User Review I purchased both the newly updated 13" MacBook Air and the updated 13" MacBook Pro the day they were announced at WWDC and released for sale in June 2012. After using the two machines side-by-side for a couple weeks now, I can say that the MacBook Air offers superior performance in virtually every respect to such a degree that I've pretty much stopped using my brand new MacBook Pro. Of course the Air (which I got factory upgraded to the 2.0 GHz i7 processor and 8GB of RAM) is lighter, slimmer, and sleeker than the Pro, and yes, it does have a much higher resolution display, but I was surprised just how much faster the MacBook Air is compared to the Pro is despite the Air's slower CPU clock speed. The SSD hard drive on the MacBook Air makes an enormous difference in everything from casual web browsing to video editing.
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13 Inch MacBook Air 2.0GHz - Z0ND -
Originally $1,599
* 2.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7
* Turbo Boost up to 3.2GHz
* 4GB memory
* Intel HD Graphics 4000
* 256GB of flash storage
* Optional External SuperDrive
* Date Announced: 6/11/12 More Specs Configurable
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13 Inch MacBook Air 1.8GHz -
MD232LL/A - Originally $1,499
* 1.8GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5
* Turbo Boost up to 2.8GHz
* 4GB memory
* Intel HD Graphics 4000
* 256GB of flash storage
* Optional External SuperDrive
* Date Announced: 6/11/12 More Specs Configurable
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13 Inch MacBook Air 1.8GHz -
MD231LL/A - Originally $1,199
* 1.8GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5
* Turbo Boost up to 2.8GHz
* 4GB memory
* Intel HD Graphics 4000
* 128GB of flash storage
* Optional External SuperDrive
* Date Announced: 6/11/12 More Specs Configurable
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11 Inch MacBook Air 2.0GHz - Z0NB -
Originally $1,249
* 2.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7
* Turbo Boost up to 3.2GHz
* 8GB memory
* Intel HD Graphics 4000
* 128GB of flash storage
* Optional External SuperDrive
* Date Announced: 6/11/12 More Specs Configurable
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11 Inch MacBook Air 1.7GHz -
MD224LL/A - Originally $1,099
* 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5
* Turbo Boost up to 2.6GHz
* 4GB memory
* Intel HD Graphics 4000
* 128GB of flash storage
* Optional External SuperDrive
* Date Announced: 6/11/12 More Specs Configurable
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11 Inch MacBook Air 1.7GHz -
MD223LL/A - Originally $999
* 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5
* Turbo Boost up to 2.6GHz
* 4GB memory
* Intel HD Graphics 4000
* 64GB of flash storage
* Optional External SuperDrive
* Date Announced: 6/11/12 More Specs Configurable
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13 Inch MacBook Air 2.13GHz - Z0JH
- Originally $1,699
* 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics
* 256GB of flash storage
* Optional External SuperDrive
* Date Announced: 10/20/10 * More Specs *Configuration
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MC504LL/A - Originally $1,599
* 1.86GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics
* 256GB of flash storage
* Optional External SuperDrive
* Date Announced: 10/20/10 * More Specs *Configuration
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MC503LL/A - Originally $1,299
* 1.86GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics
* 128GB of flash storage
* Optional External SuperDrive
* Date Announced: 10/20/10 * More Specs *Configuration
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Originally $1,299
* 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics
* 128GB of flash storage
* Optional External SuperDrive
* Date Announced: 10/20/10 * More Specs *Configuration
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MC506LL/A - Originally $1,199
* 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics
* 128GB of flash storage
* Optional External SuperDrive
* Date Announced: 10/20/10 * More Specs *Configuration
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MC505LL/A - Originally $999
* 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics
* 64GB of flash storage
* Optional External SuperDrive
* Date Announced: 10/20/10 * More Specs *Configuration
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MC234LL/A - Originally $1,799
* 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
* 128GB Drive Solid State
* Optional External SuperDrive
* Date Announced: 6/8/09 * More Specs *Configuration
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