Apple introduces 13.3 inch MacBook Air

Finally – as expected, Apple has introduced the world’s thinnest notebook computer – the new MacBook Air. This notebook measures 0.16 inches at it’s thinnest point with a maximum height of 0.76 inches. While rumors had this subnotebook with a 12 inch screen or smaller, the MacBook Air actually comes with a 13.3 inch LED backlit widescreen display. Other features include the following:

Full size and backlit keyboard
Integrated iSight video camera
Trackpad with multi-touch gesture support
Choice of either 1.6 GHz or 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 Cache
2GB of memory
80GB 1.8 inch hard drive or 64GB SSD
802.11n Wi-Fi support
Bluetooth 2.1 support

Here are some interesting details about the new MacBook Air:

Shell is made of anodizes aluminum
Weighs 3 lbs
Display has a resolution of 1280 x 800 and measures 13.3 inches with a LED backlit widescreen display
Multi-touch gesture support gives you ability to pinch, swipe, or rotate to zoom in on text, advance through a photo album, or adjust an image etc
Custom designed Core 2 Duo processor – smaller than regular Core 2 Duos
5 hours of battery life for wireless web surfing
Comes with OS X and iLife

You can pre-order the MacBook Air right now on Apple’s website. There are two configurations available at this point.

Configuration 1 has an Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at 1.6GHz and features: