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Apple Upgrades MacBook Air, Mini, Does Away With White MacBook

Apple added and subtracted a few things from its Apple Store this morning, boosting the MacBook Air and Mac Mini models with some additional features, rolling out OSX Lion for purchase, and doing away with the white MacBook forever, encouraging you to tote lighter, faster, and sleeker laptops for years to come.

Apple added and subtracted a few things from its Apple Store this morning, boosting the MacBook Air and Mac Mini models with some additional features, rolling out OSX Lion for purchase, and doing away with the white MacBook forever, encouraging you to tote lighter, faster, and sleeker laptops for years to come. Learn about the details of each change below!

MacBook Air

The new Macbook Airs are the lightest, thinnest, and cheapest in the laptop category now, with the 11-inch starting at $999 and the 13-inch at $1,299. New specs in both models include a back-lit keyboard, new and fast i5 and i7 Intel processors, and Thunderbolt connections for fast data transfer. Of course, you still get the same sleek touchpad, flash storage, and long-lasting battery life in all of the models along with the latest version of OSX Lion.

Find out what's new with the Mac Mini and OSX Lion after the jump.

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Apple Introduces OSX Lion at WWDC

Steve Jobs got a standing ovation at the start of this year's WWDC keynote speech, but passed the mic off quickly to Phil Schiller, who introduced new features coming with OSX Lion.

Steve Jobs got a standing ovation at the start of this year's WWDC keynote speech, but passed the mic off quickly to Phil Schiller, who introduced new features coming with OSX Lion. Coming this Summer, OSX Lion will be stocked with some iPad-like features. Some we've already heard about: multitouch gestures, Mission Control, full-screen apps, and Launchpad. Check out the other new features coming with OSX Lion below:

  • Versions — Lion automatically saves a version of any document you're working on every time you open the file as well as every hour you're working, so you're never too far from your last update.
  • Resume — A lifesaver for anyone who wants to run their updates, but doesn't want to lose their work, Resume automatically opens up every app, browser tab, and document you were working on before you had to restart.
  • Conversations in Mail 5 — Conversation threads finally come to Apple's Mail 5 along with a new layout that takes advantage of your Mac's screen width.
  • Airdrop — You can send files to any nearby Airdrop user wirelessly without the need to use any external software or tools. To use, just activate Airdrop via the icon in the finder sidebar, and then find the contact you wish to send a file to. Drag the file into his name, and once the file is accepted and transferred (with encryption) then you can close out of Airdrop, cutting off access to your computer's network.

OSX Lion will be available in the Mac App store this July.

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Apple to Announce iCloud, iOS 5, and OSX Lion Details at 2011 WWDC

Historically, WWDC has meant iPhone mania for geeks around the world, but since this year's model is said to be delayed for another few months, Apple has to fill the gaps with something juicy.

Historically, WWDC has meant iPhone mania for geeks around the world, but since this year's model is said to be delayed for another few months, Apple has to fill the gaps with something juicy. Enter Apple's rumored cloud storage service, dubbed iCloud. In a press release earlier this morning, Apple confirmed these announcements, which are to be delivered by Steve Jobs himself (along with his team of executives) on Monday, June 6. We'll be following the events live, but you can get an idea of what to expect from each service below!

iCloud
iCloud should allow you to sync your music, folders, emails, contacts, and documents across multiple machines, making it easier to go from your desktop to laptop to iPad when you're on the go. Additionally, iCloud may have an integrated media stream, which would allow you to view and edit your images and videos from all of your machines. Of course, iCloud wouldn't be complete without some sort of music storage feature, so expect Apple to show up prepared to battle against Google's Music Beta. In a perfect world, this iCloud service would be free for all Mac users, but I'm guessing it will come with a price, just like MobileMe did at its launch.

iOS 5
Little is known about the next iOS update, but we may be able to expect better notifications, improved voice recognition software, and possibly widgets.

Get the details on OSX Lion after the jump.