The MacBook Air lasted me more than a full workday, with the battery hitting 22 percent after I ran it almost nonstop from 9 am to 7 pm using Safari and work apps like Slack. Updated August 2022: We’ve added our impressions on the new 13-inch MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and the latest M2 chip. Is it worth buying one? Or should you go all in on Apple silicon? Here’s what we think you should spend your hard-earned money on.

Apple is no longer selling Intel-powered models, but you can find one at a third-party retailer with only a few more years of support. Still, choosing a MacBook is now more difficult. Plus you get other perks, like the ability to run mobile apps originally made for iOS. They make its laptops both more powerful and more power-efficient, meaning greatly improved performance and battery life. Just like Apple’s iPhones, the chips run on the ARM architecture and afford the company greater control over its hardware and software. Cut to 2022 and the company has added four more chips to the lineup: M1 Pro, M1 Max, M1 Ultra-two of which power the latest MacBook Pro-and the M2 chip as a successor to the M1. The company announced it was moving away from the Intel chips it had been using since 2006, and rolled out the first Macs with the Apple-designed M1. In 2020, Apple’s MacBooks entered a new era.

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