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With iOS 7's colourific design appearing on iPhones and iPads in the next few months, the MBA's screen might look even more flat. It just lacks the crispness and vivaciousness of the Retina screens we're all becoming used to. Pumped all the way up, brightness copes with all-but-nuclear light conditions and colours are rich.
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Screen output is controlled via Thunderbolt – HDMI only appears on the MacBook Pro range.
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When OS X Mavericks arrives, with its improved mirroring features, this graphics upgrade will really come into its own. The Intel HD Graphics 5000 can support dual display (2560x1600 resolution on an external monitor) and mirroring to an Apple TV. MacBook Air 2013 11-inch: ScreenĪs aforementioned, the 11.6-inch LED-backlit, 16:9, 1366x768-res screen hasn't changed since 2010, but the graphics have. It also seems to run a bit cooler than the last MBA. Put alongside the similarly priced 13-inch MacBook Pro, most users probably won't see a performance difference (apart from the Retina screen), which is remarkable considering the MBA's size. In practice, it owns USB 2.0, with Thunderbolt zooming along even faster. The brace of USB 3.0 ports also offers much faster file transfer, ramping up speeds to a 'theoretical' 5Gbps.
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We tested a variety of HD video content – up to 1080p – and games to find a slightly smoother experience than before, but not wildly different from what we've been used to for the last year. Good for garden parties, we guess.Īpple claims the new Intel HD Graphics 5000 can push polygons 40 per cent faster than the last model. Safari remained lightning quick and we could AirPlay non-stuttery content from one end of a 100ft garden to the living-room based Apple TV.
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Interestingly, while the four-bar Wi-Fi connection icon remained at full strength on both new and old MBAs, the actual delivery of data was far quicker on the new model. Now running the 802.11ac standard and using the new 802.11ac/beamforming-toting Airport Extreme, we experienced a much more stable, quicker wireless connection at longer distances than the previous-gen MBA. The most noticeable improvement was with its Wi-Fi capability. With the passage of time (and constant addition/removal of files and apps) things will inevitably start to slow, but even when loading the system with 150Gb of 'stuff', large files were transferred and loaded in a flash and even processor-hungry programs such as our image-heavy iPhoto ran smoothly. In our real-world testing (employing both general and hardcore tasks over a week), we'd say performance times were slashed by milliseconds rather than seconds, but it's definitely faster to 'wake' after flipping the lid open from standby.
With a 256Gb SSD keeping the system quick and cool (128Gb comes as standard), the new MBA zipped along.Īpple claims that its latest flash storage is 45 per cent faster than the previous-generation MBA. Our model was a 1.3GHz Intel Core i5 with 4Gb of 1600MHz DDR3 RAM running OSX Mountain Lion and it zipped along. The previous non-Haswell-sporting gen started at i5 (1.7GHz) and ran to i7 (2.0GHz). With regards to processing power, the new MBA can be supplied with Intel's dual-core i3, i5 (1.3GHz) or i7 (1.7GHz) CPUs. An SDXC card slot only appears on the 13-inch version and ethernet lovers will still have to purchase a USB adapter for £25.
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As for backlit keys, Bluetooth 4.0, iLife, stereo speakers and ambient light sensors, they're all correct and present on this latest iteration.
Our MBA came with OSX Mountain Lion rather than the impending Mavericks, expected later this year. It's a marked improvement when using Skype or FaceTime. The aforementioned dual-mic tech is also nothing new to the world of laptops but is a welcome addition to the new MBA line, improving speech clarity by reducing background noise. All of which we've seen on various Windows-based laptops. Nevertheless, standout improvements here are Apple's claimed 'all-day' battery life (see below), Intel's fourth-gen Intel HD Graphics 5000, faster RAM (now LPDDR3, expandable to 8GB), two USB 3.0 ports and the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi adapter. We're just so used to the pin-sharp resolutions of the iPhone 5, iPad 4 and the latest MacBook Pros, see. Ok, so battery performance could be compromised (we'll come onto that) by such a potentially energy-zapping display, but the inclusion of Intel's new Haswell ULT, with its low-power tendencies, should have been a match for any jump in screen drain. However, before we get into what's new, we'll just come out and say it: where was the Retina screen upgrade?
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