Apple MacBook Air - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Macbook Air is a visually stunning laptop, but we feel there are too many omissions here

Pros: Head-turning design ; Vibrant screen ; Great keyboard ; High-quality build

Cons: Lacking in connectivity ; No CD/DVD drive ; Poor battery life

Verdict: The Apple MacBook Air is a fantastic looking laptop and a joy to use, but there are simply too many sacrifices

Review summary: Notebook And I have never, in 20 years of using Macs, had a woman stop in a café and ask to look at my computer (or anything else, for that matter). The Air is so slim it looks like the lid of my Macbook Pro, although it's curvier, and elegant in its ...

Verdict: Of course, to pack an actual Apple Mac into something this sleek means cuts had to be made - and Intel certainly made use of the surgeon's scalpel. A special version of the Core 2 Duo processor resides in the Air that is almost 60% smaller than the ...

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

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: The Air's looks can't be denied, but its performance and expandability are whole other matters.

Review summary: We've looked at it before, but here's looking at it again after a lot of hands-on

Pros: Great design, Light weight, Good battery life, Multi-touch Touchpad, Full-size Keyboard, Remote Disc.

Cons: No optical drive, Limited connectivity options, a bit under powered, Sealed battery, Sleek design comes at the cost of certain necessities, Expensive.

Verdict: Since there's just a single micro DVI port, the bundle includes a micro-DVI to DVI adapter for DVI output and a micro-DVI to VGA adapter for VGA output. If you want Composite or S-Video output, optional video adapters are available