There's something in the air. What is it?
这东西似乎轻盈得能飘起来xzl77^9RQ97Uf(.J0lh。是什么呢？
Well, as you know, Apple makes the best notebooks on the planet, the MacBook and the MacBook Pro.
如你所知，苹果公司生产了世界上最好的笔记本电脑，MacBook和MacBook ProZCrtvD,Tb;GJx!。
These are the standards in the industry by which competitive products are judged.
它们都是业界推出竞争产品的评判标杆ENYbk*i-37+Lgf#Q-。
Well today, we're introducing a third kind of notebook, it's called the MacBook Air.
今天，我们将介绍第三种笔记本电脑，它的名字叫作MacBook Air,nRBmqNk&dRO。
Now what is the MacBook Air?
MacBook Air到底是什么呢？
In a sentence, it's the world's thinnest notebook. So, what does that mean?
一言以概之，它是世界上最薄的笔记本biInDvFxyMr1@G%zB7。这是什么意思呢？
Well, we went out looked at all the thin notebooks out there.
我们出去找了市场上所有的超薄笔记本ZX)25Dl]Q+GA6Z。
Most people think of this, the Sony TZ series, they're good notebooks and they're thin. Right?
大多数人都认为索尼TZ系列是很棒的笔记本，非常薄siu*Q#A;%iEOR=U6Vy=X。
This is what they look like, side view there.
这就是它们的外观，这是侧视图y,u6_]F;QEp))dF。
We looked at all of them out there, and kind of tried to distill the best of the breed of all of them.
我们观察了所有的机型，试图从中挖掘出最优秀的点NDD&;8E+@KOgFrU+q。

And you know, they generally weigh about 3 pounds.
它们的重量一般是3磅左右,j|EgN,GC*。
They're, in this case, in the Sony's case, they're about 0.8 inches to 1.2 inches thin.
比如说索尼这个系列，厚度大约是0.8英寸到1.2英寸,GnB.0z8Nt)d,7Tq~。
They're wedge shape. That's quite representative.
形状是楔形的Q^M)@77w6M)_l*zI。很有代表性zSZGm9wz7C0wj。
They compromise though, to get the weight down, on things like the display, they have an 11 or 12 inch display, most of them at 11.
不过为了把重量降低，他们做了一些妥协，比如说在显示器方面，他们的显示器是11或12英寸，大多数都是11英寸46o+*u1jAM9t(|@xl。
They also compromise on the keyboard.
在键盘上他们也做了妥协61Xr0a!fM[M&。
Instead of putting full-size keyboards in, they make miniature keyboards.
他们配置的不是全尺寸的键盘，而是微型键盘Q][KZlK,Vc8514*x。
And they don't run them as fast as they could, because their thermal envelopes don't support faster processors.
而且运行速度也不够快，因为他们的热封套无法支持速度更快的处理器5Dq@%z_LPFCir。
So we looked at this, and we said, "What do we like and what do we think is a compromise here?"
所以我们观察之后进行了思考：“哪些是我们喜欢的，哪些是要妥协的？”
We think the weights, a good target, 3 pounds.
我们认为3磅这个重量是个很好的目标(j=z,h.|+b。
But we think there's too much compromising to get there.
但是我们也认为，为了实现这一点，妥协的地方实在是太多了,c9^Kx[4YT。
Too much compromising on thickness, too much compromising on less than a full size display, less than a full size keyboard,
厚度上做了太多妥协，显示器的尺寸上做了太多的妥协，键盘的尺寸上做了太多的妥协，
and we think you could put even more performance in one of these products.
还有，我们认为可以在这些产品的性能上投入更多dMz#9]2z|[T_pR0oO3A。