One small thing is the way the computer is instant-on, something we’re used to from phones and tablets but not so much from computers. This is the same experience every time you switch to a new iPhone with the latest processor - everything seems preposterously fast and responsive.īut the increase here is so extreme it catches you every time. If you’ve ever found yourself shouting, “This laptop is so slow,” (and if you say you haven’t, who are you kidding?) the MacBook Air will be a pleasant surprise. But when you get to more demanding stuff, like editing video in iMovie or working in GarageBand, there’s still nothing that will make it dawdle. Of course, for day-to-day actions like typing emails, browsing the web, watching a movie, it’s always been fast. The processor is the headline development in this laptop, of course, and it certainly lives up to expectations. The move to M1 is one Apple has made decisively: the MacBook Air is only available with the new M1 processor in it – you can no longer buy any version of the MacBook Air with an Intel processor, it’s Apple Silicon all the way. Apple Apple MacBook Air 2020 Review: M1 only The new MacBook Air with M1 chip in gold-colored finish. The neural engine in M1 is pretty potent, as is the Image Signal Processor and between them they account for a notable uptick in image quality. Since the latest iMac 27in has upgraded this to 1080P and since, by the bye, Apple made a big deal at launch of how the new laptop has better battery life even for video-conferencing, a higher-res sensor would have been good. One thing that hasn’t changed is the resolution of the FaceTime HD camera, it’s still 720P. MORE FROM FORBES Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max Review: Size Matters By David Phelan Apple MacBook Air 2020 Review: Video-conferencing The colors are the regular space gray (still cool), silver (the classic) and gold which is still packs a peachy punch. Wouldn’t it have been great if there’d been a different color so absolutely everyone would unequivocally know you had the brand-new MacBook Air? Or am I being superficial? The only design trick I think Apple has missed is the color. It also remains impossibly light: it weighs 2.8 pounds, 1.29kg, so a bit less than the 3.0 pounds, 1.4kg, of the 13in MacBook Pro.
But that tapering edge is so appealing and makes the laptop look impossibly thin. It still feels impossibly thin, though, it’s true, at its thickest it is slightly bigger than the MacBook Pro. So, maybe Apple felt it wanted to concentrate the changes on the inside this time around.Īs it happens, the MacBook Air design is pretty cool, so there’s no harm in sticking with it. The same can’t be said for the MacBook Pro 13in, the other laptop to gain the M1 chip this month and which has had the current design for a bit longer. That’s a design which was very widely welcomed, so it may have thought a change wasn’t needed yet.
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