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Learn our full Apple MacBook Air M4 review

Display measurement: 13.6 inches | Put in reminiscence: 16GB | Drive capability: As much as 2TB | Graphics processor: 10-core GPU | Out there ports: MagSafe 4 charging port, 3.5mm headphone jack, 2x Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports | Battery life: 18 hours | Refresh fee: 60Hz | Max supported RAM: 24GB

Apple’s M4-equipped 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air stay the very best ultraportables you should purchase as we speak, and now they’re additionally higher offers beginning at $999 and $1,199, respectively. That’s $100 off the earlier technology, but it surely’s no knock on the standard of those laptops.

Each MacBook Air fashions stay remarkably quick, extremely skinny and light-weight, and ship wonderful battery life. They’re mainly all the things you’d need in a premium productiveness pocket book. Positive, it could be good to see greater than two USB-C ports and a display screen that’s quicker than 60Hz, however most consumers possible received’t discover these deficiencies. (And in the event that they actually bug you, you possibly can all the time contemplate the 14-inch MacBook Professional.)

Whereas the MacBook Air’s design hasn’t modified from the 2022-era M2 mannequin, it’s nonetheless engaging as we speak, and it additionally holds up nicely in opposition to Home windows ultraportables. The Air isn’t Apple’s quickest pc, but it surely’s one of many firm’s most iconic machines, one which’s elegantly crafted in ways in which PC makers not often accomplish. Its clean metallic case nonetheless feels nice to carry, and its skinny and light-weight design makes it straightforward to journey with. The two.7-pound 13-inch Air nonetheless feels impressively sturdy for its weight, and the three.2-pound 15-inch mannequin doesn’t really feel that a lot heavier. (And for a lot of, the bigger display screen is definitely worth the portability sacrifice.)

Each MacBook Air fashions lasted for nicely over 18 hours in our assessments, in order that they’ll possible final you two work days without having to be juiced up. And whereas they’re removed from gaming PCs, we had been nonetheless impressed to see them run the graphically intensive recreation Lies of P at 60fps in 1080p. — Devindra Hardawar, Senior Reporter