How Well Do You Know The MacBook Air?
It’s thin, sleek, sexy and branded with the unmistakable Apple logo. In short, the MacBook Air has the perfect recipe to become a technological phenomenon in the same way the iPod family did several years prior. Take this quiz and test your knowledge of the ‘thinnovation’ that is the MacBook Air.
- 1.
What had a lot of Apple fans raving at the release of the MacBook Air was that Steve Jobs literally pulled the whole laptop out of a manila envelope at the end of his keynote speech. It isn't, tech experts say, the thinnest laptop around, but it's certainly thin enough to turn more than a few heads. Just how thin is the MacBook Air at its thinnest point?- A.
0.8"
- B.
0.17"
- C.
0.08"
- D.
1.2"
- 2.
Its weight -- or lack therof -- was another one of the MacBook Air's claims to fame. How heavy is the MacBook Air?
- A.
1.4kgs
- B.
2.5kgs
- C.
2kgs
- D.
0.5kgs
- 3.
The measly 1GB RAM was one of the major gripes from users of the previous generation of MacBooks. Apple decided to heed their complaints and added more memory to the MacBook Air. How much RAM does the standard MacBook Air have?
- A.
512MB
- B.
1GB
- C.
4GB
- D.
2GB
- 4.
Of course, you can hardly expect a laptop that small to maintain every single feature from its larger brethren. In fact, more than a few I/O ports were lost in the MacBook's slim down process. What combination of ports remains on the MacBook Air?
- A.
1 USB, 1 Firewire, 1 DVI and 2 audio
- B.
3 USB and 1 Firewire
- C.
1 USB, 1 DVI and 1 audio
- D.
2 USB and 2 DVI
- 5.
It wasn't just the I/O ports that suffered from the weight reduction, though. Another major I/O device disappeared from the previous generation of MacBooks into the current one. Which one is it?
- A.
Keyboard
- B.
CD drive
- C.
Webcam
- D.
Speakers
- 6.
A new technology from Apple debuted on the MacBook Air for laptops. This same technology, which also came out on the iPhone and the iPod Touch, was a great addition to the touch-based user interface of Apple devices. What technology was this?
- A.
Multi-touch technology, which allows you to use finger gestures for common tasks
- B.
A built-in webcam, which allows you to join video conferences over the internet
- C.
An accelerometer, which adjusts the screen based on how you rotated the device
- D.
A touch screen, which allows you to directly interact with the display
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