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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 08:34 AM
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Default PHAT!!! v. Apple Keynote

I hope you listened to me and did not buy your woman the macbook air yet. Apparently apple is set to release a new version during there keynote today starting in a half hour.
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 08:36 AM
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I already bought a macbook pro for my wife's bday on oct 6
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 09:55 AM
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whats new about it? -0.01mm?
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 10:15 AM
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Thickest point is 0.68in. Tapers down to 0.11 inches. Weighs 2.9lbs.
Completely unibody construction
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 10:22 AM
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They also just came out with a 11.6in Macbook Air :run:

Wow...macbook airs start at $999

11.6in 64GB $999
11.6in 128GB $1199
13.3in 128GB $1299
13.3in 256GB $1399
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 11:40 AM
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So what are the specs?

Air's were useless in a college student setting IMO, did they fix anything? Such as disk drives, more USB ports etc?
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 12:03 PM
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Those new prices are reasonable.
I think the only negative was that I read they're not using the new i3/i5/i7 processors.

I don't know how true that is.
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 12:34 PM
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That is correct nelson. They are using core2duos.
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 12:57 PM
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That's a dealbreaker for me if I was interested.
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