A large number of first generation Macbook Air owners are claiming that the hinges on their notebooks are failing. Unfortunately, early responses from Apple claim these issues are not covered under the company’s warranty.
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A new solar panel kit for the MacBook Air called Apple Ju!cz will both charge and power the laptop at the same time. The idea of solar energy is really great. What we don't like is the price.  Love the MacBook Air’s keyboard? Who doesn’t - it’s probably the best keyboard we’ve all seen so far. Steve Jobs claimed it’s the best keyboard Apple ever made, and he's a person who really cares about the details. Anyway, what do you think about having that kind of keyboard on your iPhone? Sure you won’t get the feel - just the look... The high end MacBook Air comes equipped with a 1.8GHz upgrade (from 1.6GHz) and a 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD). The total price for the high end laptop is $2598. Compare this to the original price of the 1.8GHz/SSD MacBook Air at $3098 just last week (Google Cache). The base price for the 1.6GHz 80GB Hard Drive MacBook Air remains at $1799. The difference in price appears to be a combination of price drops in both the processor upgrade ($200 vs $300) and SSD ($599 vs $999). There are actually some details you didn't know about the MacBook Air's tiny CPU: The shrinkage tech behind it had been collecting dust on Intel's shelf for a couple years since no PC manufacturer was interested in it. When Apple ordered a tiny chip, Intel thought what Apple wanted was years away, before re-discovering the concept—a year later they had it refreshed and ready to go. Which is the usual breakneck speed Apple moves, Intel's Tech Cheif Justin Rattner told. He also mentioned that they're collaborating on more breakthrough stuff that's "equally aggressive." Samsung has introduced a 256GB solid-state drive that promises to kickstart the industry with twice the storage and twice the speed of earlier disks while also costing less to manufacture than past models - and having a chance of placing in future Apple notebooks. Simply called the 256GB FlashSSD, the Serial ATA drive reads in-order data at 200MB per second, or double the rate of Samsung's past 128GB drive. It also boosts write speeds, often a bottleneck on solid-state drives, from 70MB per second to 160MB.  We all know that the MacBook Air is the thinnnest laptop ever, but some Apple users in Germany are claiming that the edge of the laptop is not only sharp - but downright dangerous. According to "Apple Talk" reader Bajuware, his MBA went kill-crazy all over his elbow while he was cold-chillin' on his couch.  We are still hearing reports of MacBook Air overheating woe, well after an EFI update in April that was meant to address some of those problems. While hot computers are nothing new, the MacBook Air starts shutting down cores and offloading processes when things get bad, which means users are faced with aggravating stop-start freezing until they can manage to cool the computer off - or just put it to sleep and let it "rest."  Here’s a new celebrity using the Macintosh hardware: Jessica Simpson. Really hoping, that doesn't mean MBA's going to become a 'blonde' laptop.
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