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San Francisco - Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled what he said was the world's thinnest notebook on Tuesday in his annual Macworld address that also outlined upgrades to the iPhone, movie rentals over iTunes and a wireless gadget that automatically backs up data from Mac computers and laptops.
The MacBook Air is less than 2 centimetres thick, features a backlit 13-inch (33cm) screen, a full-size keyboard, a pad that's responsive to Apple's multi-touch control gestures and weighs in at less than 1.5 kilograms, Jobs said.
Selling in the US for $1 800, the laptop is powered by Intel's 1.6 GHZ Core 2 Duo as standard with an available 1.8GHz upgrade. It has 2 GB of RAM, battery life of 5 hours and an 80 GB hard drive. It has no built in CD drive, but does offer an external drive for an additional $99.
- Sapa-dpa