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The long rumored MacBook Air from Apple was officially announced today.

Specs include:

- 1.6/1.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo
- 2GB RAM standard
- 80 GB 1.8" hard drive or 64GB Solid State Drive
- 13.3 inch LED backlit screen with magnetic latch
- Macbook-style keyboard with ambient light sensor
- built-in iSight camera
- 1 USB 2.0 port, micro-DVI, 802.11n + Bluetooth 2.1/EDR
- MagSafe connector
- 0.76" thick
- optional $99 external Superdrive
- estimated 5 hours battery life
- includes iLife

Starting at $1,799 for the base model.

Macworld San Francisco 2008 kicks off today with the keynote and the following new products have been announced (updating as the keynote progresses):

- Time Capsule: Airport Extreme Base Station with built-in internal hard drive for over the air backups (500GB/$299, 1TB/$499)
- Software updates for iPhone and iPod Touch
- iTunes movie rentals starting at $2.99 (24 hour viewing period)
- new Apple TV pricing ($229 from $299 for entry level unit)

Last but not least:

- MacBook Air

Recently purchased a 2 x 2GB memory upgrade for my Macbook (2Ghz Core 2 Duo, January 2007) and I now have a total of 3GB (although the System Profiler shows 4GB, usable memory is still only 3GB). Still, having that extra GB of RAM will be nice for running my Fusion virtual machines!