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MacBook Air (Early 2008)
A1237 · Aluminum MacBook
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Identifiers
| Order number | A1237 |
| Machine ID | MacBookAir1,1 |
Reference
| Original price | $1,799 |
| Announced | 2008-01-15 |
| Discontinued | 2008-10-14 |
| Max supported OS | Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion |
| Design era | Aluminum MacBook |
Configurations
| Colors | Silver |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo P7500 @ 1.6 GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo P7700 @ 1.8 GHz |
| Memory | 2 GB |
| Storage | 80 GB 1.8″ PATA HDD, 64 GB SSD |
| Graphics | Intel GMA X3100 (shared) |
| Display | 13.3″ LED (1280×800) |
| Operating system | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.1, Mac OS X 10.5.2, Mac OS X 10.5.3, Mac OS X 10.5.4, Mac OS X 10.5.5, Mac OS X 10.5.6, Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.1, Mac OS X 10.6.2, Mac OS X 10.6.3, Mac OS X 10.6.4, Mac OS X 10.6.5, Mac OS X 10.6.6, Mac OS X 10.6.7, Mac OS X 10.6.8, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.7.1, Mac OS X 10.7.2, Mac OS X 10.7.3, Mac OS X 10.7.4, Mac OS X 10.7.5 |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | 1× USB 2.0 · Micro-DVI · 3.5 mm audio out · MagSafe 1 · AirPort Extreme 802.11a/b/g/n · Bluetooth 2.1+EDR |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 325 × 19 × 227 mm |
| Weight | 1.36 kg |
Known quirks
- First MacBook Air — pulled from a manila envelope on stage
- Single USB 2.0 port hidden behind a drop-down panel
- 1.8" PATA hard drive is painfully slow (4200 rpm)
- Runs hot and throttles — widely mocked for bad thermal design
- SSD was an expensive option ($999 upcharge)