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To Win The Apple MacBook Air
Stuff Magazine Says: Beautiful, built to last and blisteringly fast, but too expensive considering the lack of connections and its rivals’ ever-growing features lists
- Pros Solid case and screen. Stunning interface and design. Touchpad controls make web browsing a joy
- Cons Sorely lacking connectivity compared to similarly-sized ultraportables
Ever since a certain Apple CEO pulled a silver blade referred to as the MacBook Air from a manila envelope, we’ve been gagging to get it into our test room. This was initially, we confess, purely down to gadget lust.
But once we’d digested its specs list, a additional pressing question arose: is this dangerously alluring (and dangerously expensive) slab of tech actually sexy sufficient to convince us to live with only one USB port and no optical drive at all? It really is time to locate out.
Bulletproof develop
Out of the envelope the Air genuinely is thinner than a Sony Vaio laptop, just as Steve Jobs promised. But it is really also wider than a Vaio, and deeper, and it really is hardly the mega-lightweight A4 piece of paper you might have expected. But it can be undoubtedly as pretty as you’ve been imagining.
The Air’s keyboard is indeed full-size and gloriously backlit, while the 13.3in, 1280×800 LED-lit screen is dazzling and rock-solid. As well as the Air isn’t made out of silver plastic pretending to be metal. It is really metal. Examine our sample and you’ll see teeth marks where we tested it. You could sit on it inside the park to stop your trousers getting wet. It really is practically bulletproof.
Speed demon
Fire it up though and yep, it’s a Mac alright. Starting OS X Leopard is quick– about 30 seconds from 0-to-internet on our solid-state drive model. That’s longer than some Vista machines take to come out of sleep mode.
Getting around with the massive touchpad and two- or three-finger gesture system feels just right. Perfect, even. The Air’s like the iPhone – simply holding and using it’s half the fun.
