess I’d better get an external USB 2 drive and get used to streaming. ![]() My old MacBook pro has a 160Gbyte drive and I’ve used 145Gbytes, mostly for my iPhoto library. I haven’t had a chance to a chance to do any complex image editing, but simple transformations in Preview and iPhoto were instantaneous. iTunes takes about 1.5 seconds to launch. Websites load in a jiffy, even when you launch a dozen tabs simultaneously. This means the memory can’t be upgraded at a later date (neither can the RAM).įlash storage makes for an exceptionally fast machine. The chips are soldered directly to the motherboard to save space: Apple dispensed with a standard Solid-State-Drive (SSD) enclosure. The Air uses NAND flash for storage 64GB or 128GB - you have to make the choice when you buy the machine. Weirdly, I’m a bit disappointed that it’s only 6 hours. I did turn down the screen brightness to about 70%. I was using dozens of apps, running various tests, playing music and had Wi-Fi on. I got more than 6 hours on both days over the weekend. Most of the internal space is given over to a custom battery that Apple says lasts for 5 hours. ![]()
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