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Sisanda kushicilela umbiko kumagazini wethu wokuthi ukwethulwa kwezibonisi ze-OLED kuma-MacBooks ingavumela iMacBook Air esivele izacile ukuthi ibe mncane nakakhulu. Isizukulwane sokuqala seMacBook Air besinamandla kakhulu uma siqhathaniswa namamodeli amanje, kodwa ngesikhathi yethulwa, ukwakhiwa kwayo kwamangaza abaningi. Masikhumbule ukuqala kuka-2008, lapho i-Apple yethula i-laptop yayo encane kunazo zonke emhlabeni.

Ngenkathi uSteve Jobs ethula iMacBook Air yokuqala emhlabeni engqungqutheleni yeMacworld eSan Francisco, wayibiza ngokuthi "ilaptop encane kakhulu emhlabeni." Ubukhulu I-laptop engu-13,3". zazingu-1,94 x 32,5 x 22,7 cm, ikhompyutha inesisindo esingu-1,36 kg kuphela. Ngenxa yesixazululo sezobuchwepheshe se-Apple, esenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukukhiqiza ikesi lekhompyutha eliyinkimbinkimbi ngebhulokhi elilodwa lensimbi ecoliseke kahle, iMacBook Air yokuqala nayo yaziqhayisa ngokwakhiwa kwe-aluminium unibody. Ukuze abonise ngokwanele ubukhulu bekhompuyutha entsha ye-Apple, uSteve Jobs wakhipha ikhompuyutha emvilophini evamile yasehhovisi esiteji.

"Sidale ikhompuyutha ephathekayo encane kunazo zonke emhlabeni—ngaphandle kokuyeka ikhibhodi enosayizi ogcwele noma isibonisi esinosayizi ogcwele ongu-13"," U-Jobs uthe esitatimendeni esihlobene nabezindaba. “Uma uqala ukubona iMacBook Air, kunzima ukukholwa ukuthi iyilaptop enamandla enekhibhodi enosayizi ogcwele nesibonisi. Kodwa kunjalo," waqhubeka umlayezo. Ukuthi i-MacBook Air ngempela yayiyi-laptop ezacile kakhulu ngesikhathi sayo, noma kunjalo, kwakungaxoxwa ngakho. Isibonelo, i-Sharp Actius MM10 Muramasas yango-2003 yayizacile kwezinye izindawo kune-MacBook Air, kodwa ijiyile endaweni encane. Nokho, into eyodwa ayengenakuphikwa ngayo - wakhipha umoya kuwo wonke umuntu ngomklamo wakhe nomsebenzi wakhe futhi wabeka umkhuba wamalaptop amancane. Ukwakhiwa kwe-aluminium unibody sekube wuphawu lwamalaptop we-Apple iminyaka eminingi, futhi kuzifakazele kahle kangangokuba inkampani isiqalile ukukusebenzisa kwenye indawo.

I-notebook ephathekayo enembobo eyodwa ye-USB futhi ayikho idrayivu yokubona eyakhelwe ngaphakathi yakhelwe abantu abafuna isisindo esincane nosayizi wesikrini omkhulu. Ngokusho kwe-Apple, inikeze "kufika emahoreni amahlanu empilo yebhethri ukuze kukhiqizwe okungenantambo". I-notebook engasindi iziqhayise nge-1,6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. Ifaka u-2GB we-667MHz DDR2 RAM kanye ne-hard drive engu-80GB, ikhamera ye-iSight nemakrofoni, isibonisi se-LED-backlit esilungise ukukhanya kwegumbi, kanye nekhibhodi enosayizi ogcwele njengamanye ama-MacBook.

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