New MacBook pricing in SA revealed
Apple recently unveiled a new MacBook Air, which they believe is the first of a next generation of notebooks which will replace mechanical hard disks and optical drives with Internet services and solid state flash storage.
According to Apple these next generation notebooks are:
- Faster, as solid state flash storage is up to twice as fast as hard drive storage.
- More reliable, since hard drive crashes are eliminated.
- Lighter and smaller, as solid state flash storage is up to 90 percent smaller and lighter than hard drives.
Available in 11-inch and 13-inch models and weighing 1.06kg and 1.32kg respectively, the new MacBook Air is Apple’s lightest and most portable notebook.
MacBook Air uses the same solid state storage technology as the iPad to deliver better responsiveness, up to seven hours of battery life and up to 30 days of standby time (though Apple adds the disclaimer that these numbers are dependent on configuration).
The new Macbooks have now filtered down to retail shops in South Africa, and the recommended retail rates are as follows:
- 11″ – 64GB – R8999
- 11″ – 128GB – R11 499
- 13″ – 128GB – R12 999
- 13″ – 256GB – R14 999
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