More carbon fiber on the MacBook Air?

After proudly announcing the MacBook Air as the thinnest notebook in the world (or almost), Apple seems to be working in order to make it also the lightest one, thanks to the use of carbon fiber in some of its structural components.

Initially used as airspace technology, the carbon fiber has been more and more used, from bikes to planes, and recently it started making its way to the computer world as well. More specifically, it would seem that Apple has intentions of keeping the Unibody in alluminum for the upper part of the laptop, while the lower part would be entirely converted into carbo fiber.

The change would slightly raise production costs, but it would also take away 100gr from the notebook. The weight would go from 1.363kg to 1.263kg. Considering that 35% of the MacBook Air’s weight comes from the battery and the LCD display, and that the ensemble of mother board, hard disk and hard disk support adds 10%, it seems evident that there are margins for improvement as well.

According to AppleInsider, the development process should be in a rather advanced state, so much that users could see a carbon fiber-based MacBook Air on 2009 already.