You could, of course, set up for three different users, which might make sense if you share the MacBook Air with your family. We think you are more likely to use the same finger for Touch ID on your Mac, we naturally tended to use our right hand index finger. You can store three fingerprints (on the iPhone it’s five). You either do so the first time you turn on your new Mac, or just go to System Preferences > Touch ID and follow the steps that are similar to setting up Touch ID on an iPhone. Touch ID is easy to set up on the MacBook Air. We’re glad that Apple continues to add Touch ID to devices, despite removing it from iPhones and the Instead of Face ID, Touch ID makes an appearance in the form of a new sensor above the keyboard. To add such technology to the MacBook Apps would need to make the display thicker. When we met with Apple we asked why the company hadn’t added Face ID as a means to unlock the new Air, they told us that Face ID makes sense on the iPhone because that device is thicker, and can accommodate the technology required. The screen itself starts less than a centimetre from the edge, but because the glass bezels are black it looks a lot better and more modern. On the older MacBook Air the screen was surrounded by thick aluminium bezels, but this time around the glass stretches almost to the edge of the laptop, with a tiny metal rim around the edge that is hardly noticeable. The only disappointment is that it doesn’t offer True Tone, which is reserved for the MacBook Pro and adjusts the light according to the local conditions, it’s unlikely to be hugely missed feature though.
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Thanks to the Retina display your photos will look beautiful with vibrant colours, text is crisp and clear, and if you watch movies on your laptop then you will benefit from all those extra pixels – the native resolution is now enough to view a movie in Full HD (1,920×1,080) – it wasn’t previously. It’s a big leap from the previous generation’s 1,440×900 pixels to the new 2,560×1,600 native resolution at 227 pixels per inch (the same as the 13in MacBook Pro). If you are eagle-eyed or if you work in the creative industries then note that the Air, like the MacBook, lacks the DCI-P3 color gamut offered by the MacBook Pro.īut if you are moving up from the old MacBook Air, the screen couldn’t look more different. The Retina display is just as good as the Retina displays on other Macs, so if you have been using a MacBook or recent MacBook Pro, then the screen will be comparable – probably. The Retina display first arrived in 2010 with the iPhone 4, and has been available on all other Macs since the MacBook arrived in 2015.
The MacBook Air has finally got a Retina display and it’s one of the most obvious upgrades. This is thanks to the slimmer bezels around the edge of the display (which seems to be a theme this year). The real achievement is that Apple has slimmed down and shrunk the MacBook Air while maintaining the same screen size of 13.3in. The new model’s dimensions are as follows: Check out our round up of the best MacBook Air (2018) cases While it’s still recognisable as a MacBook Air, thanks to its wedge design with the edge tapering off at the narrowest point, in terms of dimensions, it’s smaller and thinner than before. The colour and the materials it’s made from aren’t the only physical changes though. Although, this is more of a pat on the back for Apple, and for anyone who buys one, for being a little bit more environmentally friendly. More than the colour choices we’d say we love the fact that this MacBook Air is built from 100 percent recycled aluminium. But if you want everyone on the train to know that you have a new MacBook Air the gold model is the one to get. We expect that the Space Grey option will prove popular.
To be honest we’re not sure that we like it as much as the gold MacBook or the gold iPhone shades, but assume that Apple is trying to make it appeal to men, whom might be put off by a more pinky shade of gold, with this particular shade.