Phil Schiller the senior vice
president of worldwide marketing at Apple introduces the new MacBook Air
laptops during the keynote address of the Apple Worldwide Developers
Conference on Monday, June 10, 2013 in San Francisco. Photo: AP
Apple announced the
updated MacBook Air WWDC in San Franciso on Monday. The
new machines will feature an all day battery life along with fourth generation Intel Core processors with faster graphics.
The
new 13 inch MacBook Air features fourth generation Intel Core i5 and
Core i7 processors that awards it up to 12 hours of battery life and up
to 10 hours of iTunes movie playback. On the same lines, the 11-inch
MacBook Air can deliver up to nine hours of battery life and up to eight
hours of iTunes movie playback. The MacBook Air has also got support
for next generation 802.11ac Wi-Fi for wireless performance that is up
to three times faster when connected to an 802.11ac base station. The
gaming and graphic intensive apps will be up to 40 per cent faster as
Apple has used the new Intel HD Graphics 5000. The
company has also used a new flash storage
that provides speeds up to 45 percent faster than the previous
generation MacBook Air. It will be nine times faster than traditional
hard drives. There is also a thin and light design features dual
microphones, a FaceTime HD camera, a high-speed Thunderbolt port and two
USB 3.0 ports.
The
MacBook Air will run OS X Mountain Lion that will bring messages,
notification center, system-wide Sharing, AirPlay mirroring, dictation,
game center and the enhanced security of Gatekeeper to the machine.
There is also a redesigned AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsure base
station that feature three-stream 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology with a
maximum data rate of 1.3Gbps, almost three times faster than 802.11n.
The new MacBook Air will be right away through Apple Authorised
Resellers.
The 11-inch MacBook Air with a 1.3 GHz processor with
Turbo Boost speeds up to 2.6 GHz, 4GB of memory with 128GB of flash
storage is priced at Rs 67,900, while the one with 256GB of flash
storage starting at Rs 81,900. The 13-inch MacBook Air will be equipped
with a 1.3 GHz processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 2.6 GHz, 4GB of
memory and is available with 128GB of flash storage starting at Rs
74,900 whereas one with 256GB of flash storage is priced at Rs 88,900.
