Apple Macworld 2008 Product Annoucements – MacBook Air, iTunes Movie Rentals & More

Time Capsule – wireless HDD for Leopard’s Time Machine.
500GB – $299, 1TB – $499 (available in Feb.)

iPhone Software update – Maps with location, Webclips, Customize home screen, SMS multiple people – available today for free upgrade.

iTunes Movie Rentals – launches today in the U.S. International will launch later this year. Software updates for iPods and iTunes will be forthcoming.
Library titles: $2.99, New Releases: $3.99 ($1 more for HD – 100 titles available today in HD).
Watch instantly! In less than 30s… The rules — you have 30 days to start watching it, and once you start you have 24 hours to watch and finish it. As many times as you want. You can transfer films to another device in the middle — transfer to your iPod and watch the rest on the iPod on your flight
TV shows for $1.99 (over 600 shows).

Apple TV Take 2 – Entry price drops from $299 to $229. New software will be out in 2 weeks. Music can be bought from within Apple TV. The new Apple TV is a free software update.

MacBook Air – The World’s Thinnest Notebook. MacBook Air is 0.16″ to 0.76″. The thickest part of the MacBook Air is thinner than the thinnest part of the Sony. It fits inside an envelope. Display is LED backlit. iSight is built-in. MacBook-like keyboard, but with an ambient light sensor. Magnetic latch, 13.3″ widescreen display.

1.8″ Hard Drive, 80 GB hard disk standard, 64 GB SSD as an option. 1.6 GHz Standard, 1.8 GHz Option — Intel Core 2 Duo. Apple asked Intel to shrink the Core 2 Duo. Intel shrunk the processor by 60%. The processor is as thick as a nickle and as wide as a dime.

Other features: 45 Watt MagSafe, 1 USB 2.0 port, Micro-DVI, Audio Out, 802.11n + Bluetooth 2.1/EDR. No optical drive, but a Superdrive accessory is available for $99. Also, software comes with the MacBook Air that allows you to “borrow” a Mac or PCs optical drive. 5 hours of Battery Life, 2 GB Memory standard.

Environmental highlights: fully aluminum case (good for recycling), first fully mercury and lead free display, circuit boards are BFR free, retail packaging are 56% less volume than MacBook.

Price: $1,799 (USD), $1,899 (CAD). Pre-orders today (Jan. 15, 2008), shipping in two weeks. Apple.com and Apple.ca have updated their websites with product photos, specs and additional information.

Courtesy: MacRumorsLive.com

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