10/28/2023 0 Comments Ipad pro 12.9 privacy screen![]() But c’mon, you just can’t beat one of the best wireless mouse options on the market. The trackpad on the MacBook Air 15-inch is responsive, no doubt. Instead, I plonked it down onto a laptop tray, laid said tray on my L-shaped sofa, then paired Apple’s portable PC with the awesome Creative Pebble V3 desktop speakers and the awesome Logitech MX Master 3S. Over a weekend where I clocked up a dozen hours of usage on the 15-inch Air, I didn’t have to charge the battery once.Īnd while I appreciate how portable this Mac is, weighing in as it does at just 3.3 pounds, I’ll fess up and admit I barely moved the latest Air over the course of the weekend. ![]() Our Tom’s Guide battery test when writing reviews on the best laptops involves continuous web surfing at 150 nits of screen brightness, where Apple’s laptop lasts for an average of 14 hours and 59 minutes. The absolute star of the show is the battery on the MacBook Air 15-inch, and its performance is so impressive, it makes me far more open to forgiving the quibbles above. Over a weekend where I clocked up a dozen hours of usage on the 15-inch Air, I didn’t have to charge the battery once. After all, I watched a good amount of this past weekend’s Ryder Cup through the Sky Go app, which I had no problem downloading on Apple’s svelte laptop. Though the fact I had to watch said content through a Chrome browser because Apple won’t let you download the likes of Netflix or Disney Plus through the App Store on macOS is a decision I find both equal parts odd and annoying. Still, it’s a gorgeous display and I thoroughly enjoyed watching Sex Education Season 4 (still one of the best Netflix shows in my book) and one of my favorite movies of all time, Heat, through the streaming service on the 15-incher MacBook Air. Yet on the whole, relearning macOS wasn’t quite as daunting as I’d feared going into this experiment.Īs much as I love that crystal-clear 15.3-inch Liquid Retina Display and all the crispness that comes from its 2880 x 1864 screen resolution, I do still wish Apple would hurry up and make a MacBook Air OLED. I’ll admit I still don’t love the Finder, and downloading then pinning Google Chrome to my Mac’s Dock was a bit of a pain - sorry, but I’m just never going to use you as my default browser, Safari. (Image credit: Tom's Guide)Īfter just about hurtling over that stumbling block, I started coming to grips with Apple’s gorgeous device quicker than I anticipated. ![]() Dock to the systemĭespite not having an OLED panel, black levels on the MacBook Air 15-inch's screen impress. I swear it took me about 14 attempts until I could get Touch ID working - which probably says more about my stupid sausage digits than it does Apple’s fingerprint-verifying tech.Įven after spending a full weekend with the MacBook Air 15-inch M2, I still get the feeling Apple’s laptop harbors a deep-seated disdain for my right index finger. Refamiliarizing myself with a MacBook hasn’t exactly proven to be a pain-free process. Microsoft’s latest OS powers my desktop rig, one of the best gaming PCs you can buy today, and I can count the number of blue screens of death I’ve encountered with it on one hand.īy contrast, in the four years since I’ve touched a MacBook, I feel like I’ve forgotten even the simplest aspects of navigating macOS. Windows 10 Pro treated me just fine, and as an early adopter of Windows 11, I’ve always found the constant flack it seems to receive online a smidge harsh. That OS aside, I’ve never had much issue with using Windows systems over the years. Up until last week, I hadn’t used any variety of MacBook since ye olden days of 2019.
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