2011 MacBook Air (11 & 13-inch): Thoroughly Reviewed

jmke · 28th July 2011, 09:43

Last year Apple introduced the first major update to the MacBook Air, bifurcating the lineup with the first ever 11-inch model in addition to the standard 13. With last year's update the MacBook Air did so well that it actually started outselling the base MacBook. Apple isn't a fan of large complicated lineups so it retired the MacBook. If you want a portable Mac you can buy a MacBook Air or a MacBook Pro.

As the mainstream counterpart to the MacBook Pro, Apple had to do something about the performance of the MacBook Air. While last year's updates were great alternatives to cheap, underpowered netbooks, they weren't fast enough to be a mainstream computer in 2011. Last year's Air featured Intel's Core 2 Duo processors, based on an architecture that debuted in 2006. Intel has released two major architectures since then.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4528/t...-13inch-review

jmke · 28th July 2011, 11:27

NVIDIA out of the air, but Intel GPU is no match, those game benchmarks are a step back

28th July 2011, 09:43	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	2011 MacBook Air (11 & 13-inch): Thoroughly Reviewed Last year Apple introduced the first major update to the MacBook Air, bifurcating the lineup with the first ever 11-inch model in addition to the standard 13. With last year's update the MacBook Air did so well that it actually started outselling the base MacBook. Apple isn't a fan of large complicated lineups so it retired the MacBook. If you want a portable Mac you can buy a MacBook Air or a MacBook Pro. As the mainstream counterpart to the MacBook Pro, Apple had to do something about the performance of the MacBook Air. While last year's updates were great alternatives to cheap, underpowered netbooks, they weren't fast enough to be a mainstream computer in 2011. Last year's Air featured Intel's Core 2 Duo processors, based on an architecture that debuted in 2006. Intel has released two major architectures since then. http://www.anandtech.com/show/4528/t...-13inch-review __________________

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jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	NVIDIA out of the air, but Intel GPU is no match, those game benchmarks are a step back __________________

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