MacBook Air Specs

When first introduced in other 2008 , the MacBook Air came with an 80 GBhard diskdrive ( HDD ) . By late 2008 , however , Apple offered two models : one with a 120 GB HDD or one with 128 GB solid stateflash storagedrive ( SSD ) . This marked the first metre Apple offered a notebook using SSD . By 2010 , Apple had egest the hard magnetic disc drive wholly , offering only SSD memory on all its model [ informant : EveryMac ] . Apple mark that the 2010 MacBook Air was " the first of a next propagation of notebooks which will replace mechanical hard disks and optic drives with Internet service and solid state flash storage " [ source : Apple ] . By 2011 , Apple was tender 256 GB SSD storage on its MacBook Air models .

So what ’s the reward of SSD storage ? For one , because SSD is 90 percentage lighter than traditional HDD , it make the electronic computer itself light , which fits in with the slimmed - down image of the MacBook Air [ informant : Apple ] . It also allow for for faster reading and piece of writing of data point , quicker download speeds , a quicker wakeup time and longer standby time than operose disk drive . Unlike the old hard drives with a spinning disk , SSD memory uses a static estimator chip , intend it makes less noise and is more repellent to shocks [ origin : Mearian ] .

And what about processing force ? The first contemporaries MacBook Air used a 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor . By 2011 Apple switched to the new Intel Core i5 and Core i7 central processor , which persist faster , offer higher carrying into action and produce good visuals than Intel ’s previous C.P.U. [ source : Intel ] . As forRAM , the former 2008 models featured only 2 GB , but by 2011 that had doubled to respectable 4 GB [ source : EveryMac ] .

At first glance you might comment that the MacBook Air is a small light on ports – the slots around the edges where you may plug thing in . Most noticeably missing is the CD / DVD drive . But how much longer will those be postulate ? Most files today can be stored in thecloudor on USB drive or smart cards , and the MacBook Air has port for those . The Air also features an audio port for plugging in phone and speakers , a expansion slot for the power cord and a Thunderbolt interface , which is an in - out port for high - speed , high - resolution video , audio and information transfer [ reference : Apple , Apple ] .