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Jeff Campbell
06-25-2012, 10:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.macworld.com/article/1167397/mid_2012_macbook_airs_offer_improved_performance_and_connectivity.html' target='_blank'>http://www.macworld.com/article/116...nnectivity.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Believe it or not, it's been nearly four and a half years since Apple released the original MacBook Air. At the time, it was revolutionary in terms of its size and weight, but it also was slow, had little storage, had only a single USB port for expansion, and was very expensive-it started at $1799, and if you wanted solid-state storage, the price increased dramatically (by $999!)."</em></p><p><img height="172" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1340515492.usr105634.jpg" style="margin-left: 107px; margin-right: 107px;" width="386" /></p><p>I had one of those early versions, and it was certainly slow. But oh how amazingly thin it was for it's time. In this article, Dan Frakes giving a thorough run through of the MacBook Air, which is well worth the read.&nbsp;</p>