MacBook Pros with Retina displays start at $ 1,499,
while MacBook Airs start at $ 999.
The Dell XPS 13 does have a much nicer 1920 × 1080 display
while the MacBook Air only offers a 1440 × 900 display.
The Yoga 720 measures 0.6 by 12.2 by 8.4 inches (HWD),
while the MacBook Air (a 13 - inch design that was breathtakingly thin when it was introduced nearly 10 years ago) is 0.68 by 12.8 by 8.94 inches.
Not exact matches
While several very good notebooks launched in the last year, there wasn't One True Laptop you could point to and say «this is the best machine for most people» the way you could about the
MacBook Air years ago.
For a
while, there have been only two real objects of ultra-lust: Dell's Adamo and — the gizmo that really got everyone salivating — Apple's $ 1,500
MacBook Air.
More specifically, the whole thing looks very much like a
MacBook Air, but,
while it's not that nice, there are certainly worse laptops to take after.
The $ 4,999 iMac Pro is aimed at video editors and virtual reality game developers,
while the iMac,
MacBook Pro and
MacBook Air lineups get new Intel processors.
It has to be wide enough to carry my 17 ″ laptop (which I love for the screen size, but I always wish I settled on the
MacBook Air while lugging my heavy laptop through security).
High school students received
MacBook Air laptops
while middle and elementary school students received iPad 4 devices.
However,
while this can be expected, what has come as a surprise is the rise in sales of Chromebooks that has now outstripped that of the
MacBook Air by five to one.
The
MacBook Air introduced a decade ago has largely stuck to its original form factor and has only received updates in the form of faster processor
while laptops from rival camps have gotten faster processors and better display at even cheaper price point.
While this beats the IdeaPad Yoga 11S (11), it falls just behind the 11 - inch
MacBook Air (22).
The Apple iPad
Air 2, a 9.7 - inch tablet that does not run a full PC OS, is slimmer at 9.4 by 6.6 by 0.24 inches,
while the Apple
MacBook Air 13 - inch, a full laptop, is 0.68 by 12.8 by 8.94 inches and 2.96 pounds.
While the price of the tablet and Type Cover together is $ 300 more than the list price of the 13 - inch Apple
MacBook Air, the Surface Pro 4 does give you tablet functionality and a touch screen with a higher resolution.
While that runtime is well below the
MacBook Air's time of 8:10 and a few minutes shy of the UX31A (6:28), it's still far better than the Lenovo IdeaPad U310 (5:19) and the Sony VAIO T13 (5:05).
The
MacBook Air came in a distant second at 322 nits,
while the Surface Pro 3 and Portege Z10t registered 298 and 231 nits, respectively.
I tested 128 GB Wi - Fi + LTE model, which sells for a pricey $ 729 and,
while it's nice, I'd rather buy an 11 - inch
MacBook Air instead with that money.
Must work on a
MacBook Air (which loved FTL but spun its fans like crazy
while playing Sim City 2000).
All variants of the 13.3 - inch
MacBook Air feature a display resolution of 1440 x 900,
while most competitors make due with 1366 x 768.
Apple's laptop keyboards have long ranked among the best in the industry, but
while the 13 - inch
MacBook Air still has fantastic keys, Apple's recent laptops — specifically, the 12 - inch
MacBook and the 2016 and later
MacBook Pro models — offer a new, extremely thin keyboard design that has earned mixed reviews.
While we have no numbers from Apple just yet, there will be plenty of festive shoppers pondering over whether they should go in for the older iPhone 6 instead of the ludicrously priced iPhone 6s models that cost more than Apple's
MacBook Air laptops.
All the
while, it weighs just 1.33 kg (2.93 pounds), which — as Huawei is keen to point out — is lighter than the
MacBook Air's 1.35 kg.
The new 15.6 - inch Mi Notebook Pro heads up Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi's Apple - aping range of laptops: the Mi Notebook
Air, which comes in 12.5 - inch and 13.3 - inch models, is pitched against the
MacBook and
MacBook Pro 13,
while the Mi Notebook Pro has the
MacBook Pro 15 in its sights.
Of course, Apple's notebook lineup includes the
MacBook,
MacBook Air, and
MacBook Pro,
while its desktop lineup includes the iMac and iMac Pro, Mac Pro, and aging Mac mini.In terms of notebooks, the
MacBook and
MacBook Pro are the most likely candidates for a refresh this year, as the
MacBook Air has not received any meaningful updates since March 2015, nearly three years ago, and it seems like Apple is only keeping it around for its $ 999 price tag at this point.
While the Samsung ATIV Book isn't any bigger than the 13 - inch
MacBook Air, it does have a slightly higher price tag.
Ahead of last Friday's launch of the new Retina
MacBook, we saw several early benchmarks for the entry - level notebook running a 1.1 GHz Intel Core M processor, putting CPU performance for the new machine roughly on par with the 2011
MacBook Air according to Geekbench.With the machines now available for purchase, we're starting to see Geekbench results for the mid-range 1.2 GHz processor, revealing a significant performance boost over the low - end chip for multi-core benchmarks, but less so for single - core testing.It will take a little
while for Geekbench results to firm up as the machines work through their early housekeeping tasks, but the best results we're seeing so far for the 1.2 GHz model are approaching 2600 on 64 - bit single - core tests and over 5300 on multi-core tests.
The 11 - inch
MacBook Air has been discontinued entirely, and
while Apple is still keeping two 13 - inch models available for purchase, we do not expect to see further substantial updates to the machines.
The new machine is 12 percent thinner than the
MacBook Air and takes up 13 percent less volume,
while offering more powerful internals and the same 3 pound weight.
Somehow, the company managed to make a 13 - inch
MacBook Pro that has 23 percent less volume and is 17 percent thinner than the previous model,
while the 15 - inch
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is 0.66 inches thick, matching a
MacBook Air.
The iPad
Air 2 will hang around for a
while, but it looks like Apple's ready to completely kill the «
Air» suffix from both the
MacBook and iPad product lines.
I'd only expect Apple to announce a price cut for the 13 - inch
MacBook Air and maybe throw in a processor refresh
while at it.
It's hard to say when it might see daylight if that's the case, but you can expect the 13 - incher to replace the existing entry - level
MacBook Air while sporting a higher - res screen.
The Bottom Line
While its sealed - case limitations will turn off power users, Apple's least expensive Mac delivers a solid OS X experience in a compact box with similar performance to the entry - level
MacBook Air and iMac models.
While its sealed - case limitations will turn off power users, Apple's least expensive Mac delivers a solid OS X experience in a compact box with similar performance to the entry - level
MacBook Air and iMac models.
The entry level Mac Mini,
while not especially powerful, has a unibody aluminum design and works about as well as a
MacBook Air laptop (the components are very similar), which is one of our favorite computers.
The new 15 - inch Pro weighs in at four pounds,
while the 13 - inch model weighs 3 pounds — the same as the 13 - inch
MacBook AIr.
While we know Apple won't be giving the
MacBook Pro a significant update in 2018, rumors have begun swirling around a new entry - level 13 - inch
MacBook in the works to take the place of the discontinued
MacBook Air.
And
while many consumers love the
MacBook Air for how light and thin it is, in comparison, the 13 - inch new
MacBook Pro is 12 percent thinner than the
Air, with both weighing the same at 3 pounds.
Prior to unveiling more details about the Apple Watch, Apple showed off arguably its most exciting new product in a
while: an ultra-thin 12 - inch
MacBook which bridges the gap between the
MacBook Air and the iPad
Air.
Again, this is all relative:
while this is much better than my three - and - a-half-year-old
MacBook Pro, it's still not as impressive as the battery life on a 13 - inch
MacBook Air.
While Apple, as expected, did unveil an ad - supported music - streaming feature called iTunes Radio, as well as a new
MacBook Air and an upgraded operating system for its Mac line of desktop and laptop computers, most of the two hours were devoted to multiple innovations in Apple's mobile operating system.