maclife.com Updated: 2015-09-11 13:29:18
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With Intel's latest chips promising big improvements in battery life rather than performance, and delivering them in the case of the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro, we had high hopes that the large MacBook Air was about to become an almost inexhaustible work...
Faster storage. Fantastic battery life.
NonRetina screen. Lack of power...
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New inner values. Apple's new MacBook Air 13 is even faster as previously. But, not only the performance is a positive aspect. However, the flaws of the previous generations were unfortunately hardly improved...
build quality, system noise during normal use, system performance, battery life...
Maintenance, TN panel, 12 months warranty...
Apple MacBook Air 13 2015. Test model provided by Notebooksbilliger.deOnce again Apple offers a great and high-end product with the small update. The weaknesses already known from previous models like the TN panel with modest viewing angles were not impro...
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Now that there's a new ultra portable laptop in town in the form of the 12-inch MacBook, what's the deal with the MacBook Air? It's still an active part of Apple's lineup, and in case you missed it, was updated on the day the 12-inch MacBook was announced...
The MacBook Air marches on as a solid, lightweight laptop with enough performance for a large number of users to serve both on the road and on an office desk. They might suffer from a case of feature envy, but more features would surely result in higher...
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The 13-inch MacBook Air essentially forced competitors to create an entirely new class of laptop, but this venerable ultraportable hasn't received much love from Apple in the past few years. While the latest Air sports a faster new 5th-generation Core pro...
Excellent battery life, Strong overall performance, Blazing flash storage, Comfortable keyboard...
Design could use update, Lower-res display than competitors...
While we wish it had a better display, the 2015 MacBook Air is superfast and lasts longer on a charge than any other ultraportable today...
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The current design of the MacBook Air was a big deal when it was unveiled back in 2010. Its construction and design were a major improvement over previous Airs, it was Apple's first Mac to go with solid-state storage across the lineup, and it came with a...
Internal specs are still top-of-the-line for this price, size, and weight class—PC OEMs aren't going to give you this faster GPU, either, High-quality construction, We didn't talk about it much, but this is doubly true of the 11-inch model. PC OEMs are tu...
A design that stood out for its portability in 2010 is merely average in 2015...
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If you're an Apple fan, then the 13-inch MacBook Air is a no brainer. The lightest of the laptops we tested, this stylish system doesn't scrimp when it comes to performance, boasting the third highest scores in our test, along with good file transfer spee...
Consumer testers thought the laptop was easy to use, Thin and light, Great performance, Quick startup times, Great for viewing from many angles, Excellent battery life, Doesn't get too warm during operation and charging, Quiet, Good tech support...
Hard to turn wireless on and off, Poor video quality, Difficult to run intensive programs on, Expensive...
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Apple's minimalist laptop uses creative solutions to cover up its shortcomings.In the last two-to-three years, that gap has narrowed substantially. The Air has become more powerful and less compromised, while the Pro has slimmed down and dumped features l...
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The MacBook Air's battery life is legendary. Colleagues who drive MacBook Airs claim they can get all-day battery life, and that no similarly sized PC can do the same. But now we have a real contender: The Dell XPS 13. Time to test those claims.Before we...
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Apple's MacBook Air has been upgraded, not only with Intel's latest 4th-Generation Core (Haswell) processor and its improved integrated graphics, but also with faster flash storage and next-generation 802.11ac Wi-Fi. The 22nm Haswell-architecture processo...
Idle = system idling at the Mac OS X desktop with WiFi on; Load = running the GeekBench benchmark; 25%, 50%, 100% = screen brightness settings, Our results suggest that, with a middling screen brightness setting and the system dividing its time between id...
Although it looks much the same as the 2012 model on the outside, the 2013 13-inch MacBook Air has enough internal improvements to make it one of the most desirable ultraportable notebooks on the market — if not the most desirable. It may lack an ultra-hi...
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computershopper.com Updated: 2015-11-08 07:50:07
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Yet Apple's thin and light 13.3-inch MacBook Air is still going strong. It's outlived almost all of the Windows ultrabooks created to compete with it, Intel having long since moved its marketing dollars from ultrabooks to 2-in-1's. It's even outlived its...
As slim and light as ever, Superb keyboard and touch pad, Good performance, Outstanding battery life...
No longer the slimmest and lightest ultraportable, Screen stuck at low 1,440x900 resolution, No HDMI port ($35 dongle available)...
There's no denying it, the MacBook Air is showing its age. It's also showing itself as a remarkably capable, attractive ultraportable at any age. Read More…...
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