Computer manufacturers have responded positively to our demands for laptops that are as functional as possible. Too often, however, the results are machines that are space savers on desks but are not as convenient to carry around or prop on your knees as their name suggests. Apple has therefore gone back to the basic purpose of a laptop – portability – and introduced its light and thin MacBook Air.

When describing Mac Computers, there’s always a possibility that words such as “stylish” and “elegant” will appear too frequently; but when you first come across a MacBook Air, no one can blame you if these words spring to mind. “I want people to see me with this,” is the sort of comment that may run through your head. The MacBook Air is sleek: it’s just 4mm (1/6 inch) at the front, tapering out to a mere 19mm (3/4 inch) at its deepest point. It’s also robust: the aluminium casing ensures that thinness doesn’t mean fragility.

Pick up the Macbook Air and you further appreciate what Apple has achieved. At 1.36kg (3 pounds), the MacBook Air easily beats Apple’s previous lightweight, the 2.26kg (5 pounds) MacBook.

With such a drop in weight, you cannot help but wonder if you’re going to open up the MacBook Air to find a tiny screen that causes you to squint and a keyboard that bunches up your fingers. The reality is a 13.3 inch widescreen display and a full size keyboard. What’s more, a large trackpad complements these to give an overall impression that this is a laptop that’s both practical and a pleasure to use.

The technology of the MacBook Air

It stands to reason that Apple has had to surrender some technological capability to make a laptop that’s so thin and that has shed so much weight. Or has it? You still get an Intel Core 2 Duo processor of either 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz with 2GB of memory for both. You also have an 80GB 4,200 rpm hard drive for the 1.6GHz model, a 64GB solid-state drive for the 1.8GHz, and built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. These specs are easily good enough for most everyday laptop uses.

Hardware

The hardware of the MacBook Air includes

an iSight camera and microphone a mono speaker an infrared receiver a built-in battery an ambient light sensor that adjusts the brightness of the backlit LED screen and brightens the keyboard as necessary

Tucked neatly away in a hatch on the right-hand side of the MacBook Air are also three ports:

a headphone/speaker jack a USB 2.0 port a micro DVI port

A possible hardware concern is the one USB port. By itself such a port is rarely enough, so if you plan to connect a series of peripheral devices at the same time, you’ll need a USB hub. As for the micro DVI port, the MacBook Air comes with useful VGA and DVI adaptors to improve your connectivity options.

You may have noticed by now a hardware omission: the MacBook Air doesn’t have an optical drive. Instead, Apple offers an external 8x SuperDrive. Whether you need this depends on your use of CDs and DVDs. Another choice is to employ Apple’s Remote Disc application so that your MacBook Air connects to a network and links with the optical drive of another Mac or PC.

Remote Disc is very handy because it installs software and gives you access to files. Unfortunately, though, it doesn’t allow you to play or burn CDs and DVDs remotely. When you want to listen to music, or watch a film or TV programme, you must turn to iTunes. If you already own an iPod, this isn’t exactly a hardship.

Software

Apple includes Remote Disc with the usual bundle of MacBook Air software. This software comes with the excellent Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard operating system and offers you everything you’d expect from all other Macs. What’s more, you can swiftly navigate and manage the software with the responsive features of the MacBook Air trackpad.

Battery

The MacBook Air’s battery can give you up to five hours continuous service. Once it dies, however, you may have a problem. The MacBook Air has the battery built in, so you can’t replace it with one that’s fully charged. Your only alternative is to find an electric socket for the MagSafe Power Adaptor, an option that’s not always available if you’re on the move.

MacBook Air performance

For standard tasks such as keeping up with your email, writing, and browsing the Internet, you won’t find a significant speed difference between a MacBook Air and the more powerful MacBook. Some people may still worry about the smaller processor sizes and the relatively slower speeds of the hard drives on both MacBook Air models compared to other Apple laptops. What you have to do, however, is ask yourself why you want the MacBook Air. Complex graphics applications, for example, will certainly strain the processor’s capacity, but then again, if you have this sort of use in mind, you probably need a MacBook Pro anyway.

The fact remains that the MacBook Air is a truly portable all-purpose laptop that performs daily computing jobs extremely well. For most of us, this is precisely what we want.

Conclusion Pros

The MacBook Air is light, thin and unquestionably stylish The casing is robust The 13.3 inch screen automatically adjusts its brightness, thanks to a light sensor The keyboard is full size and lights up in dim conditions There are technology compromises, but most users will notice little difference in speed and responsiveness to a MacBook

Cons

The lower processor and hard drive specs (compared to the MacBook and MacBook Pro) may disappoint some people Inability to swap a dead battery for a fresh one may cause difficulties in some circumstances

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The New MacBook

Do everything faster.

With a first-of-its-kind integrated graphics processor that delivers up to five times the performance in half the size, MacBook changes the game—and just about everything else you do on a notebook. The new MacBook makes quick work of iLife, iWork,** and all your applications, so you can skim through photos, edit movies, and create websites and presentations with ease.

Graphics is just the beginning.

With its precision aluminum unibody enclosure and fewer parts than ever, the MacBook is thinner, greener, and more durable. The ultrathin LED-backlit display offers spectacular detail and instant full screen brightness. And the new Multi-Touch trackpad provides more room for clicking and Multi-Touch gestures.

Until now, all notebooks were designed the same way. By assembling multiple pieces to create a single enclosure. But once you include all the necessary parts, you add size, weight, complexity, and more opportunities for failure. Solving a problem like this required more than an incremental change. It required a breakthrough. To create the new MacBook, the design and engineering teams devised a way to replace many parts with just one. That one part is called the unibody — a seamless enclosure carved from a single piece of aluminum.

Explore all the design innovations of the new MacBook.

The thickness of a notebook depends on the technology inside. LCD displays typically use cold cathode fluorescent lamps, or CCFLs, to create light and project a picture onto a screen. But that poses two problems. First, these lamps require more space, so the display can be only so thin. Second, just like the fluorescent lights in your home or office, the ones inside a CCFL display take time to warm up before they reach full brightness. That’s a lose-lose situation. And it’s why Apple engineers chose LED backlight technology for the new MacBook.

The MacBook keyboard

They made a couple of changes to the keyboard as well. The main one is now the keyboard is back lit so now you can type in the dark with no problems. I just got a MacBook a couple of months ago I wish i knew they where coming out with a new model with a backlit. before this the only mac that lit up was the Apple MacBook Pro.

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Up to 5x faster NVIDIA graphics performance.

The new MacBooks have a new NVIDIA graphics card. The NVIDIA GeForce 9400M is great for high-end, high-speed 3D game-playing power. Not sure why this one is better then the old one the did not say much about it. what they did say is its 5x faster.

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The MacBook is the lower-end version, aimed at regular consumers. The MacBook Air is a lightweight offering which is extremely portable. The MacBook Pro is a high-end offering which packs in more power and has array of features. Apple introduced the glossy display screen, which has been quiet popular for its brighter viewing and better contrast abilities. The MacBook are priced from Rs 50,000 onwards and come in the conventional white colour, the black color models are also available with added costs.

The operating systems of the MacBooks have been known for simplifying usage and giving a new look from the traditional windows operating systems. The latest MacBook laptops have incorporated the Intel Core 2 Duo processors which have enhanced performance. The MacBook Pro models have nvidia graphics card installed which provides better video and gaming experience.

All MacBook Laptops are bundled with Apple’s software applications and have been well appreciated. The popular software applications are the iTunes software, Safari and DVD player. A security software named iAlertu can be installed which engages your laptop securely. If someone tries to invade, it buzzes and takes a picture of the person with its webcam and stores it. This will provide high security to your laptop and the information therein. The MacBook comes with a remote which helps you unlock your laptop and also use it for controlling your multimedia.

The MacBook Laptops has a bundle of accessories with it to enhance its performance and styling. There is a stylish envelope-like carry case available for the MacBook Air. Host of extendable battery supplies which will help in working longer hours on your laptop without bothering to charge. The MacBook laptop cleaning products are quiet handy to keep the white colored model new and shining.

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When you remove your Macbook Air, Mac Computer from its packaging, you should also find

A Micro-DVI to VGA Adaptor A Micro-DVI to DVI Adaptor A Power cord A 45W MagSafe Power Adaptor Software DVDs

(b) Charging

Pull away the plastic film from the 45W MagSafe Power Adaptor and plug the adaptor into an electric socket. Take the other end of the cable and connect it to the magnetic MagSafe power port on the left hand side of your MacBook Air.

If necessary, extend the MagSafe cable by removing the prongs from the adaptor and inserting the power cord into the socket beneath them. Place the other end of the power cord into the electric socket. To disconnect the MagSafe Power Adaptor from the electricity, first remove the power cord plug from the adaptor.

An amber light on the MagSafe connector shows that the MacBook Air battery is charging. When the battery is fully charged, a green light appears.

(c) Basic features

The basic features of your MacBook Air include

(from right to left) a microphone, camera indicator light, iSight camera, and ambient light sensor at the top edge of the screen a mono speaker under the keyboard a power button near the top right hand corner a trackpad and trackpad button below the keyboard a sleep indicator light and infrared receiver on the right of the front edge of your MacBook Air a built-in battery a MagSafe power port on the left-hand side a headphone jack, USB 2.0 port, and a Micro-DVI port in a concealed hatch on the right-hand side

2) Initial set-up (a) Setup Assistant

Setup Assistant appears on your screen when you first switch on the MacBook Air. Follow the instructions that lead you to the “Do You Already Own a Mac?” screen. You now have a choice between:

a basic set-up a set-up that includes the migration of files from another Mac

(b) Basic set-up

Choose “Do not transfer my information now” Click “Continue” Use the prompts to arrange your user account and wireless network

(c) Set-up with file migration from another Mac

For this you need another Mac with an optical disc drive (see “Optical discs” below)

(d) Customise your MacBook Air

Click Apple > System Preferences on the Menu Bar at the top of the screen, or click the System Preferences icon on the Dock at the bottom Browse and use System Preferences to customise your MacBook Air settings

(e) Using the trackpad

Use the trackpad to

scroll click double-click drag move the pointer

Control the distance you send the pointer across the screen by the speed of your finger on the trackpad:

a slow movement of your finger sends the pointer a short distance a fast movement sends the pointer a greater distance

If you’re unfamiliar with the trackpad, it’s worth spending time learning its features. These include the following:

Secondary or right clicking. This enables you to use shortcut menu commands. Place two fingers on the trackpad, then click the trackpad button. Two finger scrolling. Scroll up, down or sideways by making these movements with two fingers on the trackpad.

Some trackpad movements apply to specific applications such as iPhoto:

Two finger pinching. Pinch two fingers together on the trackpad to zoom in or out. Two finger rotating. Rotate two fingers on the trackpad to turn images and pages. Three finger swiping. This allows you to turn quickly through the pages of a document or through a series of images.

To fine-tine and set trackpad options:

select Apple > System Preferences click Keyboard & Mouse click Trackpad

For more details:

select Help > Mac Help click Trackpad

3) Optical discs (a) Using an optical disc drive

Your MacBook Air does not have an optical disc drive. To

install the software that comes with the computer load other applications and files from a disc migrate files

You must use the optical disc drive on another Mac or PC. Alternatively, use a MacBook Air external SuperDrive

(b) Setting up CD/DVD sharing

The Mac or PC you use for CD/DVD sharing must be on the same wired or wireless network. The Mac must also have the Mac OS X v10.4.10 operating system or later. The PC must have Windows XP or Windows Vista.

Your MacBook Air comes with a Mac OS X Install Disc 1. Use this to load the CD/DVD Sharing Setup. This includes

CD/DVD Sharing software Migration Assistant Remote Install Mac OS X

If you’re using a Mac as your other computer, double click “DVD or CD Sharing Setup” when it appears on screen.

If you’re using a PC, click on “DVD or CD Sharing” in the dialogue box that appears on screen.

In both cases, follow the screen instructions.

(c) Migrating files and applications to your MacBook Air from another Mac

Load the Mac OS X Install Disc 1 as above Ensure your MacBook Air and the other Mac are on the same wireless or wired network On the MacBook Air, follow the instructions of Setup Assistant as far as the “Do You Already Own a Mac?” screen Click “from another Mac” Select your wireless network (if you’re working wirelessly) and click “Continue” On the screen “Connect To Your Other Mac”, a passcode now appears

Please note: the following steps apply to the other Mac

In Applications/Utilities, open Migration Assistant and click “Continue” Choose “To another Mac” as your migration method and click “Continue” Close all other applications, if you have not done so already, and click “Continue” Enter the passcode from the MacBook Air screen in the given box Click “Continue” The migration now starts

During the migration, do not use your other Mac for anything else.

(d) Loading other data

Using your wireless connection, you can download many applications from the Internet.

To load applications from a DVD or CD:

set up CD/DVD sharing (see (b) above) and follow the instructions in (e) below, or connect a MacBook Air SuperDrive to the USB port, insert the disc, and follow the onscreen instructions

(e) Sharing discs

You can share a CD or DVD on a Mac or PC with your MacBook Pro.

Please note: you may not be able to share films and games because they are copy-protected.

Follow the procedure given in (b) Ensure your MacBook Air and the other computer are on the same network

If your other computer is a Mac:

select Apple > System Preferences choose “Sharing” select “DVD or CD Sharing”

If your other computer is a PC:

choose the “DVD or CD Sharing” panel click “Enable DVD or CD Sharing”

Now continue on the other Mac or the PC as follows:

place a CD or DVD in the optical disc drive (on the MacBook Air, the disc will appear in the Finder sidebar under “Devices”) click “Accept” when prompted to do so on the other Mac or PC the disc will then become available to your MacBook Air

4) Sleep mode and shutting your MacBook Air down (a) Sleep mode

To use the sleep mode on your MacBook Air for short periods of inactivity, take one of the following actions:

close your display select Apple > Sleep on the Menu Bar select Apple > System Preferences, then Energy Saver, and set the sleep timer press your power button and select Sleep from the dialogue box

Please note: do not move your MacBook Air until the sleep indicator light begins to pulse, otherwise you risk damaging your hard disc.

To wake your MacBook Air from sleep mode:

open the closed display, or press the power button or any key of the keyboard if the display is open

(b) Shutting the MacBook Air down

Select Apple > Shut Down from the Menu Bar, or Press the power button and select Shut Down in the dialogue box

5) Quick Mac OS X guide (a) Operating system

Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard is the operating system of your MacBook Air. It controls your files, applications and connected devices. It works in a comparable way to Windows.

(b) Basic controls

The basic controls are your keyboard and trackpad. If you’re more used to Windows, you’ll find that you’ll need to use the keyboard and trackpad fewer times to achieve similar results.

(c) Central features

The icons, layouts and navigation of the MacBook Air screens are straightforward. Along with the windows, menus, folders and shortcuts, are four central features that help you work quickly and simply:

Desktop Dock Finder Menu bar

Desktop

Desktop is the screen you start with each time you use your MacBook Air. Use it to store such things as files, folders and pictures.

The first icon you’ll see on Desktop is the Macintosh HD (hard drive). When you use other functions of your MacBook Air, further HD icons appear. Double-click an icon to view its files and applications.

Please note the following.

When you connect a peripheral device to your MacBook Air, an icon appears on the Desktop If you have different users for your MacBook Air, Mac OS X gives each one a Desktop Desktop always lies behind the applications that you run

Dock

The Dock is a row of icons along the bottom of your screen. Click on these icons to access your folders, applications and windows.

Note that when a window appears, it has three coloured buttons in the top left corner.

Red closes the window Yellow minimises the window to the Dock Green maximises and minimises the size of the window

Finder

The Finder is an icon on the far left of the Dock. Use it to navigate and manage your MacBook Air’s folders, files and applications.

Menu Bar

The Mac OS X Menu Bar is a single line at the top of the screen.

Use the Menu Bar to

view recent work view and change settings and applications close applications interact with a programme log in log out start the sleep mode begin restart switch off your MacBook Air

The Menu Bar changes to match the application you’re using.

Connectivity

Your MacBook Air has a headphone jack, USB 2.0 port, and a Micro-DVI port concealed in a hatch on the right-hand side. You also receive a Micro-DVI to VGA adaptor and a Micro-DVI to DVI adaptor with your MacBook Air. Use the ports and adaptors to connect a range of peripheral devices such as printers, cameras and hard drives. Alternatively use the Bluetooth® wireless connection.

7) Battery power

You can run your MacBook Air directly from an electricity supply by using the 45W MagSafe Power Adaptor. Alternatively use the built-in battery.

The time between battery charges varies according to the applications you use and the drain on power caused by peripheral devices. If you don’t need a wireless connection, you can turn off AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth® to help extend the battery’s charge.

Connect the MagSafe Power Adaptor once the battery begins to run low. The adaptor works when the MacBook Air is on, in sleep mode, or off. To recharge your MacBook Air as quickly as possible, however, turn the computer off or put it in sleep mode.

The amber light on the MagSafe Power Adaptor tells you that you must charge the battery. The green light indicates that charging is complete. The battery icon in the Menu Bar shows you the battery charge level.

Please note: you cannot change your MacBook Air battery yourself. Only an Apple authorised dealer can replace it.

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