By Dan Frommer. From the 
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 8:49 am.
Apple updates the MacBook Air and Mac mini, dumps the plastic MacBook
Faster chips, Thunderbolt support, and a backlit keyboard on the MacBook Air. No more optical drive on the Mac mini, just like the Air. And a new 27-inch Thunderbolt display to go along with them.
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