Apple has this morning launched a new Macbook in their lineup, the 11.6″ and Macbook Air. The Macbook Air in itself is nothing new, it has been around for for a few years though I have yet to meet anyone that actually uses one. The similarly sized and better specc’d, cheaper 13″ Macbook Pro was always a no-brainer when choosing between the two. Apple has addressed this today with the introduction of the smaller 11.6″ Macbook Air. Much thinner and much smaller than a 13″ Macbook Pro you can begin to see some advantage to this solution if you are really looking to travel as light as possible. Now I am always looking to shave a pound or two off the weight that I carry when I’m traveling. My camera gear weighs me down big time! And often when I am away, all I need to do is update the blog, check some e-mail and download and backup memory cards. I had high hopes for the iPad initially because it could deal with the internet side of that problem, but it failed miserably on the memory card download a backup side of things. But the new Macbook Air can handle that without issue, 2xUSB ports allow me to connect an external drive and a memory card reader and for my SD cards, the reader is built in to the body. As Steve Jobs said in the presentation, this is what happens when a Macbook and an iPad hook up! But there is a lot more to it that simple portability….. read on.
Apples New Macbook Are Up For Order – Check Out The Retina Display!
B&H has all of the new Macbooks up for order. 2012 Next Generation Macbook Pro with Retina display 15″ Macbook Pro Next Gen – i7 2.3 Ghz , 8GB, 256GB SSD 15″ Macbook Pro Next Gen – i7 2.6 Ghz, 8GB , 512GB SSD 2012 Macbook Air 11″ Macbook Air – 1.7GHz , 4GB of Ram, 64GB SSD 11″ Macbook Air – 1.7GHx , 4GB of Ram, 128GB SSD 13″ Macbook Air – 1.8Ghz, 4GB Ram, 128GB SSD 13″ Macbook Air – 1.8Ghz, 4GB Ram, 256GB SSD 2012 Macbook Pro 13″ Macbook Pro – i5 2.5Ghz, 4GB Ram, 500GB 13″ …