Wednesday October 20th, Steve Jobs led the anticipated event focused on the computers of the company, which titled "Back to the Mac." In a play on words that show us that the return involves a step (referring to the English title of the movie "Back to the Future"), Apple's CEO presented in this order, the following products.
-ILife 11
-FaceTime
Mac - Mac OS X Lion
- La (s) new (s) MacBook Air
Since I could not follow the keynote live, I seems fair to put together a summary when I myself feel that I missed something. However, for those who wish to review the Keynote or missed it like me and want to know how it developed in AppleWeblog did a very good job highlighting the major points of the event. I leave a link to the article in question:
For the rest, this post will obviously be the new MacBook Air. And my choice is this because, while personally prefer to write about the characteristics of the next OS for Mac, I have seen that there is much interest in new models of Air. In addition, the newly announced MacBooks will be ready for sale, compared to Mac OS Lion who will just middle of next year.
And do not misunderstand: I will be making the corresponding entry shortly to discuss the features of the new Mac OS. But first things first, so then I leave you with an overview of the new MacBook Air, which are thinner than ever.
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| Notice how bad the translation on the official version of Latin America. Very repetitive. |
all know what that is Steve Jobs, and the words "impossibly thin" it should sound more than one. However, this time must be given the reason really is amazing how thin they achieved with the new MacBook Air. At first glance, this picture looks like they are holding a paper. Paying a little more attention, one could assume that is a new model iPad, or even the recent Apple Trackpad Magic. However, we have a MacBook so thin that excited the amazement of everyone.
With a design that inherits characteristics of the iPad, Steve Jobs unveiled the new MacBook Air announced as the result of learning gained through their experience with the tablet of the company. He says, the iPad is to be an advantage over the previous generation of MacBooks with the following:
-Power On [1]
-Great battery life [2]
"Incredible
Standby time [3]
-Flash Storage [4]
Lack of hard drives or optical drives (yes, I say as an advantage) [5]
-Thinness and weight = greater mobility [6]
With this in mind, the inevitable for people from Apple was asking "What if these features will be moving to a MacBook?" And the answer to that question was the new MacBook Air.
However, anyone who thinks a few seconds to realize that the benefits are points 1, 2 and 6. This is because 3 point is just an extension of point 2, while points 4 5 and are not really improvements, but rather are necessary conditions for the benefits 1, 2 and 6, take place.
As you can see in the picture below I leave both the smallest and the largest battery were obtained by sacrificing the hard drives and optical drives. Not that he wants to take credit for "the great engineers at Apple, but that's the most important reason why there were improvements and make it go unnoticed (covering up the loss in capacity, clearly). In any case, no less ingenious new way to have flash memory built into the motherboard to gain a little more space. Even if it means that if you ruin the memory, change the entire plate.
addition to these features, the new MacBook Air have a large multitouch glass trackpad, backlit glossy widescreen LED, integrated camera, stereo speakers, omnidirectional microphone, headphone jack and two USB ports 2.0. Can connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi thanks to its AirPort Extreme wireless network that is compatible with IEEE 802.11 a / b / g / n, and additionally with the ability to connect via Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.
As for processing, both models have an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and integrated graphics processor NVIDIA GeForce 320M supports a resolution up to 2560 x 1600 pixels on an external display. While equipped with 2 GB of DDR3 SDRAM 1,066 MHz factory may be requested to extend it to a maximum of 4GB.
Until here, everything I talked about the new MacBook Air have in common. However, as you can see, they also have their differences (beyond the obvious size) and I want to review, by what were then approached by a cut in the comparison chart that provides Apple. not without clear that the cut was made to highlight the differences, as the table found on the official website also points out the similarities.
in Gizmodo, did a very good summary of the views that several editors had to test the new MacBook Air. What I leave this time is then a summary of a summary, so they can quickly read the key points in various places without much tirade.
Ars Technica
-model 11.6 inches is the size of a NetBook
-The screen is still glossy [There will therefore be to put fingerprints and annoying light reflections]
-RAM memory can be expanded after buying the product.
-The ability to "Instant On" just is amazing when it resumes operations after leaving the MacBook on standby. The time it takes to boot the switch is not so surprising.
SlashGear
-The keyboard has 11.6-inch model is so easy to use as a MacBook Pro
-The front is so thin as an iPhone 4.
Engadget
-keys 13-inch model are identical to those of a standard MacBook, contrary to the 11.6-inch model that are more contracted.
-feature "Instant On" is really amazing. No matter how many times you close these MacBooks, when opened will be on the spot.
Forbes-The most remarkable feature of these new teams, it is your boot time.
-The ability to boot in less than 15 seconds clock is quite a feat, as opposed to 50 seconds takes a notebook with Windows.
Finally, completing the review of the characteristics, let you know that contrary to custom, these new MacBooks do not bring Adobe Flash preinstalled. Among the many sites I read, I honestly do not remember where it was said, but someone said that to be fair, we must remember that more than one notebook comes with no pre-installed Adobe Flash and that's not crazy from that can be easily downloaded (Although Apple does not facilitate the task link giving us the odd or even recommending).
Another curiosity
is that the reinstatement of Mac OS does not come on a DVD (since these MacBooks do not have your CD's or DVD's) but on a USB flash drive 8GB (7.5 busy with Mac OS Snow Leopard and the latest version of iLife). Although now that the Mac App Store is probably iLife longer sold on DVD and skip to be available for download.
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After the tour about the features, I would answer two questions that more than one should have been.
1 - Steve Jobs said Netbooks would not do But did the 11.6-inch MacBook Air is not exactly a Netbook?
In gizmodo, in fact, bring us an edited image in which they wrote the exact words Steve Jobs, said only ten months ago during the presentation of the iPad.
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| "The Netbooks do not exceed any other product. They are just cheap Notebooks" (*) |
the generic, like most words regarding Jobs conflicting opinions. On the one hand, people like Pedro Santamaria Applesfera who think it following:
"Netbook When I try to convey the idea that a computer is with a few features that make it can not be used as the primary computer.
Except the issue of drive capacity, performance, offering a Core 2 Duo at 1.4 Ghz and 320M Nvidia is much higher than the rest of Netbooks. Another factor is the usability of it to have a complete and comfortable trackpad. One of the main problems Netbooks [is that they are equipped] with a trackpad really uncomfortable. The full keyboard is not stressed as some HP computers, for example, come with a full keyboard, very comfortable.
therefore is not a Netbook. "
So in your opinion (most widespread in this article ), a Notebook Netbook is a cheap, low-potential, a team that only serves to enter text, surf the Internet, and some other basic task.
But on the other hand, the reality is that when you go to any point of sale, distinguishes the Notebooks of Netbooks in size. "If it's girl is a Netbook, and whether big a Notebook." We realize then that the division is generated because each Netbooks characterizes it differently: Increased capacity
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Notebook Netbook
Less capacity = vs
Mayor
Size = Smaller Notebook Netbook
= two ways to differentiate laptops have sense as Netbooks are smaller and have less capacity effectively. But not all look so clear is the fact that one of these characteristics is a consequence of the other. To demonstrate it, I think you have to wonder: Will Netbooks have limited capacity because of its small size? Or the smaller size is just a secondary consequence to the process of manufacturing a low-cost equipment and with few benefits?
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| Promotional image of Acer Aspire One netbooks | |
Clarifying the difference between Netbooks and notebooks, back to Apple: the trick is that Steve Jobs Netbooks defined as equipment cheap and underpowered. However, as clarified in a note Gizmodo, the new MacBook Air is not cheap, and has little power. For this reason, is that Jobs is not belied, as it is not offering a cheap product or limited capacity. You may think that at that time (January of this year), Apple still had not found around the issue as to enable a competent Netbook and therefore preferred to stay out. It should also be borne in mind that it was the presentation of the iPad, and at that time the nearest rivals were the Netbooks as a matter of price. It was expected that Steve will throw a stick to discredit his audience.
And indeed, this move is not surprising. Jesus Diaz points out to us in the note of Gizmodo:
"The same thing happened with the camera on iPods, Smartphones and Tablets. One day Steve discard something, and the next day that something is better than ever. As long as that something is a product you. "
So one day Netbooks have no rationale, and later, gaining experience and seeing the iPad the ability to fill a gap in its product line, Apple Net presents new
2 - Why release a small model of the MacBook Air, if the iPad and fulfills the functions of any Netbook?
Matt Buchanan, Gizmodo also, answer this question masterfully, so I approached her words
"iPad, it is said, is Apple's Netbook. Easily handles most of what people do with their Netbook: surfing the Internet, used for viewing videos, you deal with e-mail mail everyday. Moreover, it be truly portable, has an instant-on and has a long battery life, all for the cost of about $ 500.
The new model of MacBook Air is actually a very good Netbook. Apple even said he took all the things I learned iPad to create it. The 11-inch MacBook Air is about the same size and weighs just a little more, but it runs with Mac OS and costs $ 1000. Why create such a model when the iPad is the perfect ultra-portable machine? In other words, you can not improve a product that in itself is magical is not it?
Well, it turns out that the magic of IPAD is not sufficient for certain types of travelers: those who create content.
You can do things in the iPad. Usable, but not always effective or simple. The iPad is primarily designed for content consumption. It's great to read, and is unbeatable as a movie player and picture viewer. But trying to take a photo, upload to iPad, editing in Photoshop and upload it to your blog. It is much more complicated, even if you use systems compatible with existing applications. The iPad is a file system accessible. It is difficult to move files on the IPAD and open them in the correct application. In addition, applications are not always strong or capable. And the addition of keyboard is a temporary solution (Did you see the dock with a keyboard for the iPad? Pff).
A computer-but-powerful ultraportable is still the only way to do many of these things (or at least the only way to do them well). The keyboard pretty much says it all. The MacBook Air is not going to be more comfortable [The iPad] to read, and more portable, but it will be much better to select a heavy document, create and edit a spreadsheet, edit a movie or edit a photo.
addition, the new Air features some of the best features of IPAD-it lights up instantly, and when you leave the new Mac OS, many features of IOS that one day they may redefine the computer (...). While iOS iPad and may remain the future of computers, people still need to do certain things now, you need to live in the present. And something had to be a bridge between one thing and another. "
Finally, after I leave both text link to a video that made a comparison between the time of booting the MacBook Air old and new:
Old New MacBook Air vs MacBook Air
(*) The literal translation would be: "The Netbooks are not better than nothing. They are just cheap Laptops." But better than nothing I conveció.
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