“Apple’s latest MacBook Air may look virtually identical to the previous model, but it’s under the hood that most of its improvements lie,” Ross Catanzariti reports for ARN. “Faster Intel Core i5 and optional Core i7 processors gives Apple’s ultra portable notebook a huge performance boost.”
“Like the MacBook Pro, the Air is made from a ‘precision aluminium unibody enclosure’ crafted from a single block of aluminum,” Catanzariti reports. “The result is a lightweight notebook that feels well constructed despite its tiny footprint. Particularly impressive is the screen, which exhibits minimal flex when twisted, and the sturdy feeling hinge.”
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Catanzariti reports, “Our review model was the top of the range 13in model, which comes with 4GB RAM, an Intel HD Graphics processor with 384MB of memory and a 256GB SSD hard drive. The SSD makes the Air a speedy machine, with Apple’s “instant on” feature particularly impressive. While it is not exactly instant, the Air wakes up from sleep in less than three seconds, and boots up from power-off in just over 10, giving it immense appeal as a grab-and-go computing device.”
Read more in the full review here.