The lightest of the pair, the E4200, weighs just 2.2 pounds, compared to three pounds for Apple's MacBook Air.
Apple is offering Macbook Air computers with only flash memory and there is talk of moving the Macbook Pro to only solid state storage.
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On the more traditional laptop front, Apple's MacBook Air-- introduced in January--is a good example of the progress being made at the high end.
Unlike the Dell Adamo and the Sony VAIO X, which both seemed to try too hard to look like Apple's MacBook Air, the Series 9's deep black case and sharp angled edges give it a seriously distinct look.
Japanese Apple fan site Macotara is reporting Apple has ordered up a MacBook Air powered by the ARM-based A5 processor Apple designs.
I, for one, own six Apple devices (iPhone, iPod, iPad, MacBook Air, iMac and Apple tv).
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Apple (AAPL) had a stellar 2010, in particular sharking up the PC world with the launch of the iPad, while continuing to see huge demand for the iPhone, and providing impressive new versions of the MacBook Air and Apple TV.
Moments after Steve Jobs unveiled Apple 's thin new MacBook Air on Tuesday at MacWorld, dozens of units were put out on the show floor at San Francisco's Moscone Center, accompanied by teams of Apple employees, dressed in identical, long-sleeve black T-shirts.
So it was an Nvidia GPU, the 320M, that Apple chose to put in the MacBook Air (that GPU, by the way, also integrates a chipset, saving space).
Apple's 3-pound MacBook Air, the 2.4-pound Toshiba includes the optical drive that the MacBook Air lacks while cramming in 128 gigabytes worth of storage, thanks to the world's largest capacity flash memory-based hard drive.
Apple currently relies on relatively ancient Core 2 duo processors for the MacBook Air, apparently to maintain compatibility with the Nvidia graphics processor Apple favored for the current generation of the device.
At the tail end of the second quarter, Apple will release another version of the MacBook Air.
Dive into the crowd at MacWorld gathered around Apple's latest product, the MacBook Air, and they'll quickly point out what could be the wafer-thin machines biggest flaw: Users can't swap in fresh batteries. (See: " Into Thin (MacBook) Air") That could be a deal-breaker for road warriors looking for a lightweight notebook.
Since the price cut was announced alongside the updated MacBook Air, it seems unlikely that Apple would release another model this year.
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has been trying to regain consumer support for PCs by promoting its own version of the Apple-made (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook Air.
The MacBook Air opens up a new category for Apple, namely that of the ultra-light notebook.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has even fretted about the MacBook Air's lack of an optical drive.
Designed to take on the MacBook Air, some might argue that Google copied the Apple playbook in designing Chomebook Pixel.
Mr. Pichai said the high price tag was justified and argued that the Pixel "stands up very well against a MacBook Air, " a non-touch-screen laptop made by Apple Inc.
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Every computer after that was an Apple: Mac SE, PowerBook 100, PowerBook G3, PowerBook G4, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.
While Apple is frequently commended for being an innovator (the Chromebook may not even exist without the MacBook Air), the company recently caved and developed a slightly larger iPhone to appease consumers.
Moments after Steve Jobs unveiled Apple 's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) thin new MacBook Air on Tuesday at MacWorld, dozens of units were put out on the show floor at San Francisco's Moscone Center, accompanied by teams of Apple employees, dressed in identical, long-sleeve black T-shirts.
Still, the MacBook Air has a lot of the feel-good characteristics of just about all recent Apple products.
Some Apple fans even got hands-on time with the iPhone, the iPod Touch and the new MacBook Air.
When Hertzfeld, who now works at Google, went to the Apple store, he found that Apple did indeed update the Mac Pro, though stage time at WWDC was devoted to faster new MacBook Air notebooks, updated MacBook Pro notebooks and a new high-end MacBook Pro with a high resolution Retina Display.
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Apple's stock dropped and some Macworld attendees were disappointed the last go around after Jobs introduced the MacBook Air, which has turned out to be a solid seller.
In my estimation, this is Apple's most deliberate move yet to differentiate the 13-inch MacBook Pro from the 13-inch MacBook Air.
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Sure, it won't help you love your pokey PC or Mac any more (though Apple's doing its own work on this problem with its misnomered "instant on" feature on the MacBook Air, which wakes the computer from hibernation in a few seconds), but it's a nice glimpse of what's to come.
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