The story of CES 2012: Catching up with Apple San Francisco Chronicle An Intel-based PC that strives to match the weight, thinness and power of the MacBook Air. Apple, incidentally, released its first Air in January 2008 and achieved the breakthrough design everyone's now mimicking - with solid state flash storage and ... Apple and other PC manufacturers square off in the super thin laptop segment.ma Apple at the Right Place Before the Right Time |