Apple MacBook Air - Expert Reviews

Review summary: 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.

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

Review summary: It's light, it's slim. But is it sexy enough for us to ignore the stripped-down feature set and high price tag?

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

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

Review summary: The MacBook Air is driving me insane. I want it like no other hardware. It's thin, yea, ok, we know this. And many power users have been bitching for more: 3G, bigger storage, more USB ports, and an internal drive. If you feel that way, this computer ...

Review summary: Macworld gets its hands on the MacBook Air, the world's thinnest laptop.

Verdict: We can't wait to get our hands on a MacBook Air to put it through its paces in the Macworld lab.