Looking at the hardware inside, Apple finally moved to using Intel’s Sandy Bridge chips (they skipped the first generation Core i-series) with a more powerful Core i5 1.6GHz processor. The iSight camera has just been renamed to Facetime camera, but there’s no megapixel improvement there. That is, if you have Php82k to spare.įrom the design end, the Macbook Air remained the same except for a few additional features - the mini Display Port has been replaced by a faster, more advanced Thunderbolt port, the keyboard is now backlit (which is a huge plus), and on paper about 40 grams heavier. If you want more and have the budget, you can actually get a custom variant with 4GB RAM, 256GB SSD and an Intel Core i7 1.8GHz processor. You can have the battery replaced though. And because the Macbook Air uses an almost unibody design, there’s no turning around once you grab a variant - no user-replaceable or upgradeable memory or storage ( update: but with enough determination and patience, the SSD is still replaceable but the RAM module is soldered into the board). The base model only has 2GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage and retails for Php49,990 while the one we got is Php59,990.Īfter using the old model from last year, that configuration wasn’t enough, especially on the storage end (I kept on cleaning up my the disk for un-important and un-used files). You still get the same solid construction (thin and light aluminum), very sleek form factor, great attention to detail in a simple, yet elegant design.Īs a reference, the model that we bought for this review is the 2nd variant of the 11.6 inch:
Most of the basics are covered there, especially the aesthetics part, so I won’t repeat them again here. I suggest reading my review of the 2010 Macbook Air 11.6″ here first, before you continue to read this one. When I bought the 11″ Macbook Air last year, it was my first dibs at owning a Mac and using OS X. I got the 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD Core i5 Macbook Air 11.6″ to test out. The refresh of the new 11.6″ and 13.3″ Macbook Air last July 2011 has introduced more powerful Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors into the line-up.
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