CUPERTINO, Calif.—People have been asking for a 15-inch MacE-book Air for about so long as the Air has existed.
The Air was initially conceived as a laptop computer that was all about excessive portability. But over time it turned the default MacE-book for most individuals—and loads of customers don’t want the efficiency of a MacE-book Pro however may like slightly extra desktop house or an even bigger display on which to look at streaming TV.
Apple has focused these individuals right here. I spent a couple of minutes dealing with and utilizing the 15-inch MacE-book Air and—shock! It’s identical to the newest 13-inch Air however wider and taller.
The new laptop computer has a display decision (2,880 x 1,864 pixels) decrease than the 14-inch MacE-book Pro, although it is a bit increased than the 13-inch Air, so it’s not Apple’s sharpest show—but it surely’s sharp sufficient for most individuals.
When I picked the machine up, it felt fairly gentle. You don’t count on a 15-inch laptop computer to weigh this little.
If you’ve used the 13-inch Air, you already know what to count on. There’s the large trackpad, the Magic Keyboard, Touch ID on mentioned keyboard, two Thunderbolt ports, a headphone jack, and MagSafe charging. It’s all stuff we talked about in our 13-inch MacE-book Air evaluation final 12 months.
I cherished the look of the midnight end (that’s the colour within the footage), but it surely was a hilariously aggressive fingerprint magnet. Apple’s units have a repute for that to start with, however this factor attracted extra extremely seen fingerprints than some other Apple product I’ve used. For that cause, I’d personally decide one of many different finishes. It’s too dangerous, although, as a result of untarnished, it appears beautiful.
The 15-inch Air was simply as skinny as its 13-inch cousin (which Apple nonetheless sells, in fact). Honestly, it appears nearly pointless for a product to be this skinny, but it surely’s onerous to complain about one thing so gentle you’d barely discover it in your bag on the airport.
I wasn’t in a position to run any efficiency exams, however the brand new Air has the identical M2 chip we noticed within the smaller Air, and I used to be advised that nothing notable has modified when it comes to thermals, so efficiency needs to be the identical.
We’ve written that the 13-inch Air is the very best Mac laptop computer for most customers, since most don’t want what the Pro has to supply. I feel that assertion nonetheless stands, however for those that need to sacrifice just a bit little bit of practicality for way more luxurious display actual property, that is prone to be a welcome addition to Apple’s lineup.
Look for our full evaluation within the coming days.
Listing picture by Samuel Axon