With the 2018 MacBook Air, their wish has been granted: It ships with a stunning 13.3-inch LED-backlit IPS panel with a resolution of 2560 x 1600, good for 227 pixels per inch (PPI). In the interest of thinness, that’s just a reflective silver now.įaithful MacBook Air owners have been clamoring for Apple to add a Retina-class display to their favorite laptop for years. The only thing I miss, really, is the light-up Apple logo on the outside of the display lid. The new MacBook Air is an improvement over the previous version in virtually every way. It’s competent, not world-changing.Īnd that’s fine. And it retains the basic look and feel of its predecessor. It has the same look, feel, and quality as the smaller MacBook and the larger MacBook Pro. And where the previous MacBook Air was an instant classic, the new one is simply yet another thin and light laptop in a market overflowing with such devices. The only thing problematic from a design perspective is that the needle has moved considerably over the past 8 years. And the hinge mechanism is smooth and effort-free you can easily position the display where you want it and make tiny adjustments as needed. The bottom of the display rotates down below the back of the keyboard deck as it opens, helping reduce its height. The display lid opens smoothly with a single finger, and there’s a little cutout in the middle bottom of the keyboard deck, as on the previous Air, so that your finger automatically moves to the correct location. previous-generation design (bottom)Īpple quality is readily apparent everywhere. And it’s available in three colors: Silver, the Space Gray I chose, and Gold. It’s made of 100 percent recycled aluminum, not that anyone will notice the difference. And while the new MacBook Air is a bit thinner and lighter than the previous version, it is considerably smaller and will thus take up much less space in a bag. We may never know why Apple took so long to update that product-my money is on Intel continually missing its ship dates for more efficient mobile chipsets-but it was clear that the next version would need to retain the tapered, wedge-shaped design of its predecessor to be considered a MacBook Air. Can it succeed in a crowded market of excellent competitors?Īpple released its second-generation MacBook Air in 2010, and the design was instantly iconic, triggering several years of PC copycats. The new MacBook Air arrives several years after its trend-setting predecessor.
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