MacBook Air (Late 2008)

Essentials

Family: MacBook Air

Codename: ?

Gestalt ID: 406

Minimum OS: 10.5.5

Maximum OS: 10.7.3

Introduced: October 2008

Terminated: June 2009

Processor

CPU: Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo (SL9xxx)

CPU Speed: 1.6/1.86 GHz

CPU Cores: 2

FPU: integrated

Bus Speed: 1066 MHz

Data Bus Width: 64-bit

Address Bus Width: 64-bit

ROM: EFI

Onboard RAM: 2 MB

Maximum RAM: 2 GB

Level 1 Cache: 32 kB data, 32 kB instruction

Level 2 Cache: 6 MB on-processor

Video

Screen: 13.3" LED-backlit TFT

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

VRAM: 256 MB shared (see notes)

Max Resolution: 24 bit 1280x800

Video Out: Mini DisplayPort

Camera: iSight

Storage

Hard Drive: 120 GB 4200 RPM / 128 GB solid-state

ATA Bus: SATA

Optical Drive: optional external

Input/Output

USB: 1 2.0

Audio Out: stereo 24 bit mini

Speaker: mono

Microphone: mono

Networking

Airport Extreme: 802.11n

Bluetooth: internal 2.1+EDR

Miscellaneous

Power: 45 Watts

Dimensions: 0.16-0.76" H x 12.8" W x 8.94" D

Weight: 3.0 lbs.

Notes

The MacBook Air's graphics chipset used a portion of main memory as VRAM. Though reported as a 256 MB graphics system, the chipset actually used up to 272 MB of RAM, resulting in a maximum of 1776 MB of RAM available for system use in the base system.

Announced in October 2008 and shipped in November, the MacBook Air (Late 2008) was no faster than its MacBook Air (Mid 2009).

Picture Credits:
Apple, Inc.