Steve Jobs has hit another Home Run with the just released MacBook Air ultralight notebook:
… It’s ultra-thin, can have normal hard drive or a solid state one and, except for a couple ports, it’s all about wireless connectivity. It’s an stunning .16 inches thick at the bottom and .76 inches on the top. The black keyboard … is LED backlit, sightly recessed MacBook-style, with rounded edges all around. The latch is magnetic and has a gorgeous 13.3-inch screen with ambient-light sensor and, get this, multitouch trackpad. …
Gizmodo
Starts at $1,799. No CD or DVD drive.
See a video tutorial called Guided Tour.
But what’s really killing us is the battery life on our wonderful devices like this.
A possible breakthrough:
Stanford University researchers have made a discovery that could signal the arrival of laptop batteries that last more than a day on a single charge.
The researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to give rechargeable lithium ion batteries–used in laptops, iPods, video cameras, and mobile phones–as much as 10 times more charge. This potentially could give a conventional battery-powered laptop 40 hours of battery life, rather than 4 hours.
The new batteries were developed by assistant professor Yi Cui and colleagues at Stanford University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
“It’s not a small improvement,” Cui said. “It’s a revolutionary development.” …
Cui has filed a patent on the technology and is considering formation of a company or an agreement with a battery manufacturer. He expects the battery to be commercialized and available within “several years,” pending testing.
A tenfold improvement in battery life? | Tech News on ZDNet
Several years !!??#!
I want a MacBook Air sold state hard drive with 40hrs+ battery life RIGHT NOW.
Apple, please start producing your own batteries.
Rick McCharles 