

For the next five years, the form of the MacBook Air 11” remained relatively unchanged (with the exception of a Thunderbolt 2 port in 2015) until it was discontinued in 2017.Īpple has a nifty tool available if you need help identifying your MacBook Air. In 2012, the Airs were upgraded to include i5 and i7 Intel processors, USB 3.0, faster memory and flash storage speeds, and the newer MagSafe 2 charging port.

Being offered at a lower cost than the Pro models, the 11 inch MacBook Air became the cheapest way to enter the Apple ecosystem at the time. It shipped in two configurations: 4 GB of. In 2011, the 11 and 13 inch Air models were updated and the plastic white MacBook discontinued. Introduced in July 2011, the MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2011) was based on Intel's next-generation 'Sandy Bridge' architecture, and improved on its predecessor, the MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010) with faster processors and graphics, a backlit keyboard, and the inclusion of Apple's new Thunderbolt port. The 11 inch variation of the MacBook Air wasn’t included until the second generation of the line, which coincided with the MacBook Air’s transition to Apple’s entry level offering. The 11 inch model included just an input/output headphone jack, a MagSafe charging port, and two USB 2.0 ports. It has an Intel Core i5 1.6GHz processor and Intel HD Graphics 3000 video adapter but no dedicated video memory, so it's not well suited for high-performance video gaming. It has 2GB of memory and a 64GB hard drive.

While the performance and battery life of the smaller model were diminished relative to the 13 inch version, the laptop exceeded the performance of other netbooks at the time. The Apple MacBook Air 11-inch MC968LL/A is an 11.6-inch laptop with an LCD resolution of 1366 x 768. Apple introduced the 11" MacBook Air on October 20, 2010, as a lighter, handier version of their super-thin 13" Air.
