Apple forces PhotoFast to abandon 256GB upgrade kit for MacBook Airs

Remember that peppy aftermarket 256GB SSD upgrade from PhotoFast that easily smoked (on paper anyway) the SSD found in Appleā€™s latest MacBook Air? Itā€™s been halted upon Appleā€™s request before it ever went on sale, similarly to those HyperMac batteries before it. 9to5Mac first reported the news based on a source close to the company and we just confirmed it directly with the PhotoFast GM2_SFV1_Air product manager. The risk of losing access to Appleā€™s product licensing program was just too grave a threat to ignore....

November 30, 2010 Ā· 1 min Ā· 146 words

Steve Jobs calls the new MacBook Air the future of laptops

During a 90-minute presentation on Wednesday at Apple headquarters, Steve Jobs unveiled Appleā€™s latest thinner MacBook Air 11-inch and 13-inch models, along with the new operating system. The redesigned Mac notebook combines features from the iPhone and iPad with those of a MacBook. The new MacBook Air features a multi-touch that offers you an iPad/iPhone-like experience. Instead of a hard drive, the new thinner, lighter and expensive Mac laptop uses flash storage....

October 28, 2010 Ā· 2 min Ā· 344 words

Apple launches MacBook Air laptop

Apple is cashing in on the popularity of its iPhone and iPad to boost demand for its oldest product, the Macintosh. The company launched a revamped MacBook Air at an event dubbed ā€œBack to the Macā€ at its Cupertino headquarters. The computer is seen as a marriage of what Apple has learned from desktop computing and mobile devices. Like the iPad, the Air will have no hard drive and rely on flash memory....

October 20, 2010 Ā· 3 min Ā· 518 words

New MacBook Air Might Arrive Tomorrow [RUMOR]

According to Australian Macworld, a new version of the MacBook Air may show up in the Apple Online Store tomorrow morning. The same source who correctly predicted the MacBook Pro refresh last month alerted Australian Macworld of a new Apple product number in the Apple database. The product number, MC516LL/A K87 BETTER BTR-USA, suggests that it is a Mac product (the ā€œBETTERā€ nomenclature is the big clue there, as it often refers to the different tiers of Mac products)....

May 11, 2010 Ā· 2 min Ā· 274 words