How to convert MacBook Air to an iMac?

In this post I will discuss how the MacBook Air to use as a desktop at home. There is no doubt that if you enter into an Apple Store is the most attractive piece of hardware will be their desk called the iMac 27 "beautiful screen running OS Lion. It integrates CPU and optical drive, 27" LED-backlit IPS (In Plane Switching) LCD panel. It is so tempting that you want to get to your room and are ready to forget and relearn a new Windows OS, Lion. But soon you will realize that the iMac is not portable, you need another system while traveling, or an iPhone or a laptop computer.

As we have already seen in last week's article is somewhat better than the MacBook Air as a travel companion if you're serious about creating iPhone content to otherwise meet your needs. But the MacBook Air lacks a large display, large storage space and some of the interface ports (Firewire, HDMI) you want when you want to use it as a desktop at home. Fortunately, Apple has offered us a solution to this by launching 27 "Wide Screen display of thunder.

To convert your MacBook Air to a powerful desktop use the following.
Apple 27 "Thunderbolt Wide screen (resolution of 2560 X 1440)
2TB / 3 TB Mac Hard Disk Companion (ex: Iomega) or equivalent.
Mac SuperDrive (optional)

Apple 27 "Thunderbolt monitor comes with 3 USB ports, 1 Gig Ethernet port, a FireWire 800-port, a Thunderbolt port with a cable that Thunderbolt port on your MacBook Air, MagSafe power port can connect to power it. You can use the cable with MagSafe MacBook Air comes into the travel bag.

You can create a 2 TB external hard drive (ex: Iomega Mac Companion), which fits perfectly into the bottom of the screen. Mac Companion has two FireWire 800-ports for connecting to the Thunderbolt's FireWire port and display it also acts as a USB 2.0-hub where you can even charge your iPhone. So this is a great solution that you can use your MacBook Air to the big screen and save all the requirements for a powerful desktop to get.

With this package you can use your MacBook Air as a desktop at home and take it with you wherever you travel. If you want all the files that you can stop and carry on the same hard drive that connects to your MacBook Air via the USB port, a slower rate compared to FireWire 800 If you want an optical drive, an external SuperDrive adds Apple ($ 79 / -). An optional Apple keyboard and Magic Touch Pad to add. So in a way that meets the need for a powerful desktop and a very light laptop. For those who need even higher performance can look into adding a flash storage available on the market, but expensive.

Apple uses unibody construction for their latest products offer many advantages over the other. Unibody construction is made of Aero-and automotive industry for a long time, and Apple borrowed these ideas in the computer industry with the 2008-version of the MacBook Air. It uses lightweight aluminum with a hard shell to the rest of the electronics problems. A peek into the next Mac mini gives an idea of ​​unibody construction.