12 Macbook Air 2010 Configuration and Price

Apple online store give you 12 different config of Macbook Air Configuration here

11.6-inch Screen
1. 1.4GHz CPU - 2GB RAM - 64GB SSD - $999 (base model)
2. 1.4GHz CPU - 4GB RAM - 64GB SSD - $1,099
3. 1.4GHz CPU - 2GB RAM - 128GB SSD - $1,199 (base model)
4. 1.4GHz CPU - 4GB RAM - 128GB SSD - $1,299
5. 1.6GHz CPU - 2GB RAM - 128GB SSD - $1,299
6. 1.6GHz CPU - 4GB RAM - 128GB SSD - $1,399

13.3-inch Screen
1.  1.86GHz CPU - 2GB RAM - 128GB SSD -  $1,299 (base model)
2.  1.86GHz CPU - 4GB RAM - 128GB SSD -  $1,399
3.  1.86GHz CPU - 2GB RAM - 256GB SSD -  $1,599 (base model)
4.  1.86GHz CPU - 4GB RAM - 256GB SSD -  $1,699
5.  2.13GHz CPU - 2GB RAM - 256GB SSD -  $1,699
6.  2.13GHz CPU - 4GB RAM - 256GB SSD -  $1,799

iWroteReview Comment:
- You can't add more SSD or RAM later
- $999 is the best price but  beware that you'll have real hard disk space left for use only around 49GB
- If you want to use it other than surfing the internet, email, office task. Please upgrade to 4GB Ram
- If you want to use boot-camp feature.  Please consider 128GB model or higher

New Vaio Z13 October 2010 Model decode and changelog

Sony Vaio notebook usually refresh there notebook every 3 month and this October 2010 they refreshed there top of the line Vaio VPCZ1 in the third time with following model

Z139 : HK$22,980 ~ $3,000
- CPU i7-640M (2.8-3.46GHz) up from Z129 i7-620M(2.66-3.33GHz)
- RAM 8 GB (4 GB x 2) DDR3 SDRAM
- SSD 256 GB (64 GB x 4 in RAID 0) //Fastest HDD in Notebook !
- Blu-ray Disc™ ROM Drive with DVD SuperMulti
- 13.1 inch wide (Full HD: 1920x1080) Adbe RGB 96% coverage

Z138 : HK$19,980 ~ $2,600
- Same as Z139 except replace Blu-ray Disc™ ROM Drive with only DVD SuperMulti Drive

Z137 : HK$17,980 ~ $2,300
- CPU i5-580M (2.66-3.33Ghz) up from Z127 i5-540M (2.53-3.06GHz)

- RAM 6 GB (4 GB x 1 + 2 GB x 1) DDR3 SDRAM

- SSD 128 GB (64 GB x 2 in RAID 0)

- 13.1 inch wide (WXGA++: 1600x900)

- Only model that have Wireless WAN

Z136 : HK$16,980 ~ $2,200
- Same as Z137 except no Wireless WAN

Z135 : HK$10,980 ~ $1,400

- CPU and other specification as same as Z136 except

- RAM 4 GB (2 GB x 2) DDR3 SDRAM

- Use 500 GB (7200 rpm) instead of SSD

- No Optical Drive! (Use that space for hdd already)
- Silver aluminium palm rest

iWroteReview Comment:
- Z139 Blu-ray Disc™ ROM Drive can not write Bluray disc only read !
- i5-580M (2.66-3.33GHz) is faster than  i7-620M(2.66-3.33GHz) due to larger QPI
- All price are from Sony Hong Kong Website (Cheapest place to buy Vaio Z)
- All model weight vary from 1.39 - 1.44 Kg
- I select Z138 for the best model cause you get 8GB ram, 64x4GB SSD, FullHD Screen which is very expensive item and if you really want Bluray drive you can find alternative on ebay (uj-242) which can perform read&write only around $220
- More detail from sony site  click here
- All model number above is use only in asia zone due to Sony doesn't offer custom build to order like US or England.

Macbook Air 2010 Boot Speed Test 11inch VS 13inch

A short video has been posted on youtube to show how fast of the new MacBook Air 2010 boot
- 11inch : around 17sec
- 13inch : around 15sec (Very Impressive!)



iWroteReview Comment:
- Macbook White 2009 + Intel SSD G2 of my friend can boot up around 12 sec
- Macbook Pro i5, i7 have the problem that it need 7-8 second to start boot process after press switch button

Apple Macbook Air 2010 Cpu Information & Comparison

Apple annouced 11 & 13 inch new Macbook Air on 2010/10/20 and if you go to Apple Store Online http://store.apple.com you'll see that it can order with 4 different cpu. Below here it is comparion image of it.

Benchmark Scores

src: .www.notebookcheck.net

CPU Information

src: www.intel.com

iWroteReview Comment:

- Apple charge you $100 for upgrade processor that cost $32-$37 is not worth the price

- The difference is very minor as you seen in some benchmark  SL9400 can perform better than SL9600

- But only if you want this as your primary machine so 2.13GHz may the best option for you and it can overclock to 2.6GHz under Windows Bootcamp (I'll review it again after i got the machine)