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Hooch Tan
08-04-2011, 11:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.anandtech.com/show/4554/apples-11inch-macbook-air-core-i7-18ghz-review-update' target='_blank'>http://www.anandtech.com/show/4554/...z-review-update</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"The 1.8GHz Core i7 is offered as an upgrade to both the 11 and 13-inch MacBook Air. With much higher max turbo speeds and another megabyte of L3 cache, it's clear this is going to be a big upgrade over the standard 11-inch Air.&nbsp; Last week we got our hands on one of these upgraded 11-inch models to find out just how much faster it is."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/lpt/auto/1312489389.usr20447.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>The MacBook Air is a well designed notebook and faster speeds are always appreciated.&nbsp; What impresses me is that the 11" model gets a Core i7 model and how there could be a perceived need for someone using a notebook that small needing that much number-crunching mojo.&nbsp; Still, no real compromises seem to have been made, so the more powerful, the better!&nbsp; If you need a slick, high end cake slicer, the updated MacBook Air definitely seems like one of the top choices around.</p>