Apple updates MacBook Air with Sandy Bridge, Thunderbolt

Apple has updated its 13-inch and 11-inch MacBook Air computers with second gen Inter Core i5 and i7 processors, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology, a backlit keyboard and of course, Mac OS X Lion. Although the industrial design hasn’t changed much since the last generation, which its still aluminum unibody enclosure measures an incredibly thin 0.11-inches at its thinnest point and 0.68-inches at its thickest. The 11-inch MacBook Air model weighs 2.38 pounds and provides up to 5 hours of battery life, while the 13-inch model weighs 2.96 pounds and provides up to 7 hours of battery life.


The 11.6-inch MacBook Air computer comes with 64GB of solid-state storage, 2GB of memory, a 1.6GHz Core i5 processor and price at $999. while higher-end model costs $1,199, and comes with 4GB of memory, 128GB of flash storage and same CPU. It also has a 11-inch 1366 x 768 display, Intel HD 3000 graphics across the board, along with FaceTime webcams, two USB ports, 802.11n WiFi, and Bluetooth 4.0.

The 13-inch MacBook Air comes in two configurations, one with 4GB of memory and 128GB of flash storage for a suggested retail price of $1,299, and one with 4GB of memory and 256GB of flash storage for $1,599. It also has a 11-inch 1366 x 768 display, 1.7GHz Core i5 CPU, Intel HD 3000 graphics across the board, along with FaceTime webcams, two USB ports, an SD slot, 802.11n WiFi, and Bluetooth 4.0.

If you select the 1.8GHz Core i7 CPU, you might pay an extra $100 on the 13-inch version, and $150 for the 11-inch version.

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