MacBook Air, the Thinnest Laptop in the World

Thinnest laptop in the world production of Apple's MacBook Air has made many people in awe, and threw a compliment. However, no less well among critics.

Appear quite nicely with the specifications weighing about 1.5 kg, supported Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz with 2GB of memory, 80 GB hard drive, and 802.11n Wi-Fi technology and Bluetooth 2.1, turned out MacBook Air still not free from criticism.

A lot of incoming criticism particularly questioned the performance-assessed laptop slower than its predecessor. Moreover, because the size of thin, this laptop is also considered to have sacrificed some important features such as not having CD / DVD drive.

"Performance is important for all PC users. MacBook Air prioritize the amenity to be brought anywhere, despite having to sacrifice some features," says Richard Shim, an analysis of the IDC, as quoted from NewsFactor, Monday (01/28/2008).

Apple, continued Shim, has created a new standard for slim size in the PC industry. Some time ago there has been a manufacturer that offers a laptop with a slim size, but did not receive a positive response from the community.

"If the MacBook Air succeed in the marketplace, the competition will appear in a thin laptop industry," he said.

Shim predicted that the market segmentation for the MacBook Air is the students and people who travel frequently due to the size of thin, this laptop easy to carry. But the MacBook Air seems less suited for executives because they generally prefer a notebook with the Windows platform, Shim pointed out.