Apple today announced its new MacBook Air line to begin shipping in November. The wireless notbooks now include new NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics and a faster architecture to provide robust support for 3D games and enhanced performance.

Starting at $1799.00, the new 1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Air now comes with a 120 Gb 4200 rpm hard drive, a 50 percent increase from the previous generation, or a new 128GB solid state drive.

For $2499.00, you get a 1.86 GHz Core 2 Duo processor and the 128 Gb solid state drive.

The solid state drive is a Flash memory storage device with no moving parts, providing faster, more reliable access.

Apple’s MacBook Air is world’s thinnest notebook computer. Measuring just 0.16 inches at its thinnest point with a maximum height of 0.76-inches (smaller than the thinnest point on competing notebooks), the MacBook Air has a 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, a full-size backlit keyboard, built-in iSight video camera, and a full-size trackpad with multi-touch gesture support (pinch, rotate and swipe).

There is no integrated optical drive inside the MacBook Air, however a companion MacBook Air SuperDrive is available for $99. The MacBook Air SuperDrive is a compact external slot-loading 8x SuperDrive drive designed for specifically for the MacBook Air. It is powered directly by MacBook Air’s USB 2.0 port, eliminating the need to carry a separate power supply.

MacBook Air delivers up to five hours of battery life for wireless productivity and includes AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi networking, and Bluetooth 2.1.

Note: this is designed as a completely wireless device, hence no built-in Ethernet port. A USB Ethernet adapter is available for $29.00.