Apple MacBook Air notebook (13-inch, 2012) review

Apple MacBook Air  notebook (13-inch, 2012) reviewApple MacBook Air (13-inch, 2012) Draft:Click to EnlargeThe MacBook Air is just as beautiful and comfortable to wear as before. The laptop is always the same size (12.8 x 8.9 x 0.11 to 0.68 inches) and weight (3 kg). It is not surprising that the design of Apple patented corner. The all-aluminum frame, elegant and functional, has become a classic.However, other 13-inch laptops are thinner and lighter. For example, the Samsung Series 9 12.3 x 8.6 x 0.4 cm and 2.6 kg, the Dell XPS 13 is 12.4 x 8.1 x Lilliputian 0.24-0,71 inches, and Toshiba Portege Z835 is only 2.4 kg.We would not be surprised to see Apple reducing the scope and limit the bridge on the air next to a more compact form to create. But for now, it still works.

Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, 2012) Display:

Click here to EnlargeNo changes. MacBook Air 13.3-inch screen has a resolution of 1440 x 900, which, without the Retina display some expected, always the same wide viewing angle and bright colors give the last year. A trailer 1080p YouTube for "The Avengers" showed excellent contrast, depth, real explosions of fire red and black.Again, while others exceeded. The ASUS Zenbook First UX31A has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 and an average brightness of 423 lux. For comparison, the MacBook Air has an average brightness of 268 lux, which is better than average (239 lux). Even the $ 898 Ultrabook Vizio offers a better resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels display.

Apple MacBook Air (13-inch 2012) Audio:
They can be hidden under the keyboard, but the speakers in the air delivered impressive loud and clear. The book filled a room with lots of bass and treble were not distortion even when the volume control to maximum. When we have Van Morrison "Brown Eyed Girl" both on air and UX31A played on high volume, the difference could not be more striking. The air was more than two times faster than the UX31A and everything looked much richer and fuller.

Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, 2012) Keyboard and trackpad:

Click EnlargeThe backlit keyboard on the MacBook Air has not changed since last year, and this is a good thing. It is difficult to improve on perfection. The island-style keyboard has just the right amount of space, travel and feedback. We found other Ultrabooks in the ergonomics of the keyboard backseat occasional thinness. And we do not yet offer a wide range of light levels Background Air.

Click the same spirit as the keyboard, 4.1 x 3 inch glass trackpad is so vast and accurate than ever EnlargeIn. Multitouch gestures like four fingers Mission Control and pinch-to-zoom to reveal, were without effort. By clicking still feels solid, and we never had to deal with the poor palm while typing, which afflicts some Ultrabooks.HeatDespite a more powerful processor, the heat is a real problem on the airwaves. After the release of a video Hulu for 15 minutes in full screen, the touchpad measured 79 degrees cooler, the space between the G and H keys was 88 degrees, and the middle of the bottom was 87 degrees. The hottest spot in the hinge at the bottom was 95, which is on the edge of what we uncomfortable.

Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, 2012) Ports:

Click to EnlargeIt nice to see that the MacBook Air now has two USB 3.0 ports (one on each side) to accommodate high-speed peripherals houses. The Thunderbolt port on the right is faster, but the universe of compatible devices is still quite low. On the left is the MagSafe connector for power and a headphone jack. The SD card slot on the right is not yet fully leased with a knife cards, which is a bit annoying.The most obvious change is the thinnest MagSafe2 connector, and plug the T-shaped Although it is just as safe as ever, was the last stop flush with the side of the laptop and had a more streamlined look.

Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, 2012) Webcam clarity:
Click to FaceTime camera 720p EnlargeThe air crisp, sharp images with accurate colors. This is a decisive step in place of the VGA camera in the last air. However, as with most webcams, but hard when a light source behind us, our face has been approved. If we face are made with the side of the old and the new air, there was a much higher level of accuracy of the FaceTime HD camera.

Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, 2012) Performances:
In the Air 2012 is a 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5-3427U processor, 4GB of RAM, and 128 GB of flash storage. This combination of components offer fast performance in our tests. Geekbench on the Air returned a score of 6539, the average class 4772 and defeated Air exceeded last year (5860). The UX31A scored above 6903, but it has a more powerful 1.9 GHz Intel Core i7-3517U processor, 4GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSDThe air started under OS X 7 in just 12 seconds, beating last year's version, which was five seconds, and most other ultrabooks half. The UX31A the closest 23 seconds, but it was not a contest. The air is also a leap back to life as soon as we opened the lid.Flash storage exceptional performance in other tests, Duplicate file 5GB of multimedia files in 32 seconds. This is a rate of 159 Mbps or 30 Mbps over the Air 2011 (127MBps). This performance is better than the league UX31A (51.4 Mbps), not to mention the category average of 46 Mbps. The XPS 13 came close, scoring a rate of 138 Mbps.If it came to a number of tasks, the air was no better than the previous version. It took 6 minutes and 47 seconds to match 20,000 names to the corresponding addresses in OpenOffice, which is about 30 seconds slower than the 2011, but nearly two minutes faster than the average ultraportable.

Graphic
The Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU in the air offers improved performance over the previous model. In the graphical test Cinebench 11.5, Air scored 17.18 fps, 10.39 fps compared to the 2011, an increase of 65 percent. The UX31A marked 15.52 on the same test.We then sample graphics suite Nova Bench. The Air 2012 returned a score of 37, against 23 for the air in 2011. This represents an increase of 61 percent.The new Air can certainly manage traditional games. On our "World of Warcraft" reference, the 60 fps average air with the screen at its native resolution of 1440 x 900, 30 fps, and the effects on Ultra. This is double the average (37/18 fps), but only a little better than the Air 2011 (59/28 fps). On automatic settings, the ASUS UX31A, same GPU, 52 fps run at 1366 x 768 and 36 fps at 1080p with maxed effects, these figures had fallen to 22 and 17 frames per second, respectively.

Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, 2012) Battery:

We were pleasantly surprised to find that during the battery test laptop (web surfing via Wi-Fi), air 8 am and lasted 10 minutes. It is almost 90 minutes longer than the ultraportable category average and well above the recent Air 13-inch (6:25). The new Air Ultrabook outperforms the competition by a wide margin. The ASUS UX31A example, lasted 6:28, and Toshiba Portege Z835 lasted 6:48.Apple MacBook Air (13-inch 2012) Software "At that time, the Air comes with Mac OS X Lion, but in July, it will be updated with the Mountain Lion, new features, such as notification center, iCloud deep integration with applications such as messages and documents in the cloud, and the ability to share content and offers through Facebook and Twitter from multiple applications.The excellent iLife (iMovie, iPhoto and GarageBand) is included, as well as FaceTime, Mail and the Mac App Store. Stocks from the App Store a ton of useful applications and games directly download iOS Launchpad as quick access.The MacBook Air comes with a 1 year limited warranty and AppleCare optional 3 years. Users can choose to have their computer serviced by telephone or in person at the helm of Apple Genius store. Bonds Apple is number 1 in our report Trademarks best and worst.

Configurations
Our MacBook Air is the base model, which costs $ 1,199 and features a 1.8-GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM and 128 GB of flash memory. When you start this configuration, the only thing you can upgrade to 8GB RAM, a $ 100 option.The $ 1,499 model has the same processor and RAM, but twice the amount of storage. With this model, you can use a 2 GHz processor Intel Core i7 ($ 100), 8GB of RAM ($ 100) or 512 MB of flash memory, a $ 500 option.

Judgment
Click to EnlargeThe 13-inch MacBook Air is still our favorite ultraportable laptop. In addition to best-in-class ergonomics, speakers and a slim profile, you will get better performance and much longer life battery that competition Ultrabook for $ 100 less than before. The only reason we dropped the rating of a perfect 5 star 4.5 stars because some Ultrabooks offer high resolution screens and a more compact design. However, the MacBook Air is still the man to beat.