MacBook Air 13-inch (2012): Full Review – Part 2

The new MacBook Pro 15-inch version has a bigger 256 GB solid-state drive that is upgradable to 512 GB. However, the Air being an ultra-thin laptop has its limitations. It has a non-upgradable 128 GB SSD. The 128 GB of storage for a device that is design for casual use is more than enough. At least it brings speed to the equation which is far more important these days.

There two USB ports but for first time in an Air, the company has incorporated USB 3.0 instead of weathered 2.0. Moreover, there is an altered new version of MegaSafe power charging port and plug, the new MegaSafe 2. Not only it has a subtle change in the size but the shape has also been altered. It is actually wider and flatter, and requires a differently shaped power cable that juts out from the side of the Air rather than hugging the side like existing MagSafe cords.

The new cable can work with the older models as well but a $9.99 adaptor is required to do the trick.

Design

The new Air more or less has the same design as the 2011 or previous models. However, there are some slight changes that make a difference.

The new model is 2.96 pounds in weight with the same general specs as the last year. The screen however, loses the 16:9 ratio and adopts the 2012 MacBook Pro aesthetics at 16:10 ratio. There some other changes as the edge-to-edge glass covering is absent that is becoming an increasing trend in PC-ultrabooks. However, the bezel has been given solid silver touch with premium plastic built.

The overall chassis and cover are a unibody metallic finish but it surprisingly does not increases it’s weight.

The screen gets a bump to 1,440×900 pixels from 1,366×768 pixels that we saw in last year’s iteration. Though it a far cry from Retina Display, it still is higher for other ultrabooks in the market. Compared head-to-head, the new Air returns far less glare than last year’s model due to the anti-glare technology used in both 2012 Air and Pro with Retina Display.

Short URL: https://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=26574

Posted by Usman Khalid on Jun 21 2012. Filed under Sci-Tech. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.