#MACBOOK 11 INCH 2010 UPGRADE#
In fact, at a quick glance the difference is over £500, but to be fair, the off the shelf MacBook Pro doesn't come with the flash storage an optional upgrade that adds £640 to the price tag. On the surface the MacBook Air looks like an expensive option compared to Apple's MacBook Pro that you get off the shelf. Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: If you’re on a budget and can’t justify the cost of the MacBook Air 11, at least you’re in luck with all the other options out there, and if you can afford the MacBook Air 11 then consider yourself lucky and in for a treat! The 4GB memory upgrade is probably worth the extra $100 but the processor upgrade to 1.60Ghz is not worth it. I think most students are going to have to step up to the 128GB storage version to fit all the programs and files you’ll need when in school, so that means you’re looking at a price of around $1,199. In conclusion, I do recommend the MacBook Air 11.6-inch to students that happen to have a little extra money and can warrant paying a premium for the Apple brand, quality and support. The screen on the MacBook Air 11 also stands out against any of the competition. The aluminum unicast body is extremely solid feeling and the feather light weight just amazing. All that competition though and the MacBook Air still reigns as the most drool worthy and well constructed of all these in the 11-inch laptop category. If you need more power than the MacBook Air in an 11.6” form factor there’s also the Alienware m11x. The Dell Inspiron M101z and HP Pavilion dm1z and Toshiba Satellite T215 are all also attractively priced at around $500 - $650. For instance, you can get the Acer Aspire 1830t with a Core i3 processor and more ports for $699. It’s of course not perfect, and the one thing that prevents it from being a sure fire recommendation is all of the great competition out there for 11.6-inch laptops that are much cheaper. The MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010) was replaced less than a year later with the faster MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2011).The MacBook Air 11.6-inch laptop is a beautiful laptop and a treat to carry around and use. Dual-core 1.4 GHz, 128 GB SSD, 2 GB of RAM, $1199īuild-to-order options included 4 GB of onboard RAM (no aftermarket RAM upgrade was possible), a 1.6 GHz processor, 256 MB of flash storage (for the high-end model), and an external SuperDrive.Dual-core 1.4 GHz, 64 GB SSD, 2 GB of RAM, $999.The MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010) shipped with a slower processor and less storage than its predecessor, the MacBook Air (Mid 2009), it improved on everyday performance with a faster graphics sub-system, and better-performing flash-based storage.
#MACBOOK 11 INCH 2010 PC#
At 2.3 pounds, it was also the smallest fully-functional Apple laptop ever shipped, and was priced aggressively in a clear assault on the PC "NetBook" market. The MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010) was introduced in October 2010, alongside the larger MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2010), and represented a significant strategic and technological shift in Apple's long-term notebook strategy, away from optical and hard disks and toward internet-based services and flash-based storage. Actual usage varied with graphics load, resulting in slightly less RAM available for system use. Though reported as a 256 MB graphics system, this was actually a minimum. The MacBook Air's graphics chipset used a portion of main memory as VRAM. Level 1 Cache: 32 kB data, 32 kB instructionĪudio Out: stereo 24 bit mini, HDMI via Mini DisplayPortĭimensions: 0.11-0.68" H x 11.8" W x 7.56" D