MacBook Air Rev B - Help with specs of new machine

[joemalaka]

Hi. I won a contest at a conference. They just sent me a new MacBook Air (late 2008 model). I am going to give this as a gift to a family member. But I do not know the specs. I do not want to open it up yet.

The box has this:

MB Air/1.6ghz/128


I get the 1.6ghz, of course. But the 128 is throwing me off. Only thing I can think of is it is the 128GB solid state drive. The box the company sent me the laptop in doesn't have a order sheet or anything..so only thing I have to go off of is the label on the outside of the box.

Thoughts?

 

[silverblack]

Yes, 128 is the 128 GB SSD. The other choice would be 120 GB HDD.
Rev. A MBA had either 80 GB HDD or 64 GB SSD.

 

[jackiecanev2]

The macbook can come in any array of BTO (built to order) options: the 1.6 can have the HDD upgraded to the SSD, or have the processor upgraded while leaving the HDD. If it says 1.6/128 then its the base model 1.6 with the upgraded SSD. Other than the processor and HD, there are no differences between the base and high end.

 

[Molopo]

It's a bit odd that you company would buy mis-matched parts like that...I would've just gotten a default spec'd MBA rather than go through the trouble of customizing and ordering online.

 

[Ironic]

now open it .

 

[Kan-O-Z]

That's an expensive laptop. Lucky family member! By the way if you want to sell that thing, PM me. That's a configuration I was considering!

Kan-O-Z

 

[mhnajjar]

I know someone who would pay you top $$$ for those specs, so you might sell it to me and then buy the base model to that family member

 

[Scepticalscribe]

That is a fantastic prize to win. Your family member is extremely lucky; I am not certain that I could have been equally generous in such circumstances. As some others have already posted, a posse of envious would-be-buyers will probably beat a path to your proverbial door with generous offers to buy it.

Enjoy it, cheers and good luck