Apple MacBook Air - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Before you've even laid eyes on the MacBook Air, the very process of extricating it from its packaging frustrates and excites in a way that few technology purchases can. In typical Apple fashion, every detail has been considered, right down to stage ...

Verdict: Gorgeous, expensive and exasperating in equal measure, and yet still desirable despite its myriad faults

Review summary: For those of you who have been living in a cave for the last month, the MacBook Air is Apple's newest 13.3

Review summary: Apple's new laptop, the MacBook Air, may not be a true ultraportable, but it still easily breaks new ground for small laptops. At just 19mm at its thickest part, Apple's so-called 'world's thinnest notebook' includes most of the usual MacBook features ...

Pros: Incredibly thin yet surprisingly sturdy ; new touchpad gesture controls are very useful ; remote optical drive makes living without a built-in drive much easier

Cons: Very limited connectivity ; slower than other MacBooks ; SSD hard-drive option is ridiculously expensive and standard hard drive is small ; battery is not replaceable

Verdict: The design is revolutionary, but Apple's MacBook Air will appeal to a smaller, more specialised audience than the standard MacBook, thanks to a stripped-down set of connections and features

Review summary: MacBook Air is nearly as thin as your index finger. Practically every detail that could be streamlined has been. Yet it still has a 13.3-inch widescreen LED display, full-size keyboard, and large...

Review summary: Apple has released what has to be the thinnest notebook ever -- the MacBook Air.

Pros: Incredibly thin yet surprisingly sturdy ; New trackpad gesture controls are very useful ; Remote optical drive makes living without a built-in drive much easier

Cons: Very limited connectivity ; Slower than other MacBooks ; SSD hard-drive option is ridiculously expensive and standard hard drive is small ; Battery is not user replaceable

Verdict: We're still not fans of Apple's nearly obligatory extended warranty upsell (so much so that we've simply copied this complaint from our last MacBook review). The default warranty for the MacBook is one year of coverage for parts and labour, but toll ...