With some judicious power management, you can exceed 10 hours on battery I was initially quite impressed with Apple’s newest MacBook Air after just a few days of use — and now, after having used this ultra-svelte 13-in. laptop for the better part of a month, this little machine has managed to consistently wow me with its extended battery life and better-than-expected …
First impressions of Apple’s new MacBook Air
Yes, the battery life really is better, but if you’re a hard-core user, 12 hours isn’t likely The MacBook Air has come a long way in the five years since I first wrote about Apple’s popular ultralight laptop. But technologically, it’s been eons. That’s how fast technology changes, and an indicator of how much the latest MacBook Air has achieved the promise of …
The MacBook Air: First impressions, second thoughts
Some compared Apple’s new laptop to the Cube; so did I, at first. Right after Apple Inc. announced its new ultralight, ultrathin laptop, the MacBook Air, last week, a colleague asked me what I thought. “Great. For $1,799 you can get this year’s form factor with yesteryear’s processor. And no optical or firewire, either? And you can ‘upgrade’ your hard drive from 80GB …