It's a frustration, as battery life is something you don't want to think about. It feels as if this battery is around 20 percent less efficient than the previous one. I really can't go half a morning without it dipping somewhat alarmingly. This 2020 Air has slipped back toward long gone times. The Butterfly Air had the longest battery life of any Air I've owned. Without even looking up, you'll know whether there's fifty percent of charge left or twenty. If you're a regular user of a laptop, you become accustomed to how much juice you can squeeze out of your machine.

There I was, typing away one day, when I suddenly noticed my battery had surprisingly little charge left. But I don't always pay attention to the details until they headbutt me. The previous Air keyboard had a reputation for allowing the crumbs inside, which made the keyboard behave as if it had been Novocained.įor the first couple of weeks, then, I was a relieved writer. So far, it's as if my new Air has brushed them off. Of course, I've already managed to drop croissant crumbs on the keyboard. Now, the sure-handed springiness of the keys offers reassurance that the previous Air could not. At first, I was surprised that I had to lift my fingers a little further, as its (supposedly Magic) keys are more elevated than the Butterfly's. Let's start with the most important element. It's fair, I think, to give it an Airhead's appraisal. I've had the new 2020 MacBook Air for just over a month now.

Until the Butterfly floated in at the end of 2018. It's light, durable and every new iteration has been that little bit better than the previous one. In general, it's been an unfailingly good machine.

The MacBook Air has been my one and only writing companion since Steve Jobs first unveiled it. And, I confess, I'm something of an Airhead. It was the first time I'd ever bought a gadget before I'd physically seen it. This has been preceded by: 'HAHAHAHAHAHA.' The Apple store employee offered: 'So you bought an Air that was a piece of crap and you didn't bother getting the keyboard replaced?' This forced me to buy the latest MacBook Air as soon as Apple announced it in March. He'd been amused, you see, by the fact that my still relatively new MacBook Air had been cursed by a defective Butterfly keyboard. Every new Mac purchase from Apple comes with one year of Apple TV+, too.

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