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macbook air is a great laptop. Apple makes great products and if your an apple person this is the entry level laptop for you. the speed is very quick but does depend on your personal bandwidth... more

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Rating Summary based on 31 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		15
  • 4 Stars
    		9
  • 3 Stars
    		6
  • 2 Stars
    		1
  • 1 Star
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  • Comfort & Portability
  • Ease of use
  • Instruction manual
  • Look & Feel
  • Manufacturer Support
  		• 4.6
  		• 4.1
  		• 3.9
  		• 4.7
  		• 4.0
  • 80 of 80 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 gemsarchitect

    Member since 01/09/2008

    Reviews written: 86

    4 Stars Fly in Air, MacBook Air 17/09/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Ultra thin construction, light weight

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Sacrificed some features to its size

    BASIC IDEAS AND BACKGROUND Since last ten years, there are super boom in personal computers and technology. After that if we consider laptop market than it covered modern market of pc users, due to fast moving life, more competition in market, globalization and latest technology effect in every field. Since last five years, the boom which rolled out computer users in laptops, given many advantages as better configuration, technology, portability and accessibility. Now a day's computers maker companies considering the portability as main target and they are providing laptops which are light in ... more
  • 52 of 53 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    sadoldbag

    4 Stars As light as air, as expensive as pure oxygen 08/04/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Uber-light, ridiculously thin, very very cool indeed

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Lack of USB ports, expensive, barely average hard drive

    So you are thinking about a MacBook Air? At over $1700/£1200 even for the entry level it's not an impulse buy, so it is good to think through the pros and cons of this machine to decide if it is really right for you. PROS: 1. THE LOOK: It's cool. Really, seriously cool. It's incredibly thin and light, so thin you could put it in an envelope and post it. There is no better machine to carry around if you want to impress your colleagues. At its thinnest it is only 0.16" thick. 2. THE HARDWARE: It comes with Core2Duo (a choice of 1.6 or 1.8Ghz) and 2GB RAM which is what most of us need, plus a ... more
  • 25 of 25 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    kingofreviewing

    4 Stars As thin as air? Review with images 29/08/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Very light enabling easy portablity, stylish design

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not the best MacBook around: Limited hard drive capacity

    'The hype/critiques' I recently purchased this sleek looking laptop for £1400. While I would expected a little more for its price it has certainly lived up to its expectations. Some critics out their feel that the MacBook Air is nothing more than a fashion accessory coined by Apple in the hope that the many Apple-loving techno savies would purchase it on the basis of Apple's other high quality products. But writing from experience I strongly disagree. 'The Goodies of the product' I opened my laptop for this first time and noticed a crisp, sleek, thin design enriched with a smooth surface and a ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    milly234

    4 Stars Like Walking On Air - Macbook Air 27/02/2010
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages looks good, portable

    Disadvantages Disadvantages overheats

    We got this laptop in the reconditioned section of the apple store a year ago and it cost about £750 (my boyfriend bought it with his 21st birthday money). I use it on and off now but prefer to use my beast of a laptop most of the time, firstly because my boyfriend is very protective of "his baby" and because it isnt perfect for everything. The technical info is all online and in the discription of this review so this will really just be a techno-novice's review about using this laptop. We got Mac office on this so that it would be more compatible for work and documents from the other ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    samclarkesurvey

    5 Stars Macbook Air, a look for beginers 16/07/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Mac OSX operating system, running windows/linux/etc. if chosen, style, compact and stylish design

    Disadvantages Disadvantages lack of optical drive (in some cases), costly - but value for money

    For those who have expirence with mac's they will be aware of the operating system. Macbook Air runs the Apple OS X 10.5 most peopel are familiar with something like Microsoft Windows XP or Vista, OS X runs in a different way, it looks and feels didfferent, and runs in a different way, it is considerably more stableand reliable, and is often the industrial choice those in the design, music and of creative specialists for it's effective industrial standard software built in and compatability. This perticular mac, the macbook air is apples most recent release. This notebook (laptop) is holder of ... more

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Product Details

Product Description Apple MacBook Air - 13.3" - Core 2 Duo - MacOS X 10.5 - 2 GB RAM - 80 GB HDD, Apple MacBook Air - 13.3" - Core 2 Duo - MacOS X 10.5 - 2 GB RAM - 120 GB HDD, Apple MacBook Air - 13.3" - Core 2 Duo - MacOS X 10.5 - 2 GB RAM - 128 GB SSD
System Type Notebook
Operating System MacOS X 10.5
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz / 4 MB Cache, Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz / 6 MB Cache, Intel Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz / 6 MB Cache
Memory 2 GB DDR2, 2 GB DDR3

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