MacBook Airs Arrive, Unboxing Photos

MacRumors · Oct 31, 2008, 11:35 AM

The new version of the MacBook Air has arrived and one reader has posted unboxing photos to Flickr. Another forum member has also received the latest MacBook Air.

Apple revised the MacBook Air during their October 14th media event. The new model features the NVIDIA chipset and integrated graphics card. This should provide the MacBook Air with substantially better graphics performance over the first generation model.

A couple of early XBench benchmarcks have been posted here and here, showing off the new 128GB SSD drive. Comparison scores can be found at Xbench. Further discussion can also be followed in our MacBook Air forum.

Article Link: MacBook Airs Arrive, Unboxing Photos

amac4me · Oct 31, 2008, 11:36 AM

Let the benchmarks begin

Dejavu · Oct 31, 2008, 11:36 AM

Looks exactly like the old Air. What's new?

mogzieee · Oct 31, 2008, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dejavu

Looks exactly like the old Air. What's new?

Read the second paragraph of writing.

Achiever · Oct 31, 2008, 11:43 AM

Wait...if those pictures are legit, you're telling me that the MBA still has a trackpad with a click button? Why would the new MBs and MBPs lose the button but the Air keep it?

HLdan · Oct 31, 2008, 11:43 AM

Returned my Alu Macbook today and buying the new Air. Too bad it doesn't have the glass trackpad, I will miss that.

themoonisdown09 · Oct 31, 2008, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Achiever

Wait...if those pictures are legit, you're telling me that the MBA still has a trackpad with a click button? Why would the new MBs and MBPs lose the button but the Air keep it?

Yes, it still has a button on the trackpad. You can go look at the pictures on Apple's website.

pitchfork · 12:02 PM

LAME!!!! what a worthless Apple product. Why even make a big deal of this machine. Half the balls, twice the cost of a MacBook and the weight/thickness is not really that big of a difference.

icepick1985 · Oct 31, 2008, 11:54 AM

it's ridicoulus.

I ordered my MBP in the night of the keynote and STILL don't have it... and now the new Macbook Air is one week early?

Pfft...

tigres · 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pitchfork

LAME!!!! what a worthless Apple product. Why even make a big deal of this machine. Half the balls, twice the cost of a MacBook and the weight/thickness is not really that big of a difference.

Educated you must be on this gen 2 Air.

Go read some benchmarks and come back here and eat some of your own words. Better yet go benchmark it with yours, and compare your screen with it while your at it.

slffl · Oct 31, 2008, 11:54 AM

Looks GREAT! I can't wait to get one!

bobbleheadbob · Oct 31, 2008, 12:03 PM

I want one. But until it gets the new glass trackpad, I'll hold off. I'm trying desperately to save some money this holiday season until after MWSF. I'm hoping for something new and exciting to be announced there.

Schizoid · Oct 31, 2008, 12:04 PM

Wow, LOOK!

That box is made of a single piece of extruded cardboard!!
I bet that's a unibody cardboard box!!!!

iPaf · Oct 31, 2008, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icepick1985

it's ridicoulus.

I ordered my MBP in the night of the keynote and STILL don't have it... and now the new Macbook Air is one week early?

Pfft...

Where do you live? I've receive it three days after the keynote and I live in Québec, QC, CA! It's also customized with a French Canadian keyboard...

kjs862 · Oct 31, 2008, 12:12 PM

I need to get myself a notebook soon, but I just cant' decide between a macbook and a macbook air. I think maybe the normal macbook because I can expand it to 4gb or ram and thats always nice.

twoodcc · Oct 31, 2008, 12:17 PM

well i'm glad these things are shipping already. apple came thru, a little early actually. not even November yet. good job apple.

jtshaw · Oct 31, 2008, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icepick1985

it's ridicoulus.

I ordered my MBP in the night of the keynote and STILL don't have it... and now the new Macbook Air is one week early?

Pfft...

Dude, you should call Apple. I ordered my MacBook Pro the day of the keynote and got it Friday that week... I did pay the $17 for "next-day" shipping which Apple promptly refunded after I called and pointed out it shipped Tuesday and didn't arrive until Friday.

mbene12 · Oct 31, 2008, 12:22 PM

I was at Best Buy the other day and they had the new Macbooks....I have to say the size and weight difference between the Air and the vanilla arent worth the increase in price to me for the Air. Plus that new trackpad ROCKS. I love the expose gestures, heck i use that functionality all the time on my Mac Pro and I have a 30" cinema display.

That said, the benchmarks on the new Airs are pretty nice. No slouch of a machine in a small package if you can afford it ($900 extra).

icepick1985 · Oct 31, 2008, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtshaw

Dude, you should call Apple. I ordered my MacBook Pro the day of the keynote and got it Friday that week... I did pay the $17 for "next-day" shipping which Apple promptly refunded after I called and pointed out it shipped Tuesday and didn't arrive until Friday.

I live in germany.... And I am not the only one. Over at apfeltalk.de there is a thread with over 2,500!! replies regarding that topic....

I ordered the standard 2.53ghz model + ipod.

waiting.....

C00rDiNaT0r · Oct 31, 2008, 12:28 PM

Does the new glass trackpad require Apple to redesign the cases and so Apple doesn't want it to get the glass trackpad just yet? Or does the glass trackpad require a thicker casing which the Air doesn't have?

DeekinBlooz · Oct 31, 2008, 12:30 PM

How does the display look in comparison to the unibody MacBooks? There have been alot of comparisons between the displays of the unibody MB and the old MBA that indicate the MBA's display is much better. Is that still true?

840quadra · Oct 31, 2008, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by C00rDiNaT0r

Does the new glass trackpad require Apple to redesign the cases and so Apple doesn't want it to get the glass trackpad just yet? Or does the glass trackpad require a thicker casing which the Air doesn't have?

Well I doubt anyone here is a mechanical engineer for Apple, so you will only get answers based on speculation.

With that said, I would assume that the differences needed are significant enough that they would need to do a minor case update, and decided against it.

KALLT · Oct 31, 2008, 12:34 PM

I wonder, won't the better NVIDIA-chipset and increased amount of hard-drive space decrease the battery life? If I want a MacBook Air, battery life would be the most important part for me. Although it weights less and is thinner, I don't see why the MacBook Air is a better choice than the new MacBook.

Marx55 · Oct 31, 2008, 12:39 PM

WE WANT a light computer for our University. But, NO FIREWIRE, no purchase. That simple!

queshy · Oct 31, 2008, 12:41 PM

Why is the box larger? I thought they are trying to be more environmentally friendly...

Oct 31, 2008, 11:35 AM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	MacBook Airs Arrive, Unboxing Photos The new version of the MacBook Air has arrived and one reader has posted unboxing photos to Flickr. Another forum member has also received the latest MacBook Air. Apple revised the MacBook Air during their October 14th media event. The new model features the NVIDIA chipset and integrated graphics card. This should provide the MacBook Air with substantially better graphics performance over the first generation model. A couple of early XBench benchmarcks have been posted here and here, showing off the new 128GB SSD drive. Comparison scores can be found at Xbench. Further discussion can also be followed in our MacBook Air forum. Article Link: MacBook Airs Arrive, Unboxing Photos

Oct 31, 2008, 11:36 AM	#2
amac4me macrumors 65816 Join Date: Apr 2005	Let the benchmarks begin __________________ Switch To A Mac http://switchtoamac.com

Oct 31, 2008, 11:47 AM	#8
pitchfork Banned Join Date: Nov 2006	Come on American consumer....do what you do best, thoughtless shopping. LAME!!!! what a worthless Apple product. Why even make a big deal of this machine. Half the balls, twice the cost of a MacBook and the weight/thickness is not really that big of a difference. Last edited by AmbitiousLemon : Oct 31, 2008 at 12:02 PM. Reason: please refrain from attacking other members

Oct 31, 2008, 11:54 AM	#11
slffl macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Salt Lake City, UT	Looks GREAT! I can't wait to get one! __________________ Why waste your time posting how much you hate Apple products?

Oct 31, 2008, 12:12 PM	#15
kjs862 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Long Island	I need to get myself a notebook soon, but I just cant' decide between a macbook and a macbook air. I think maybe the normal macbook because I can expand it to 4gb or ram and thats always nice. __________________ Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0Ghz (1 Gen), 6.5GB Ram, X800XT, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Oct 31, 2008, 11:36 AM	#3
Dejavu Banned Join Date: Jun 2008	Looks exactly like the old Air. What's new?

Oct 31, 2008, 11:43 AM	#5
Achiever macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2008	Wait...if those pictures are legit, you're telling me that the MBA still has a trackpad with a click button? Why would the new MBs and MBPs lose the button but the Air keep it?

Oct 31, 2008, 11:43 AM	#6
HLdan macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2007	Returned my Alu Macbook today and buying the new Air. Too bad it doesn't have the glass trackpad, I will miss that.

Oct 31, 2008, 11:54 AM	#9
icepick1985 macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2007	it's ridicoulus. I ordered my MBP in the night of the keynote and STILL don't have it... and now the new Macbook Air is one week early? Pfft...

Oct 31, 2008, 12:03 PM	#12
bobbleheadbob macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Massachusetts	I want one. But until it gets the new glass trackpad, I'll hold off. I'm trying desperately to save some money this holiday season until after MWSF. I'm hoping for something new and exciting to be announced there.

Oct 31, 2008, 12:04 PM	#13
Schizoid macrumors regular Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK	Wow, LOOK! That box is made of a single piece of extruded cardboard!! I bet that's a unibody cardboard box!!!!

Oct 31, 2008, 12:17 PM	#16
twoodcc macrumors 603 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Right side of wrong	well i'm glad these things are shipping already. apple came thru, a little early actually. not even November yet. good job apple. __________________ tville pump Smarter than the average bear

Oct 31, 2008, 12:22 PM	#18
mbene12 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2008	I was at Best Buy the other day and they had the new Macbooks....I have to say the size and weight difference between the Air and the vanilla arent worth the increase in price to me for the Air. Plus that new trackpad ROCKS. I love the expose gestures, heck i use that functionality all the time on my Mac Pro and I have a 30" cinema display. That said, the benchmarks on the new Airs are pretty nice. No slouch of a machine in a small package if you can afford it ($900 extra).

Oct 31, 2008, 12:28 PM	#20
C00rDiNaT0r macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2006	Does the new glass trackpad require Apple to redesign the cases and so Apple doesn't want it to get the glass trackpad just yet? Or does the glass trackpad require a thicker casing which the Air doesn't have?

Oct 31, 2008, 12:30 PM	#21
DeekinBlooz macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2008	How does the display look in comparison to the unibody MacBooks? There have been alot of comparisons between the displays of the unibody MB and the old MBA that indicate the MBA's display is much better. Is that still true? __________________ 20" White iMac, 2.33 GHz Intel 2.4 GHz Unibody MacBook 80 GB iPod, 32 GB iPod Touch 1 TB Time Capsule

Oct 31, 2008, 12:34 PM	#23
KALLT macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2008	I wonder, won't the better NVIDIA-chipset and increased amount of hard-drive space decrease the battery life? If I want a MacBook Air, battery life would be the most important part for me. Although it weights less and is thinner, I don't see why the MacBook Air is a better choice than the new MacBook. __________________ Have: iPhone 3G 16GB black \| iPod Shuffle 1GB silver \| MacBook 2.4 (1st Mac) \| iPod Nano 8GB green

Oct 31, 2008, 12:39 PM	#24
Marx55 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2005	WE WANT a light computer for our University. But, NO FIREWIRE, no purchase. That simple!

Oct 31, 2008, 12:41 PM	#25
queshy macrumors 68040 Join Date: Apr 2005	Why is the box larger? I thought they are trying to be more environmentally friendly... __________________ "I always feel sorry for the guy in the iPhone commercials. He always gets a call right in the middle of trying to do something" (one1).

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