Apple MacBook Air 11 (2011)
Last October, Apple's 11-inch MacBook Air debuted. The tiny, slim ultraportable was the smallest laptop Apple had ever made. Its combination of size and power earned it a four-star review, with caveats: it had a last-generation Core 2 Duo processor, lacked a backlit keyboard and omitted an SD card...
Dramatically faster than last year's version; Backlit keyboard; High-speed Thunderbolt I/O port
Entry-level Air still has the same limited fixed flash storage and RAM as last year's version; Still no SD card slot; Ethernet port or 3G wireless option