Size mattersĪs already noted, the display on the 11-inch Air is small.
While one could argue that it's time for Apple to upgrade the screen, it does the job, looks good enough, and affords such incredible battery life that I'm willing to live with it. I found that it was one of the more pleasant non-Retina glossy screens I’ve used, especially considering its size and (relative lack of) resolution, at 1366 x 768, or 135 pixels per inch (PPI). That said, taken on its own merits, it’s still a good screen, with decent viewing angles and very nice colors. I made the mistake of checking out the MacBook Air next to the MacBook Pro Retina in a store, and the small non-Retina screen looked, frankly, terrible in comparison. The new Haswell CPU offers superb battery life This means that the new MacBook Air should prove more capable for graphically-intensive tasks than previous Air models. Haswell also brings improved graphics performance – up to 40 percent improved according to Apple – thanks to the Intel HD 5000 graphics chip that's integrated into the CPU. Indeed, in my own completely unscientific tests, I even managed to exceed this with careful light use.įor the first time, the 11-inch Air offers the ability to do a full day's work without recharging, and this is a huge boon in its favor. Whereas we could expect roughly five hours or so of battery life from the 2012 11-inch Air, the 2013 model boasts a reported nine hours. The new generation of MacBook Air is Apple's first computer to feature Haswell, Intel's latest CPU, and the little slab of silicon brings some significant improvements to the table. One welcome change is that the base model Air (both sizes) now comes with a minimum 128 GB SSD, rather than the previous 64 GB, and the 11-inch model starts at US$999. Indeed, besides the minuscule addition of an extra microphone hole on the 2013 Air’s left-hand side, it’s otherwise essentially the same computer, physically, as the 20 models. It's still a stunning laptop, so one can't fault Apple for leaving the styling alone. The 11-inch MacBook Air still weighs 2.38 lb (1.08 kg), measures 11.8 x 7.56 x 0.11 to 0.68 inches (300 x 192 x 3 to 17 mm), and is primarily constructed from aluminum. The 2013 iteration of the MacBook Air 11-inch is almost identical to its predecessor, except for the addition of another microphone hole
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