Of course, that’s not to say the old touchpad is terrible it’s still incredibly responsive and a match for even the best touchpads on Windows-based laptops. The Air’s trackpad is the same as before, too, which sadly doesn’t include Apple’s recent pressure-sensitive Force Touch tech – which was first introduced in the 2015 MacBook. As always, Apple has managed to provide one of the best laptop keyboards there is it’s comfortable to type on for long periods at a time, and at speed. Keyboard responsiveness is top notch and there’s a reasonable amount of travel here, too. The keyboard itself is also largely unchanged, sticking with the same black, island-style keys as before. That said, it would have been nice to see the inclusion of the butterfly-switch keys found in the latest MacBook Pro. The tapered edges help make the front end just a couple of millimetres thick, resulting in a genuinely attractive and impressive piece of kit. This is a laptop that’s designed to take up as little space as possible, and once again, Apple succeeds. The aluminium shell is as light (1.4kg) and as thin (17mm) as ever, and is a large part of what makes the MacBook Air such a desirable laptop. Unsurprisingly, there's no change in the chassis design here, and it's the one piece of consistency we can't exactly complain about. Lastly, there’s the bog-standard MacBook, which for an extra £300 offers a faster dual-core 7th-generation Intel Core m3 processor, IntelHD Graphics 615, and double the storage at 256GB SSD.īuy the MacBook Air now from John Lewis Apple MacBook Air review: Design It’s lighter, has a faster Intel Kaby Lake CPU, and serves as a great macOS alternative for those not sure about making the switch to Apple’s Operating System.
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At £999 it’s only £50 more than the £949 MacBook Air – It’s fitted with a cracking bezel-less Full HD display and its eighth-generation Intel CPU is three generations ahead of the current MacBook Air.Īlso in the running is the Asus ZenBook 3, a feisty Windows-10-equipped laptop which, at £955, poses a serious threat to the MacBook Air. Most dangerous of all is the Dell XPS 13, our current ultraportable favourite. But, there are now more sharks in the water than ever before. Refurbished iPad 2022: Everything you need to know before buying a refurbished Apple tabletĪ few years ago, the MacBook Air was the biggest fish in the pond when it came to £1,000 laptops. MacBook Air review: Price and competition The most recent change arrived in 2017 and, as usual, very little was altered. Upgrades have been few and far between, as Apple occasionally upgraded the MacBook Air’s processors, display resolution and the touchpad. It’s a pretty iconic piece of kit: thin, light, silver all over, and light as you like, the MacBook Air is Apple’s cheapest laptop. For a time it was once the most sought after laptop on the market, but the MacBook Air hasn’t changed that much since. If you’ve been in literally any coffee shop or university library in the past, oh, ten years, then you’re already familiar with the MacBook Air. READ NEXT: MacBook Pro 2017 review MacBook Air review: What you need to know Meanwhile, there's no mention of a MacBook Air upgrade, so it seems as though Apple is content to leave it in the dust. To make things worse for the Air, Apple has just released two brand new MacBook Pro 2018 upgrades, a 13in and a 15in model, and there are some pretty significant spec overhauls. Internally, there’s even less to talk about rather than fitting it with a seventh generation Kaby Lake processor, Apple has swapped out one fifth-gen Broadwell Intel model for another, meaning the latest MacBook Air is three generations behind its fellow MacBook siblings. Arriving just before its tenth anniversary, the most recent “upgrade” is the 2017 MacBook Air.Įxternally, very little has changed. In the decade since its introduction, it hasn’t changed a whole lot, but it’s always been one of the most desirable laptops on the market – showing up in coffee shops around the globe. In early 2018, the MacBook Air celebrated its tenth birthday.
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