arstechnica.com - 8/22/2008
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In the blizzard of paper coming out of the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), there was one announcement yesterday that has been virtually overlooked. Even Intel gave it only a cursory mention, stating [Dadi] "Perlmutter also introduced the company's second-generation dual-core mobile processors for increasingly popular ultra thin and light notebook PCs." That's not what anyone would call a ...
gizmodo.com - 8/29/2008
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gizmodo.com —
I got my dirty paws all over the
2.79-pound Samsung X360 and I've to say I'm impressed...
with everything except for the piano black finish. It's size and weight—very light and thin—is comparable to the MacBook Air, the 13.3-inch,1,200 x 800 pixel ...
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Video Hands-on: Samsung X360 Is MacBook Air Killer [Ifa ...
apple.com - 8/23/2008
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apple.com —
About MacBook Air Update Ultrathin, ultraportable, and ultra
unlike anything else. But you don’t lose inches and...
pounds overnight. It’s the result of rethinking conventions. Of multiple wireless innovations. And of breakthrough design. With MacBook ...
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Support - Downloads - MacBook Air Update
engadget.com - 8/16/2008
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engadget.com —
In a weirdly casual move, Lenovo has let
details slip on the next iteration of its MacBook...
Air-challenging laptop -- the ThinkPad X300 -- unsurprisingly dubbed the X301. The new device ups the processor ante by adding the as-yet-unreleased Intel ...
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Lenovo slips out the new ThinkPad X301: new CPUs, 128GB ...
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Intel Opens Door for Army of MacBook Air Clones [Intel]
Gizmodo —
... at the Intel Developer Forum was the low-key introduction of Intel's next-gen 45nm dual core chips for ultra-thin notebooks—i.e., the dwarven chips that made the MacBook Air possible. Now that everybody can snag them, expect a surge of ...
Next-gen MacBook Air CPU; Apple's SoHo neighbors complain
AppleInsider —
... and other next-generation technology, Intel at the San Francisco edition of its Developer Forum this week announced its first regularly available processor based on the same, very small chip packaging that made the MacBook Air possible. Nicknamed the Core 2 Duo S , the 1.6GHz and 1.86GHz parts share the same basic architecture as chips released in July but consume about 60 percent less surface area through both a smaller main processor and smaller bridge chips used to interface with memory and peripherals. Although they run at nearly the same clock speeds as the processors ...
IDF news and the end of back-to-school: The week in laptops
Crave: The gadget blog —
... in San Francisco kept us all busy this week, with plenty of new components and products that use them. We'll start off with the event host, Intel, which announced small-form-factor versions of its ...
Intel small-footprint MacBook Air CPU gets general release
SlashGear —
... Intel have announced general availability of the small-footprint Core 2 Duo CPU it created especially for Apple’s MacBook Air ultraportable. The chipset, based around a Merom processor and Intel 965 chipset, is around 60-percent smaller than a traditional processor and controller. Lenovo and HP have already signed up to use the new silicon, in their ...
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gizmosforgeeks.com 5/2/2009 — You may have been lusting after a MacBook Air for some time now, but have been deterred by their steep price tags. Well, think again. Not sure how or why, but MacMall is offering a $1000 MacBook Air - 13.3″ screen, 1.6GHz CPU, 2GB RAM, and an ...
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