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不得不佩服乔布斯的号召效力，苹果的一举一动无不在牵动全世界关注的目光。在周二展开的Macworld大会上，苹果推出了全球最轻薄款的笔记本电脑，毫不例外，依旧成为全球各家媒体高调宣传的由头。
在周二举行的Macworld大会上，斯蒂夫.乔布斯展出了世界最薄款笔记本电脑，引起众多来往观众的一片片惊叹声。
此款产品重量不足3磅，机身最薄处不足1英尺。预计今年2月份就能和广大消费者见面，暂定售价为$1,800。
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像魔术师一样的乔布斯从马尼拉办公信封中汲取灵感，设计出此款便携式电脑。“截至目前，MacBook Air是全球最薄的笔记本电脑，”乔布斯说。
采用银铝合金的MacBook Air拥有13英寸屏幕，全尺寸键盘以及高灵敏度多点触摸屏，支持网页的任意缩放以及照片旋转。乔布斯表示“电脑屏幕也很炫，采用了LED背光显示器能够打到即开即用。”
乔布斯的演说还介绍了苹果阵营的其他计划，包括通过iTunes租看好莱坞大多数电影，无线设备补充、AppleTV升级以及iPhone软件更新。
与苹果公司入门级电脑MacBook以及后来的高端电脑MacBook Pro相比，MacBook Air最厚的地方也只占前者的3/4。与苹果产品发展趋势一致，MacBook Air采用了对环境无污染的铝合金材料，黑色、背光键盘。
"How did we fit a Mac in there?" Jobs asked the crowd as he held it up on his fingertips.
When closed, the MacBook Air has an unusual wedge profile that tapers to a point less than two-tenths of an inch near the front latch.
With characteristic chutzpah, Jobs' said the thickest section of the MacBook is thinner than the thinnest competing sub-notebook on the market. And that, Jobs said, without suffering any of the compromises of the competitors, which Jobs said often have slower chips and cramped keyboards.
The MacBook and its full-sized keyboard is powered by a speedy Intel 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo chip, which Jobs said was specially shrunk by 60 percent to allow it to fit inside the new machine.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini, who joined Jobs on stage, said the CPU is the width of a dime and the thickness of a nickel. "We didn’t think we could do it," he said.
But like other sub-notebooks, Apple decided to omit an internal CD/DVD drive. Jobs said Apple will sell an external, USB-powered optical drive separately for $100.
The built-in iSight camera, 2GB of memory, and an 80 GB hard drive (64GB solid-state hard drive, which draws less battery power) will be offered as an option. It features 802.11n, the latest version of fast Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and includes Apple's magnetic MagSafe AC charging system.
Jobs said for standard tasks like browsing the web via WiFi , the MacBook Air will offer five hours of battery life.
Carl Howe, an analyst with the Yankee Group, said he was very impressed with the new MacBook.
"I think it's gorgeous," he said. "It is quire remarkable how small that device is. I think it will do well as a fashionable niche product. I expect it to do quite well."
Earlier in his speech, Jobs said the iTunes Store now offers movie rentals from every major Hollywood studio. The service will offer 1,000 titles at launch and eventually every title on DVD.
Howe was impressed by that, too. "Steve Jobs has really made it into the DVD player for the internet age," he said.
Priced at $3 for old titles and $4 for new releases, the movies can be kept up to 30 days before they are watched, and 24 hours after first hitting play. The movies will be DVD quality, or HD (for an extra dollar), Jobs said.
Jobs also announced a new version of the Apple's struggling set-top box, the Apple TV. Jobs said the Apple TV is now a standalone device: It no longer needs to be tied to a computer for storing and synchronizing media. The Apple TV is now $230, down from $300. Current owners will get a free software update for renting movies.
Jobs also unveiled a wireless network backup device called Time Capsule.
Time Capsule is a new companion device for Apple's Time Machine software backup software. Essentially an Airport base station with a built-in hard drive, Time Capsule will be detected by any Mac running Leopard and Time Machine takes care of the rest. It'll come in two flavors: 500GB for $300 and 1TB for $500, both with server grade hard drives. The box has four ethernet ports and 802.11n WiFi. |
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