#MACBOOK AIR VERSIONS PRO#
Its Geekbench 5 scores of 1732 in single-core and 7556 in multi-core give you an idea of what to expect: that is as fast for single-core performance as laptops get, and for multi-core performance it's stronger than the 16-inch MacBook Pro that costs more than twice as much. Actually, it's screamingly fast for almost any laptop. The new MacBook Air is screamingly fast for a mid-price, lightweight machine. (Image credit: Future) Apple MacBook Air (M1, 2020) review: Performance
The MacBook Air gets warm, but not excessively hot – it's noticeably cooler than almost any laptop we've tried, including the previous MacBook Air in particular. Fanless laptops have been few and far between, but they're really nice – no hot air slowly cooking your lap, and no noise, even when you do something that turns out to be surprisingly intensive, like open Slack or watch a YouTube video. The other design change is here is that there's no fan any more inside. Two more ports here (even if they were USB-C again) would be useful, since it'd mean you could plug the power in on both sides, and also just makes it possible to plug in more accessories. On the other side, you've got a 3.5mm headphone jack, and that's it. These adapters aren't too expensive, but it's just a little extra hassle. Not everyone will have a problem with it, since so much is done online these days, but it means you'll need to buy an adapter for uploading photos from a camera's SD card, say, or even to connect a standard USB plug on a printer or thumb drive. They're pretty overkill for the average user, though, and only having two ports can potentially be limiting. For connectivity, this makes them stunningly fast for hooking up external drives, and they can output video to external screens up to 6K resolution. On the left-hand side, you have two USB-C ports that actually pull triple duty: they're also Thunderbolt 4 ports and power ports. There's a fingerprint sensor that doubles as a power key, which works well and is convenient. The trackpad is large, easy to use and responds perfectly. The keyboard is the new Magic Keyboard Apple uses on all its machines, and it feels great – comfortable, with good feedback and a nice amount of travel. It's available in the same three colours that it has been recently: gold, space grey and silver.
There are almost no joins, and it's totally sturdy. It has the tough aluminium build and impeccable fit and finish we expect from Apple's laptops. It has the iconic tapered design that makes it lower volume than the MacBook Pro, even though they're about the same depth at the thickest point. (Image credit: Future) Apple MacBook Air (M1, 2020) review: Design & buildĪpple hasn't changed the design of the MacBook Air externally at all for this new version. The MacBook Air (M1 2020) was released on November 17th 2020, and starts from £999/$999/AU$1,599 for its base model, which gets you an eight-core Apple M1 processor, a seven-core Apple GPU, 8GB of integrated RAM and 256GB of storage.
The M1 chip has brought that suspicion to life, a massive step forward for computing- this is simply one of the best laptops available, and will definitely be the best lightweight laptop for most people.
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