{"id":34746,"date":"2016-01-15T14:15:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T20:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=34746"},"modified":"2016-01-18T11:49:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T17:49:10","slug":"happy-birthday-to-the-macbook-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/34746-happy-birthday-to-the-macbook-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 8th Birthday to the Apple MacBook Air!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-28816\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MacBookAir11and13.jpeg\" alt=\"Early 2015 MacBook Air\" width=\"450\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MacBookAir11and13.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MacBookAir11and13-284x97.jpeg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MacBookAir11and13-190x65.jpeg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MacBookAir11and13-284x97@2x.jpeg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MacBookAir11and13-190x65@2x.jpeg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>Eight years ago today, Steve Jobs took the stage at the Macworld Conference &amp; Expo holding a manila envelope. What was in that envelope brought gasps from those in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>The original 13.3\u201d MacBook Air, first announced on Jan. 15, 2008, was the first of the many ultra-thin laptops to eventually be unveiled by Apple including the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/29795-owc-tear-down-of-new-12-macbook-reveals-ssd-not-user-upgradeable\">most recent MacBook iteration<\/a>. The company was able to achieve this form factor by cutting back on ports and dropping the optical drive all together, which there fortunately was <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/MyOWC\/Upgrades.cfm?&amp;model=373&amp;type=General&amp;sort=pop&amp;cat=2228\">a solution for<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But while it might not seem quite as thin by today\u2019s standards, the crowd\u2019s reaction at the original unveiling (it officially hit store shelves on\u00a0Jan. 29, 2008) helps tell\u00a0the story of how revolutionary of a machine the MacBook Air really was.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OZ5fSDcAaCk?start=210\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re still holding on to your 2008 MacBook Air, MacSales.com has <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/MyOWC\/Upgrades.cfm?sort=pop&amp;model=374&amp;type=InternalDrives\">internal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/MyOWC\/Upgrades.cfm?model=374&amp;type=ExternalStorage&amp;sort=pop\">external<\/a> solutions to keep your 8-year-old machine running great. And you can even <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/item\/NewerTech\/BAP89MBA37\/\">replace that aging battery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy birthday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/Apple-Systems\/Used\/MacBook-Air-11-Inch-and-13-Inch\">MacBook Air line<\/a>! (OWC Quentin points\u00a0out that it&#8217;s also <a href=\"https:\/\/15.wikipedia.org\">Wikipedia&#8217;s 15th birthday<\/a>!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight years ago today, Steve Jobs took the stage at the Macworld Conference &amp; Expo holding a manila envelope. What was in that envelope brought gasps from those in attendance. 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