Build & Design | MacBook Air Rev. B | Laptops

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Build & Design

First impression

The first thing you notice is naturally how amazingly thin the notebook is. It’s barely believable, and the perfectly shaped aluminium creates the illusion the machine is even thinner than it actually is.

Looking at it from a different angle it’s obvious the MBA is clearly one of the slimmest laptops on the market.

This picture gives an overview of the machine, and a picture says more than a thousand words as they say. If I had to comment on the design though, it would have to be something like: stylish, perfectionist, minimalistic and accomplished. Apple states the weight is 1.36kg, but a short trip to my scale revealed the machine is actually 5 grams lighter! It may just be my scale, but I have never before obtained a weight lower than the manufacturer stated.

Lastly a small snapshot of Apple’s trademark: the white apple.

The lid

The lid is void of any bling-bling; all you can see is the brushed aluminium, only broken by the white Apple logo located square in the middle.

Once the machine is powered up the white apple (like on other Apple laptops) shines with a comfortable, dim light. Here is a picture in the dark.

The front

The front is kept thin and minimalistic. The silver-grey aluminium is beautiful, only broken by the discreet IR port at the right.

The rear

Not much to see at the rear either except for brushed aluminium. All that breaks the clean lines are the hinges, which are of course made of aluminium and belong in the more robust category.

The bottom

The bottom similarly sports the same material: brushed aluminium. At the far left you can see the small compartment with ports, at the right the DC-in jack, and a large number of small holes for ventilation at the top. Besides this the machine has four black rubber feet, and if you look really closely you might notice the ten screws along the edges (these are the ones you have to loosen if you want to access the hardware).

The right side