Well, the folks at Apple have come up with a gem of a laptop with the Apple MacBook Air MC506LL/A 11.6-Inch Laptop. Compact and lightweight, this is probably one of the most portable machines on the market today – and it’s pretty easy on the eye as well. Packed with user friendly features and strong enough to cope with the rigors of day to day life, the Apple MacBook Air MC506LL/A 11.6-Inch Laptop is well worth considering if you are looking for a new laptop.
It’s super fast, thanks to the flash memory storage, and is great for multi-tasking thanks to the two independent processor cores which also reduce the power usage so extending the battery life. Weighing in at just 2.3lbs, it really is a machine you can take everywhere, all day and every day. The HD, 1366 x 788 pixel widescreen makes the most of the 11.6inch screen, and the full sized keyboard and glass multi touch trackpad really do make this an easy laptop to work on.
Pros
- The compact size and super light weight make this the most portable laptop on the market today. Apple have not sacrificed any strength in order to get the weight down. By using a super strong aluminum case instead of a plastic one they have ensured that the Apple MacBook Air MC506LL/A 11.6-Inch Laptop is not only lightweight, but tough and robust as well.
- Fast and quiet. The speed making it perfect if you need to close down and move from place to place. No more waiting minutes for your computer to go through its start up performance.
- The glass multi-touch trackpad is one of the most user friendly you will find.
- Even if you are not familiar with the Leopard operating system, it’s easy and straightforward to learn.
Cons
- As ever with Apple, you have to be prepared to pay a price. You’ll need to splash out around $1200 for this little baby.
- Available support for Apple is a little limited. Not that they don’t provide a good customer service, it’s just that if you’re on the road and need something done there and then, it’s not as straightforward to find the right person as it would be with a PC.
- The Apple MacBook Air MC506LL/A 11.6-Inch Laptop has an internal battery which means you can’t carry an extra battery around with you to change over. The only way to re-charge is to plug it into the mains.
- You may find you need to purchase extra connectors and cables such as Ethernet, VGA etc if you need to connect up to an external monitor etc.
Product features
- Flash memory storage. This replaces the usual spinning hard drive usually found in PC’s and laptops, and means almost instantaneous start up, both when booting up and awakening from hibernation mode.
- 1.4Ghz intel core 2 duo processor.
- NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics.
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth ready.
- Integrated Facetime Webcam.
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system.
Who is this for?
For anyone who is constantly on the move, this laptop is the lightest and most portable on the market. If you’re not an Apple user already, once you try this out, there’s a possibility that you might end up changing every household computer over to an Apple. For students, traveling salesmen or just about anyone who finds themselves lugging their laptop around on a regular basis, the Apple MacBook Air MC506LL/A 11.6-Inch Laptop really is a dream come true. After all, every pound less in weight you have to carry is a godsend, both at the beginning and the end of a busy day.
Why is this worth buying?
For convenience and portability, the Apple MacBook Air MC506LL/A 11.6-Inch Laptop is currently the best deal on the market. The latest Snow Leopard operating system combined with the 1.4GHz Intel processor provides a fast and fluid machine, ideal if you like to keep multi pages open at the same time. The battery life is decent enough for the size of the machine and does exactly what Apple promise. So if you’re surfing the internet with wi-fi, watching YouTube and doing some work in word, you’ll get around 4 hours as standard on one charge. All in all, this is definitely a laptop worth considering.
