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The first unboxing photos of the MacBook Air have appeared on a photo sharing website, the images appear to have been take at some Macworld 2008 related event in Japan.
The models they have on display seem to have arrived in the retail packaging.
The selection of images also show the Mini-DVI connector, comparison to slim Sony VAIO and some Time Capsule photos.
Macfixit has published confirmation that the MacBook Air will be the first Mac to have the ability to boot wirelessly.
During Apple’s demonstration of the MacBook Air at Macworld 2008 they dubbed a new feature called “Remote Disc”, this allows for discs to be accessed in another optical drive over the network from the MacBook Air. Included with this functionality is the ability for the MacBook Air to wirelessly boot off of a Remote Disc shared drive.
MacRumors adds that Mac OS X 10.5.2 is likely to add wireless booting to all Macs according to their sources.
AppleInsider is claiming that there are no special tools or knowledge required to swap the MacBook Air’s battery and is a quick job taking just a few minutes.
Using a size-0 philips screwdriver the process of replacing the battery is described as follows:
Once flipped upside down, the MacBook Air’s bottom cover is easily unscrewed and removed, providing immediate access to the battery cavity. From there, the battery can be unscrewed from the chassis with the same screwdriver and unplugged from the circuit board with a simple tug — it’s not soldered to the board.
Apple is charging $129 for battery replacements and the entire process should take 5 working days.
But this latest development is likely to aspire many companies to begin selling batteries separately.
Ever since the announcement of the MacBook Air in Tuesday’s keynote many have been wondering, does the SSD give a major performance booth, who’s manufacturing the units and what processor is used?
Well finally the latter two questions appear to have been answered, DigiTimes notes that Quanta is manufacturing the MacBook Air units.
Apple, which has just introduced its new MacBook Air, will outsource corresponding assembly orders to Quanta, according to industry sources. Total sales contribution from Apple is expected to surpass 20% this year on an estimated volume of 6-8 million units. Quanta is expected to be the key notebook OEM for Apple in 2008 as the spin-off at Asustek Computer has prompted Apple to shift its orders to Quanta.
AnandTech has given the processor used in the MacBook Air an in-depth study, at first they emailed Intel and Apple PR but as usual received the usual PR response.
With further investigation, the MacBook Air’s processor is actually based on Intel’s 65 nanometer (65nm) Merom architecture with an 800MHz bus, first released in May of last year
“The MacBook Air uses the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor and Intel 965GMS chipset with integrated [graphics] using a new miniaturized package technology. This new CPU and chipset allows for approximately 60% reduction in total footprint,” Intel explained to the the tech site.
After yesterdays Keynote presentation Steve Jobs joined CNBC for a short interview, of course Jobs talked about the MacBook Air but also the relationship between Intel and Apple.
Possibly the most interesting point to come out of the interview was the fact that Apple is not in a contentious relationship with China Mobile.
In an interview with The New York Times Steve Jobs expressed his opinions on Android, Bill Gates and the Amazon Kindle but also spoke about Apple’s latest innovation the MacBook Air.
Jobs sat down with David Pogue and John Markoff for half-an-hour, when speaking of the MacBook Air Jobs said;
“I’m going to be the first one in line to buy one of these,”…”I’ve been lusting after this.”
According to the Apple CEO, designers went through around 100 design prototypes to find the right “form.”
He and Jonathan Ive were worried that they’d be unable to “fit the computer into the package that they came up with.”
When talking of Amazon’s Kindle Steve Jobs simpl stated that it was floored due to the fact that people simply don’t read anymore.
It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore,” he said. “Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year. The whole conception is flawed at the top because people don’t read anymore.”
On Google Android Jobs stated;
“Having created a phone its a lot harder than it looks,” he said. “We’ll see how good their software is and we’ll see how consumers like it and how quickly it is adopted.”
Finally when talking of Bill Gates and his imminent retirement from Microsoft this Summer Jobs said;
“Bill’s retiring from Microsoft is a big deal.” “It’s a significant event, and I think he should be honored for the contributions he’s made.”
Here are a selection of photos of Apple’s Booth at this years Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Apple has a very large table featuring around 40 MacBook Air’s, there are also three tables of iPod touch’s and iPhones as well as desks with Apple TV units on and some Mac Pro’s.
