Unboxing the new MacBook Air 11.6"

Hi all,
I just got my new MacBook Air 11.6" so here are some pics:























I am running some OS updates now, so I will post my first impressions soon...

 

no air vents, this thing looks more alien then alienwares! Sweet machine, maybee a few benchmarks with temps would be dooable?

Sweet machine, makes me happy! The mag ac adapter is pure sexy!

 

Congrats!! Enjoy.

 

Cool, but how could u get it so fast.
Why dont you give us some more details
Thanks for posting.

 

is it hot? i was going to buy one but I'm scared since apple charges 10% restocking fee

 

apple got the right idea.


HINT TO ALL OTHER VENDORS:


IF your computer doesn't come with a CD drive, DON'T SHIP IT WITH A RECOVERY CD.


I'm looking at you, Dell.

 

I drove to the 5th Ave store in Manhattan, however they only had the 2GB version at the stores. I should have ordered it on line as I wanted to get the 1.6 GHz 4GB 128GB storage but I was looking for immediate gratification.
It boots really fast, feels pretty snappy and barely gets warm. The screen is nice and bright with very good viewing angles... 128GB of storage on the other hand is really light, I already have 55% of the flash drive full.
I have a busy weekend coming up at work with people retiring and meetings after work on Saturday, however I will try to write a mini review soon
Steve

 

Does the data transfer also copy across all your applications and settings as well as your documents?

 

Migration Assistant does a full migration... applications, settings, user accounts... everything.

 

that was quick! congrats on the new purchase

 

Is this your video?

YouTube - MacBook Air 13" Unboxing (2010)

 

Ummm... that's a 13" MBA while he has the 11.6".

 

very nice machine. if u have the time can you post a short video review?

 

I worry about the heat dissipation abilities of the machine. No vents, and the fan has a vent as thin as a piece of paper. Anyway, nice laptop!

 

Tears - I just put mine through 8 hours of use. Constant downloading (my documents from the cloud), web browsing, and installation of about 50 apps. The only time it even got the least bit warm was after 30 minutes of video watching. Even then, I'd hesitate to call it anything more than warm.

 

I agree, same here it stays pretty cool at all times...
I run Xbench here are the results:

Results 124.39
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.6.4 (10F3061)
Physical RAM 2048 MB
Model MacBookAir3,1
Drive Type APPLE SSD TS128C
CPU Test 99.58
GCD Loop 163.80 8.63 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 79.98 1.90 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 65.84 2.17 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 156.94 27.33 Mops/sec
Thread Test 183.68
Computation 238.81 4.84 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 149.23 6.42 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 141.39
System 147.76
Allocate 179.86 660.51 Kalloc/sec
Fill 122.41 5951.98 MB/sec
Copy 152.10 3141.58 MB/sec
Stream 135.55
Copy 128.50 2654.05 MB/sec
Scale 126.83 2620.37 MB/sec
Add 145.66 3102.77 MB/sec
Triad 143.31 3065.73 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test 103.69
Line 95.83 6.38 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 117.54 35.09 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 91.44 7.45 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 107.48 2.71 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 110.64 6.92 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 91.20
Spinning Squares 91.20 115.69 frames/sec
User Interface Test 113.73
Elements 113.73 521.96 refresh/sec
Disk Test 231.79
Sequential 151.25
Uncached Write 215.92 132.57 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 278.17 157.39 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 65.19 19.08 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 347.31 174.55 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 495.82
Uncached Write 300.51 31.81 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 504.99 161.67 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 1171.25 8.30 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 524.73 97.37 MB/sec [256K blocks]

 

8 hrs continuous use? I'm wondering about battery life. The 11.6" 5hr battery life isn't very impressive, but I'm hoping that just Apple's new power tests being more aggressive. It's too bad they didn't also post battery life running their old tests for comparison while they transition.

I just got an 11.6" Acer 1810T with 1.4GHz SU9400 and 4GB of RAM a month ago ($499CND before tax) because Apple wasn't offering anything in that form factor at the time. Now I'm wondering if I should get the 11.6" Air. Moving from the 400GB HDD in the 1810T to 128GB max on the Air might be difficult. But more important is battery life. I can get ~7 hrs of battery life on the Acer 1810T on light usage: internet, word processing, reading pdf research papers, etc. If the 11.6" MacBook Air can get at least 6hrs battery life on comparable usage then it would be worth switching, but 5hrs would be just too short requiring me to always carry the power adapter just in case.

 

I don't think you're going to get 6 hours (regularly) out of this thing. The claim of 5 is solid but I don't think you can exceed it by much.

Yes, for 8 hours the computer was constantly working (not just on). I automated several tasks (I didn't sit there the whole time) but it was always doing multiple things. The only time I noticed any heat at all was after ~30 minutes of video watching.

 

How's the screen quality?

 

OMG that is awesome! Are you going to do a full review?

 

I think I'm going to buy a MBA, Then sell it, minus the USB drive.

 

???...It has a Mini PCI Express SSD drive...???

 

It is very good, wide viewing angles, bright and crisp.
I would say it's as good as current MB, MBP screens and much better than my previous MB Alu 13".

I am very busy this weekend with work... If I have time next week I may do it...

 

Looks good, it makes my 13 inch MBP (which I am using right now while sitting in bed) seem big in comparison.

I've always been envious of the MacBook Air because of its size.

 

Played with the 11" one the other day, makes me wanna sell my 15" mbp and get one...hmm. I'll give it a while and maybe i'll pick one up on craigslist to avoid the 10% CA sales tax.

 

I'd like to know how game-able it is under Windows and how hot it gets...

 

This forum complains enough that gaming is subpar on Macbooks since they come with less than suitable GPU's (as most Windows laptops do as well) so why would you even be curious how good gaming could be on the 11" Air?

 

If someones going to get a laptop, and they want to be able to run games on it at times, they maybe want to know if it will work decently enough for them.

 

Because I game on my 11" Lenovo?

 

Gaming with OnLive should be great on the new Airs.

Edit: Try it if you have a decent 3~5+ mbps pipe. It's free (30 min demos, anyway).

 

How thick is your 11" Lenovo?

 

Using a highly scientific wooden ruler , just under a inch.

 

Upgrading the 2 GB of ram to 4 GB worth the 90.00 for the 11 inch MBA?

 

I'd go for it since you can't do anything about it afterwards.

 

for sure since you cannot upgrade it later...

 

what about from 1.4ghz to 1.6ghz in processor speed?

 

Only if you really need a 10-15% increase in CPU power and don't mind paying $90 more.

 

Apple's 2010 MacBook Air (11 & 13 inch) Thoroughly Reviewed - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News
Good review and some game benchmarks with W7

 

read that,looks interesting

next question

would this thing over heat if you game on it?

 

Yes it does... quite a bit based on the review on this website.