Apple has long stated that it has no plans to offer a netbook, instead suggesting that the iPhone or the iPad served the same niche as Windows netbooks. But the truth is, before the first consumer netbooks launched, Apple already had a very netbook-like product: The MacBook Air. It’s thinner, lighter, and generally smaller than […]
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Is a new MacBook Air on the way?
Apple’s MacBook Air is a thing, light, and rather expensive laptop with a 13.3 inch display. Weighing just 3 pounds and measuring just 0.76 inches thick, it’s the thinnest and lightest Mac laptop available… but it hasn’t received a significant update in years. That’s led to a round of rumors that Apple may be preparing […]
MacBook Air becomes a MacBook Keyboard… or something
Like the idea of stuffing a computer into a keyboard, but underwhelmed by the Intel Atom processor and other netbook parts in the Asus Eee Keyboard? If you’re the adventurous sort you might want to follow in the footsteps of one brave hacker who is in the process of ripping apart a MacBook Air and […]
Vayee Macbook Air clone hits China
If there’s one thing that’s not hard to find in China, it’s Macbook Air clones. And rice. I hear that’s popular there too. But back to Macbook Air clones, we’ve seen a number of underpowered thin and light laptops with a distinct Apple-like style. One of the latest is a machine from Shenzhou Vayee. The […]
Apple may be developing smaller MacBook Air
Apple has spent much of the last two years explaining that the company has no interest in launching a netbook. Instead, Apple launched the iPad this summer. Sure, it costs more than most netbooks, and lacks a hardware keyboard. But like a netbook, the iPad is a light weight, portable device with good battery life, […]
Iridium Star notebook wants to be a $230 MacBook Air
The Iridium Star notebook from china is hardly the first thin and light notebook with a MacBook Air-inspired case and netbook-like guts I’ve seen. But at just about $230, it’s definitely one of the cheapest. And with an Apple logo emblazoned on the back, it’s also one of the ballsiest. The notebook has an 11.6 […]
Chinese Macbook Air clone think it’s a real Mac
Over the past year or two I’ve seen plenty of Macbook Air knockoffs come out of China. But M.I.C. Gadget has the first photos I’ve seen of a knockoff that goes the extra mile and actually comes in a box labeled MacBook Air. Under the hood, this machine is all netbook, with a 1.66GHz Intel […]
$400 Macbook Air knockoff outfitted with OS X – Video
A handful of Chinese companies have been pumping out cheap knockoffs of the Macbook Air for at least a year or two. These notebooks tend to be thin, light, and feature keyboards and touchpads that look an awful lot like those on a certain pricey machine from Apple. But they also tend to be loaded […]
MacBook Air knockoff complete with glowing (blue) Mac logo
I’m still not convinced that the MacBook Air was ever all that special. Sure, it’s super thin and elegant and capable of running OS X. But it’s also super expensive, and when I visit coffee shops these days I see far more people with MacBooks, MacBook Pros, or cheap netbooks than I do with a […]
What the Macbook Air would look like if Apple’s logo was an umbrella
The latest laptop from the Umbrella corporation, or rather, Chinese electronics maker DianJiTek is a thin and light 11.6 inch laptop that bears a more than passing resemblance to a certain thin and light 13 inch model from Apple. But it’s red (although it’s also available in silver, black, or brown). And it has an […]