Review: MacBook Air

By Kane Fulton

Introduction

The arrival of Apple’s 12-inch MacBook earlier last year marked the beginning of the end for its MacBook Air lineup. At least, that’s what people said at the time.

The new MacBook is more portable, lighter, has a gorgeous high-resolution display and can go for almost as long as the Air on a single charge. Who would pick a machine stuck in the past over a laptop from the future?

As it turns out, the future’s not all it’s cracked up to be. The new MacBook’s inconvenient USB Type-C port, controversial keyboard and moderately powerful Intel Core M chip have proved a compromise too many for some people.

Now that Apple has refreshed its 11- and 13-inch MacBook Air models with Intel’s fifth-generation Broadwell processors, Intel HD Graphics 6000 and Thunderbolt 2, they’re suddenly looking much more appealing, even if it’s business as usual on the outside.

Recent developments

Though rumors suggest the MacBook Air could be eliminated altogether, we’re not convinced. The MacBook Air 2016 has been all but confirmed at this point, alongside a more glamorous set of MacBook Pro 2016 models. At Apple’s September 7 event, we hope we’ll see – …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac