Apple introduces MacBook® Air notebook measuring 0.16 inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76 inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. It is powered by a 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache. It features a major new version of iPhoto® and a completely reinvented iMovie®.

Apple unveiled MacBook® Air, the world's thinnest notebook. MacBook Air measures an unprecedented 0.16 inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76 inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. MacBook Air has a stunning 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, a full-size and backlit keyboard, a built-in iSight® video camera for video conferencing, and a spacious trackpad with multi-touch gesture support so users can pinch, rotate and swipe. MacBook Air is powered by a 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache, and includes as standard features 2GB of memory, an 80GB 1.8-inch hard drive, and the latest 802.11n Wi-Fi technology and Bluetooth 2.1. It includes USB 2.0 for plugging in peripherals or charging an iPod® a headphone jack and Apple's acclaimed MagSafe® Power Adapter designed especially for mobile users.

It also has iLife® ‘08, the digital lifestyle applications, featuring a major new version of iPhoto® and a completely reinvented iMovie®, both seamlessly integrated with the new .Mac Web Gallery for online photo and video sharing. MacBook Air delivers up to five hours of battery life for wireless productivity and includes AirPort Extreme® 802.11n Wi-Fi networking, which delivers up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g. The new MacBook Air will be shipping in two weeks through Apple Authorized Resellers and Apple Authorized Dealers for a suggested retail price of INR 96,100. Accessories include MacBook Air SuperDrive, Apple USB Ethernet Adapter, Apple USB Modem, Apple MagSafe Airline Adapter, Apple Remote and the AppleCare Protection Plan, iWork ‘08, Logic® Express 8, Final Cut® Express 4 and Aperture^TM 1.5.

MacBook Air users can buy the companion MacBook Air SuperDrive, a compact external drive designed for MacBook Air, for just INR 5,500. The MacBook Air SuperDrive® is powered by MacBook Air's USB port, eliminating the need to carry a separate power adapter. Many MacBook Air users will not find a need for an optical drive now that they wirelessly backup files with Time Capsule and access the optical drives on remote PCs or Macs to wirelessly install software applications on MacBook Air.

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