Blog #5

Blog Assignment # 5 

Mac book Air vs. Windows 8 Ultra-book

               It is no surprise to say that technology is changing humanity. It is also safe to say that technology is improving our lives days after days. Humans create technology to help each other to be educated. Technology has led to trends which tells that almost every six months a new invention is made. My goal here is to examine closely two newest products in the technological trends to lay out the best possible explanations or specifications of them. I have selected the Mac Book Air by Apple Corporation vs. Windows 8 Ultra book by Microsoft Corporation.

 Firstly, I am going to start off introducing the Mac Book Air which is an invention of the Apple Corporation. It’s been said to be the best technological invention existed. The Mac Book Air has a featherweight from 11’’ to 13" MacBook Air, at 2.96 pounds, is the original Mac Book Air form factor—though it has changed designs slightly since its introduction. (The 11" flyweight model was introduced in 2010). Originally introduced in 2008 as the laptop that fit in a standard manila envelope, the Air has given rise to a new class of ultraportable laptops known as "Ultra-books."(Chris Foresman, June, 2012). Apple built the line off of what started out as custom, small-outline ultra-low-voltage Core 2 Duo processors, which powered the Air until ULV Sandy Bridge processors became available in 2011. ‘Apple also added Thunderbolt to the Air, finally offering a high-speed port capable of running high-end RAIDs, video cards, and other devices typically relegated to desktop machines or "pro" laptop (Chris Foresman, June, 2012). Simply, the introduction of the Mac Book Air in 2008 has come with two different dimensions and weighed 2.96lbs with a price of $ 1129.99. Its internal capacity is derived by this technological term “small outline ultra-low-voltage Core 2 Duo processors”. This literally defines the resistance of the battery and equipment inside of the laptop. Plus, it has said that the models are equipped with a 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, with Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz, and sporting 3MB of L3 cache (Chris, June, 2012). That is the minimum information there is for the overview of the Mac Book Air from Apple Corporation.

               Secondly, the other choice was the windows 8 ultra-book is a new invention created this year of 2013. That invention is said to be the first real Ultra-book to slim down and competes with other laptops such as the ones from Apple. It is a touch version that maintains the exact same physical dimensions, including a thickness of 18.9 millimeters, but it's .41 pounds heavier at 3.4 pounds to the regular X1 Carbon's 2.99 pounds. This is still a more than decent weight for a 14-inch ultra-book says Casey (2013). It's questionable whether that fractional difference even makes a difference (Casey Johnson, March, 2013). This new laptop has an Intel Core i5-3427U and a 4GB memory. Its prices are in the range of $1249 to $1964 depends on the size.

               When comparing the Apple product with the Windows 8’s, I realize that the apple product is more efficient than the windows 8. Mac Bok Air has better characteristic than the windows 8. The Mac Book Air is smaller in size and lighter in weight than (2.96lbs) however the windows 8 Ultra book is 14’’ and weighed 2.99 lbs. Its price is higher Mac Book Air which doesn’t make any sense because of the characteristic and feature it provides less than the Mac Book Air.

References

 Casey Johnston; May, 2013. Technology reviewer  from www.arstechnica.com

Chris Foresman; June, 2012. Technology reviwer from www.arstechnica.com