<P> While Apple's MacBook lines have been affected towards consumer trend to smartphones, they still managed to ship 2.8 M Macs in Q2 2012, notably Air, compared to 500K total Ultrabooks, despite there being dozens of Ultrabooks from various manufacturers on the market while Apple only offered 11" and 13" models of it . Through July 1, 2013, the MacBook Air took in 56% of all Ultrabook sales in the United States, despite being one of the higher - priced competitors . </P> <P> The MacBook Air features an anti-glare LED backlit display and a full - size keyboard, as well as a large trackpad that responds to multi-touch gestures such as pinching, swiping, and rotating . Since the release of Snow Leopard, the Air's trackpad has supported handwriting recognition of Chinese characters . </P> <P> On the 11" Air, the left side of the computer has a MagSafe power connector, a USB port, a headphone jack, and a microphone . The right side of the computer has a USB port and a Mini DisplayPort, now sharing Thunderbolt function beginning with the 2011 model . On top of the screen bezel there is a webcam, first dubbed iSight and now the FaceTime camera . </P> <P> The MacBook Air was the first subcompact laptop offered by Apple since the full - featured 12" PowerBook G4 was discontinued in 2006 . It was also Apple's first computer with an optional solid - state drive . ArsTechnica found "moderate" performance improvements of the 64 GB solid - state drive of the first - generation Air over the standard 80 GB hard drive in tests . On October 14, 2008, new models were announced with improved capacities of 128 GB SSD and 120 GB hard drive . For the late - 2010 MacBook Air and later models, only flash storage is available, with the standard options currently being 128 GB and 256 GB . </P>

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