11-inch MacBook Air review:Tiny awesomeness - batteryfast.com

Dec. 24, 2010 - PRLog -- The Air was a replacement for a MacBook that I sold to a client, and since I had previously owned (and loved) one of the original MacBook Airs, I decided to go for the 11-inch model.
To be honest, I had a bit of cognitive dissonance after I ordered the little laptop, but that's gone now since I gave it a real workout last Friday and Saturday at the 360MacDev conference.
In the rest of this short review, I'll give you my opinions on the speed, battery life, display and other features of the 11-inch MacBook Air. If you're considering purchasing a MacBook of any type as a Christmas present, be sure to at least take a look at this model.

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The price of the 11-inch model starts at US$999 -- that's for a machine with 2GB of RAM, a 64GB SSD and a 1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. While that doesn't sound like much power, the combination of the CPU, the fast SSD and an NVIDIA GeForce 320M GPU makes for a laptop that is much faster than the raw tech specs would indicate.
The first indication I had that this thing is small was when the box showed up at my door. The FedEx delivery dude was holding it with one hand, which was a first for a computer delivery. That box, after I opened it on the show, contained an even smaller box with the MacBook Air nestled inside.

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So, how small is the 11" MacBook Air? Check out the photo below. That's an iPad sitting on top of it. It's the same depth as the MacBook Air, just about as thin, and about two inches less wide than the laptop. Weight-wise, the MacBook Air is 2.3 lbs, and the iPad tops the scales at 1.5 lbs. Considering that you can pop both devices into a small bag and the combo (3.8 lbs) weighs less than a 13" MacBook Pro (4.5 lbs), this is the perfect road machine.

The MacBook Air is also amazingly thin, as the current TV ads will attest. I'll let a picture do the talking for me as well -- the photo below shows an "unskinned" iPad on top of the MacBook Air. At its thinnest, the MacBook Air is indeed thinner than an iPad.

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