MacBook Air: plenty more details
Filed under: Features, Laptops
Want more pedantic details on the MacBook Air? You got ‘em.
- The micro-DVI out is single-link only, meaning it can drive a 24-inch monitor, not a 30-inch. There’s no DisplayLink converter / adapter yet.
- Remote Disk comes on the install DVD — ironically, Apple expects you to carry around a DVD to install so you can access someone else’s DVD drive. Righty-o.
- It uses MagSafe, but the new connector is angled 90-degrees to stay out of the way. You can use a regular MacBook / Pro adapter, assuming you don’t mind the side being propped up a little (or hanging off the edge of a table). You can additionally use the MBA’s 45w adapter on other machines — the plug should still fit, but the adapter may not have suitable juice to charge AND potential a running machine.
- The MacBook Air superdrive needs special hardware in the MBA to work — Apple wouldn’t tell us whether any other devices will be able to use the thing, but we imagine the ~500mA USB outputs won’t be suitable.
- The speaker is mono only (not stereo), so your audio output will suffer a bit. The audio comes out of the keyboard holes in the right side, and it sounds a little funny.
- The port array folds down, it’s not a door by ports that don’t move. It feels extremely sturdy.
- Duh, the only audio input will have to be via USB or the built-in mic.
- The machine comes packaged with micro-DVI to DVI and micro-DVI to VGA adapters, but you have to snag the S-Video and composite adapters separately.
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Original post by Ryan Block
