<p>Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the new MacBook Air Wednesday night which will incorporate FaceTime video conferencing and a suite of applications, which the company is now bringing to all its Macs. FaceTime allows for video calls between iPhones, iPod touches and Macs.<br /><br />The new laptop has an 11.6-inch screen but weighs as little as 2.3 pounds. It comes with a multi-touch trackpad which lets users control by pinching, rotating, swiping and double-tapping just like on the iPad or iPhone, reports the Daily Mail.<br /><br />The new MacBook Air uses flash storage rather than a hard drive like conventional computers, which means it can power up almost instantly from standby mode and store data twice as quickly as a standard hard drive.<br />However, it has less processing power compared with Apple's other laptops.<br /><br />Apple will bring a version of its mobile applications store to the Mac, aiming to replicate its success and spur development of new programs.<br /><br />"We asked ourselves what would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up? Well, this is the result," Jobs said at a media event in Cupertino, California, calling MacBook Air the "future of notebooks".<br /><br />The MacBook Air comes in two sizes, one with a screen that's 13.3 inches diagonally and another with a 11.6-inch screen.<br /><br />The larger one clocks in at 2.9 pounds and can be used for seven hours - thanks in part to a low-voltage processor from Intel that consumes less power than ones running in standard laptops.<br /><br />The 11-inch model with a 64 GB memory will cost 899 pounds while the 13 inch version with 256 GB of storage comes in at 1,349 pounds.<br /><br />"They're basically merging the product lines; they're simplifying it," said Kaufman Bros analyst Shaw Wu.<br /><br />"They're taking the strengths out of what they've learned on the iPhone and iPad and bringing that technology over to the Mac side. It makes a lot of sense," Wu added.<br /><br />While plenty of attention is lavished on the iPhone and iPad, the Mac has been critical to the company's success over the past years. Apple sold $22 billion worth of Macs in 2010, comprising one-third of its revenue.<br /><br />Nearly 50 million people worldwide use Mac.</p>
<p>Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the new MacBook Air Wednesday night which will incorporate FaceTime video conferencing and a suite of applications, which the company is now bringing to all its Macs. FaceTime allows for video calls between iPhones, iPod touches and Macs.<br /><br />The new laptop has an 11.6-inch screen but weighs as little as 2.3 pounds. It comes with a multi-touch trackpad which lets users control by pinching, rotating, swiping and double-tapping just like on the iPad or iPhone, reports the Daily Mail.<br /><br />The new MacBook Air uses flash storage rather than a hard drive like conventional computers, which means it can power up almost instantly from standby mode and store data twice as quickly as a standard hard drive.<br />However, it has less processing power compared with Apple's other laptops.<br /><br />Apple will bring a version of its mobile applications store to the Mac, aiming to replicate its success and spur development of new programs.<br /><br />"We asked ourselves what would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up? Well, this is the result," Jobs said at a media event in Cupertino, California, calling MacBook Air the "future of notebooks".<br /><br />The MacBook Air comes in two sizes, one with a screen that's 13.3 inches diagonally and another with a 11.6-inch screen.<br /><br />The larger one clocks in at 2.9 pounds and can be used for seven hours - thanks in part to a low-voltage processor from Intel that consumes less power than ones running in standard laptops.<br /><br />The 11-inch model with a 64 GB memory will cost 899 pounds while the 13 inch version with 256 GB of storage comes in at 1,349 pounds.<br /><br />"They're basically merging the product lines; they're simplifying it," said Kaufman Bros analyst Shaw Wu.<br /><br />"They're taking the strengths out of what they've learned on the iPhone and iPad and bringing that technology over to the Mac side. It makes a lot of sense," Wu added.<br /><br />While plenty of attention is lavished on the iPhone and iPad, the Mac has been critical to the company's success over the past years. Apple sold $22 billion worth of Macs in 2010, comprising one-third of its revenue.<br /><br />Nearly 50 million people worldwide use Mac.</p>