A couple of months back, a colleague and me were looking around for the thinnest ultra-portable laptop around and landed on a Sony Vaio. We however felt unconvinced after checking out the specifications. We thought “There is only so much you can fit into that space”. Apple astonished us today with the introduction of “Macbook Air” to their product line-up. It’s as if Apple is telling us “There is a lot that can go into that”.
Specifications
- 13-inch wide-screen monitor with LED backlighting
- Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6/1.8 Ghz processor
- 2 GB RAM
- 80GB HDD/ 64GB SSD
- WiFi + Bluetooth
- No optical drive, Remote Disc as alternative
Notables
- 5-hour battery backup with WiFi turned on!
- Multi-touch on the trackpad like iPhone/iPod Touch
Price $1799
Pictures!
Can it get any thinner? Any better?
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The length of the motherboard is only a little more than a Pencil’s!
Things are packed pretty tight in there!
Here are some pictures of the Sony Vaio we had looked at for comparison.
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Specification for Sony Vaio TZ
- 11.1 inch widescreen, LED Backlit
- Intel Core 2 Duo 1.20GHz
- 2GB RAM
- 32GB SSD
- Wifi
- 8x DVD (+/-R double layer) drive
Price $3000
2 Questions
Which one would you get?
Is this better for making an omelette than a Macbook? 
Tags: apple, hardware, laptop, macbook air
Bhavesh wrote,
My feeds from Slashdot picked this news up but I ingored it. Thanks to you I now feel shitty abt the T61 i just bought 2 weeks back
Link | January 16th, 2008 at 5:25 am
Vasudha Ellina wrote,
So we were right.
Link | January 16th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
lalamsrinivasarao wrote,
the information about mac is extremly usefull.thank u for your review.
Link | January 16th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
prashanthellina wrote,
Bhavesh, doesn’t your laptop have a return option? If yes, you still can eye the Macbook Air!
Link | January 17th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
prashanthellina wrote,
Vasu, yes you were. Maybe you should start a macrumors site!
Link | January 17th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
prashanthellina wrote,
lalamsrinivasarao, I’m glad you found the information useful.
Link | January 17th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
srikar wrote,
Dude, you can no longer make an omelette with a MacBook… So your second question is out of context…
Link | January 17th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Prashanth Ellina wrote,
Why not? It’s been fixed? If it is, well, an unfixed Macbook will do then?
Link | January 17th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
free macbook air wrote,
well i’m pretty much sold on the 5 hour battery life as my current laptop lasts less than 3
Link | May 30th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
macNut wrote,
I like both computers. Sony always produce a great display. My last vaio was a beauty. the new macbook is a darling too. Need to consider the price and utilities like batteries life and how durable the case is.
Link | July 9th, 2008 at 3:54 am
prashanthellina wrote,
macNut, thanks for dropping by. For me battery life is the most important criterion. It gets really annoying having to charge the laptop frequently.
Link | July 17th, 2008 at 9:23 pm