The MacBook Air has an all-aluminum construction, tapering from 0.11 inches thick in the front to 0.68 inches in the back. (Opens in a new window)Īlmost physically identical to the previous Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (Mid 2012) ($429.99 at Groupon) (Opens in a new window), the new MacBook Air 13-inch continues on in almost the same chassis as the previous model. Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. It's our new Editors' Choice winner for mainstream ultraportable laptops.

If you need to do real work on a plane, train, or out in the field, get a MacBook Air 13-inch. With the latest MacBook Air 13-inch, you have a fully functional ultraportable laptop with extremely long battery life, as it should be. This isn't a low-powered slate tablet that gives up computing performance in exchange for battery life. The fact that the system gives up very little if any day-to-day performance is astounding. The newest Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (Mid-2013) ( at Amazon) (Opens in a new window) lasted an astonishing 15-and-a-half hours on a battery test that makes most current mainstream ultrabooks and ultraportables cough and die after four to six hours. Road warriors and jet travellers rejoice, we've found a laptop that will last all day and well into the night. Read our review of the most recent model. This version of the Apple MacBook Air has been replaced and is no longer available.

Some performance cost for battery life.

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