Apple MacBook Air - 1.4GHz DC 2GB 128GB 11.6"

For

• Flash storage
• Great new graphics chipset
• Enhanced battery life
• 30-day standby mode
• High-resolution screen

Pros

• Very slim and light
• Large multitouch touchpad
• Shell nicely finished
• HD-Ready screen (1366 x 768)

Cons

• Glossy panel
• Very reduced interface connectivity

Pros:

• Amazingly thin and light design
• Wakes instantly from sleep, boots very fast
• Comfortable keyboard and large gesture-friendly touchpad
• Webcam makes FaceTime calls
• Surprisingly strong speakers
• Good battery life

Cons:

• No SD Card slot
• Keyboard not backlit
• Lid sometimes falls back
• Competing ultraportables have faster CPUs

plus
Very slim and light
Large multitouch touchpad
Shell nicely finished
HD-Ready screen (1366 x 768)

minus
Glossy panel
Very reduced interface connectivity

Workmanship
Keyboard
Mouse
Connectivity
Weight
Battery
Display
Games Performance
Application Performance
Temperature
Noise
Average

Extremely thin and light
Exceptional manufacturing quality
Robust and high quality aluminum case
Exceptional input devices
Quiet with a low load
Graphics performance
Few interfaces
No UMTS
Few and difficult to access upgrade possibilities
No backlit keyboard

The 11in MacBook Air is an impressively slender, lightweight laptop with a large, comfortable keyboard, a bright screen and long battery life. If you can afford it, it’s a good choice if you want an ultra-portable laptop that’s more capable than a netbook. However, the 13in MacBook Air remains our favourite ultra-portable laptop. Although it’s more expensive and is a bit bigger and heavier, it has the benefit of a higher resolution screen, a bigger SSD, faster applications performance and dramatically longer battery life.