Like other computers of the era, Apple shipped the original MacBook Air with a set of DVD discs for reinstalling the operating system ( OS X 10.5.1 Leopard) and more. Intel happily sold them the shrunk-down CPU it had developed for Apple. That original MacBook Air model was controversial – but PC manufacturers rushed to release competing models, generically referred to as ultrabooks. Having just one USB port required juggling at times – if you needed to connect to an ethernet network and a USB printer at the same time, you would need a USB hub.
Unlike popular and affordable ultra-portable Windows or Linux netbooks of the day, the MacBook Air included a reasonable screen resolution – 1280 x 800 pixels (the same resolution found on MacBooks of the day) – and a full-sized keyboard and trackpad in a sleek aluminum case.Īt release time, the original Air was praised for its thinness, low weight, and full-sized keyboard and trackpad, but reviewers were concerned by its limited configuration options, relatively slow performance, non-replaceable battery, and by the flip-down door covering the audio jack and USB and micro-DVI ports – the door kept some plugs from fitting properly into the ports. Need more than 64 or 80 GB of built-in storage? Then this isn’t for you. Notable at the time was what wasn’t included: Unlike most laptops of the day, there was no optical drive users needing to install software from a DVD disc were encouraged to either purchase Apple’s SuperDrive connecting via USB or to share the optical drive on another Mac across a WiFi network.Īlso missing were multiple USB ports. You could order a faster 1.8 GHz processor and the SSD option to improve performance – and boost the price to US$3,098. Geekbench results put it in the same ballpark as the Early 2006 1.83 GHz Mac mini with the original Core Duo CPU. With the default CPU and hard drive, this was the slowest performer in Apple’s 2008 product line. 2 GB of memory was built-in – with no other RAM options available. A 64 GB SSD was available as an added-cost ($999!) option this was the first time Apple offered an SSD drive option.
Standard storage was an 80 GB 4200-rpm hard drive. It came out of an envelope The Early 2008 MacBook AirĪt the time, though, thinness didn’t come cheap – the 13″ MacBook Air (model A1237) base price was US$1,799, which got you a 3 pound laptop powered by a special smaller, more battery-friendly version of Intel’s Core 2 Duo Merom – a 1.6 GHz model custom made by Intel for Apple.
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