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# MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2010)

Essentials

Family: MacBook Air

Codename: ?

Gestalt ID: 406

Minimum OS: 10.6.4

Maximum OS: 10.10.4

Introduced: October 2010

Terminated: July 2011

Processor

CPU: Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo (SL9xxx)

CPU Speed: 1.86 GHz (2.13 GHz BTO)

CPU Cores: 2

FPU: integrated

Bus Speed: 1066 MHz

Register Width: 64-bit

Data Bus Width: 64-bit

Address Bus Width: 64-bit

Level 1 Cache: 32 kB data, 32 kB instruction

Level 2 Cache: 6 MB on-processor

ROM: EFI

Onboard RAM: 2 GB (4 GB BTO)

Maximum RAM: 2 GB (4 GB BTO)

Expansion Slots: SD card

Video

Screen: 13.3" LED-backlit TFT

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 320M

VRAM: 256 MB shared (see notes)

Max Resolution: 1400x900

Video Out: Mini DisplayPort

Camera: FaceTime

Storage

Flash Drive: 128/256 GB (512 GB BTO)

Optical Drive: optional external

Input/Output

USB: 2 2.0

Audio Out: stereo 24 bit mini, HDMI via Mini DisplayPort

Speaker: mono

Microphone: mono

Networking

Ethernet: via USB adaptor

Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n

Bluetooth: 2.1+EDR

Miscellaneous

Power: 45 Watts

Dimensions: 0.11-0.68" H x 12.8" W x 8.94" D

Weight: 2.9 lbs.

Notes

The MacBook Air's graphics chipset used a portion of main memory as VRAM. Though reported as a 256 MB graphics system, this was actually a minimum. Actual usage varied with graphics load, resulting in slightly less RAM available for system use.

The MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2010) was introduced in October 2010, alongside the smaller MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010), and represented a significant strategic and technological shift in Apple's long-term notebook strategy, away from optical and hard disks and toward internet-based services and flash-based storage.

The MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2010) shipped with roughly the same processor and storage capacity as its predecessor, the MacBook Air (Mid 2009), it improved on everyday performance with a faster graphics sub-system, and better-performing flash-based storage, at lower price-points. It shipped in two configurations:

- Dual-core 1.86 GHz, 128 GB SSD, 2 GB of RAM, $1299
- Dual-core 1.86 GHz, 256 GB SSD, 2 GB of RAM, $1599

Build-to-order options included 4 GB of onboard RAM (no aftermarket RAM upgrade was possible), a 2.13 GHz processor, and an external SuperDrive. The MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2010) was replaced less than a year later with the faster MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011).

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Apple, Inc.