Pre-Ordered MacBook Airs Shipping!

Following Apple's announcement of taking orders for Macbook Air add-ons, this came in. Apparently, some customers that have pre-ordered their own super-slim laptop from the Cupertino-based company are receiving notifications that the notebook has shipped.

Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, held a keynote speech earlier this month at Macworld, where the man introduced MacBook Air as "The World's Thinnest Notebook." Air is thin indeed, but lacks important features as well, such as an optical drive and an Ethernet port, not to mention it only sports a single and sure-to-become-tired USB port. In fact, that's why the company behind the Macintosh brand is now taking orders for the additional hardware.

Still, the Air is a fine piece of work. Leaving aside its thinness, which is one of the few reasons why people will opt for it, Apple's latest notebook sports an oversized gesture-based trackpad. Using it you can pinch, swipe, or rotate to zoom in on text, advance through a photo album, or adjust an image, and so on. Given that the gesture-based input was so successful on iPod touch, Apple has decided it should be available with its entire MacBook lineup, so more Books are getting it soon.

The MacBook Air hasn't even launched yet and technology-based websites have already been discussing battery issues, charging time, the fact that you can easily do the battery replacement yourself, and more. One of the latest topics regarding the notebook's Lithium-Ion battery is how fast does it recharge. Primary tests shockingly revealed that the Air required 8 and a half hours in sleep mode with its AC adapter plugged in to recharge its battery. Secondary tests, however, revealed that 3 hours is all Air needs to wake up fully refreshed.

The first notification from Apple was received by a Macworld employee. He was informed that his laptop would arrive on February 1st, 2008 (a tad over Jobs' two-week promise), according to Macworld.com.

MacBook Air starts at $1,799, but the SSD (solid state drive) version will set you back 3K.