Apple MacBook Air (M1) review: gamechanging speed and battery life
by Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#5BDNF)
Giant leap in performance and twice the battery life in a winning form with no real downsides
The MacBook Air is the first of two new laptops with Apple's first-of-its-kind, own-brand M1 processor, which makes for a giant leap in performance and battery life.
The MacBook Air with M1 chip starts at 999 and is Apple's entry-level laptop, sitting below the MacBook Pro with M1 that starts at 1,299. Alongside the new Mac mini, they are the first models in Apple's wholesale transition away from traditional Intel x86 processors to Apple's Arm-based chips similar to those used in iPhones and iPads.
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