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This laptop is ideal for travel due to its light weight form and it is not heavy like other Apple models like Mac book Pro or Power book 170.
Features: It has been designed carefully for ultra portability weighing only 2.8 lbs. It has an Intel core processor and is priced 1300 dollars. (base price)
Air 13 is Ultra slim but not rich
Anyone who first sees this laptop will surely be impressed, by its ultra slim beauty. The functions are quite good and silent. You can switch it on in just 10 seconds because of the SSD software. You will literally find no difference at all between this model and a traditional desktop. While comparing it on the aspect of performance Air 13 is little low.
The Air 13 has extended battery life for about six hours if you use it stringently. Hence you can conveniently play non stop game when you are traveling from New York to Los Angels in Air 13. Its speed is very impressive for this range of size and processor.
You will openly admit that this Air 13 is the thinnest piece of laptop if you happen to take this on your hand.
It contains 2 USB ports, with one port on each of its side. However, it does not contain Ethernet port and FireWire. It also has a web camera in built, a headphone and a microphone jack. And remember this; it does not include an optical drive which may upset the DVD users.
It does not have more storage
Mac book models of laptop with 11 inches have only 64 GB storage capacity, and its 13 inch sized laptop have 128 GB which may not be enough for many users. In this model, you do not have more storage and hence you cannot do any big task. Hence, this Air 13 is ideal for watching videos and browsing net.
For whom Air 13 is most suited
If you prefer only Mac book but with less weight then this is for you. This is not suited for browsers who do hours of surfing relaxing on the couch. It can be an alternative for Mac book Pro if you are going to use only for watching movie and viewing photos.
You have to pay more if you want more storage. Hence, I paid $1800 for 256GB storage with 4GB drive for memory for buying a Sony model. So, it cannot be liberally used as a laptop full time. It has to be preserved for some special occasions only.
Good: Extremely thin body makes this laptop well suited for your travel. The quality of contrast is very good and it has an extended battery life.
Bad: This model is not suited for high powered jobs. It does not have an optical drive and has only 2 USB panels in it.
Conclusion
This model of Air 13 from Mac book is meant only for persons who give more preference to light weight than any other thing.
I like the solid aluminum feel.
Appreciate the review–takes lots of time and care to do such a thing well, as you have done.
Have a question, though! You wrote
“This is not suited for browsers who do hours of surfing relaxing on the couch.”
I was wondering why not! The Air must run cool, no laptop burn (!), light to schlep around the house, relax on the sofa, etc. Maybe you were thinking that an iPad would be even better?!
I wouldnt trust an anyonymous review, but I can see why they didn’t put their name.
Don’t let ‘Guest’ write any more ‘reviews’ until he/she gets a proofreader. (‘No optical Drive included’ and ‘no optical drive supported’ are two completely different things in English).
Also, using stock photos and/or photos of a previous years model doesn’t lend credibility where it is already lacking (The Air is not good for couch-surfing? Why? What does a $1800 Sony have to do with this review?)
You state that the Macbook Air “does not support optical drive”.
Perhaps you meant that it doesn’t “contain” an internal DVD optical drive. That is certainly true, and is partially accountable for the Air’s superior quietness, thinness, lightness, reliability, and high battery capacity.
But the Macbook Air certainly does support the use of optical drives. Apple itself sells a $79 super slim USB optical drive specifically for use with the Macbook Air. Apple also provides software that allows the Air share the optical drive of any Mac or PC on your network as if it were internal. These options are sufficient for many use cases.
Corrected!
this is very incorrect review.
the author of this review has got all his facts wrong !!
“This is not good for couch web-surfing”
infact thats excatly what is perfect for.
Typically I don’t spend time correcting mistakes on random reviews, but since this was one of the first results on Google…..
“it is not heavy like other Apple models like Mac book Pro or Power book 170”
The powerbook 170 is 19 years old and cost almost $5000. Not sure where this comparison came from.
“You can switch it on in just 10 seconds because of the SSD software”
SSD means solid state drive. Solid state drive software doesn’t make much sense.
“The functions are quite good and silent.”
what?
“You will literally find no difference at all between this model and a traditional desktop. While comparing it on the aspect of performance Air 13 is little low”
So is there no difference, or is the MBA’s performance a little low?
“you do not have more storage and hence you cannot do any big task.”
again, what?
“hence, this Air 13 is ideal for watching videos”
the MBA doesn’t have enough HD space to do any “big task” yet you should put some of the biggest files you can find on it?
“This is not suited for browsers who do hours of surfing relaxing on the couch.”
Since so many people have already commented on the fact that this makes absolutely no sense, I won’t have to.
“You have to pay more if you want more storage.”
Yes. In fact, replace storage with any other word and this still holds true.
“Hence, I paid $1800 for 256GB storage with 4GB drive for memory for buying a Sony model”
I’m going to assume that 4GB drive actually means 4GB of RAM. What does the Sony model have to do with this?
“So, it cannot be liberally used as a laptop full time. It has to be preserved for some special occasions only”
Those special occasions being what? Surfing the web and watching videos?
I also won’t point out all the grammar and spelling errors, since the author clearly doesn’t need to use English very often.
I don’t mean to be a dick (yet I was!) but how did this get published?
What a BS review.
I am a heavy user that is always on the move. The MBA 13″ is extremely fast, lightweight and flips on in a beep. For people like me, consultant, always on and on the road most of the time this is the ideal computer.