At the Back to The Mac event, Apple has taken covers of the new MacBook Air. They have managed to shrink the already tiny 13.3 inch MacBook Air to a version that has an even smaller 11.6 screen pushing it into near net book territory.
It will get an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.4GHz processor a screen resolution of 1366 x 768 resolution. The 13.3 inch MacBook Air gets a 1440×900 screen. The smaller MacBook Air weighs 2.3lbs – which is lighter than the 2.9 lbs 13 inch MacBook Air. The maximum thickness of the device is 0.68mm (down from 0.76mm), and it goes down as low as 0.11mm.
The battery life on it is rated for 7 hours on the 13 inch MacBook Air on wireless web tests and a 30 days standby time. This is reduced to 5 hours for 11.6. Steve announced that Apple has made its battery testing even more stringent to meet real life conditions and yet the results are better than the previous Macbook Air.
The MacBook Air 11.6? will set you back by $999 – which is the starting price for the 64GB SSD model, The 128GB version setting you back $1,199.
More details on pricing:
11.6′ 1.4 GHz / 64 GB Flash Memory – $999
11.6′ 1.4 GHz / 128 GB Flash Memory – $1199
13.3′ 1.86 GHz 128 GB Flash Memory -$1299
13.3′ 1.86 GHz 256 GB Flash Memory – $1599
