If you're looking to replace an older Mac and you've never used a higher-resolution display, you might be OK with the Air's screen, which is adequately bright and displays accurate colors even in the fluorescent-lit PC Labs. The Microsoft Surface Laptop ($799.98 at Amazon) (Opens in a new window) has an even better screen, with a resolution of 2,256 by 1,504. The HP Spectre has a full HD (1,920 by 1,080) display, which is the minimum we now expect from high-end ultraportables. Its 1,440-by-900 resolution remains unchanged from the previous version (we're starting to sense a pattern here), which means that it's woefully fuzzy compared with competing screens. The 11-inch MacBook Air is no longer available, so you're left with the 13.3-inch screen as your only option. The glass trackpad, meanwhile, is decidedly inferior to those on the newer Mac laptops, lacking both their enormous size and Force Touch capabilities. They're backlit and they have significantly greater travel than those on the newer Apple keyboards, but at the expense of much less stability. If you're not a fan of the new ultra-low-profile keyboards on the MacBook and the MacBook Pro, for instance, the Air is now your only macOS-based option for picking up a more conventional set of keys. the March of Timeįeatures that prospective Mac buyers took for granted a few years ago, such as an island-style keyboard, a MagSafe power cord, and a backlit Apple logo are now found only on the MacBook Air ($999.00 at Amazon) (Opens in a new window). But you can get a better value by stepping up to the Editors' Choice 13-inch MacBook Pro, or with a similarly priced Windows competitor if you're not wedded to macOS. Luckily for them, it remains the excellent ultraportable that it was nearly 10 years ago. Updates to the Air have stalled, though, with the only upgrade in this version being a slightly faster but still outdated 1.8GHz Intel Core i5 CPU, suggesting that Apple is only keeping the Air around to appeal to students and bargain hunters. Since then, the Air has inspired many Windows competitors, giving rise to the red-hot ultraportable category of laptops. While notable design changes have come to the MacBook and MacBook Pro in recent years, the 2017 iteration of the MacBook Air ($999) appears very similar to the 2008 original. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.

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