Paul Thurrott Reviews the 15-Inch M3 MacBook Air
Paul Thurrott, writing at his eponymous website:
Ultimately, I concluded that this isn’t just about looks, though
that obviously plays a role. Instead, it’s a sum of its
attributes, the total package. It’s the feeling of incredible
lightness, given its size, when I pick it up to move to another
room. The way it can sit on a bed or other soft surface and never
get too hot or fire up some loud fans that aren’t even necessary
or present in this device. How the battery just lasts and lasts
and lasts, and makes a mockery of other companies’ “all-day
battery life” claims.
It’s the little things, like effortlessly opening the lid with one
finger and seeing the display fire up instantly every single time.
Or the combination of these daily successes, the sharp contrast
with the unpredictable experience that I get with every Windows
laptop I use, experiences that are so regular in their
unpredictableness, so unavoidable, that I’ve almost stopped
thinking about them. Until now, of course. The attention to detail
and consistency I see in the MacBook Air is so foreign to the
Windows ecosystem that it feels like science fiction. But having
now experienced it, my expectations are elevated.
I want to be clear about this. There is nothing like this in the
PC space. Any laptop that’s configured such that it can handle
workstation-class workloads will fire up jet engine-class fans for
the duration, while any laptop that gets decent battery life and
is reasonably quiet is incapable of those higher-end workloads.
The MacBook Air does it all, in silence, without breaking a sweat.
And it does so all day long on battery power.
Fascinating perspective. Spot-on review.
★
Paul Thurrott, writing at his eponymous website:
Ultimately, I concluded that this isn’t just about looks, though
that obviously plays a role. Instead, it’s a sum of its
attributes, the total package. It’s the feeling of incredible
lightness, given its size, when I pick it up to move to another
room. The way it can sit on a bed or other soft surface and never
get too hot or fire up some loud fans that aren’t even necessary
or present in this device. How the battery just lasts and lasts
and lasts, and makes a mockery of other companies’ “all-day
battery life” claims.
It’s the little things, like effortlessly opening the lid with one
finger and seeing the display fire up instantly every single time.
Or the combination of these daily successes, the sharp contrast
with the unpredictable experience that I get with every Windows
laptop I use, experiences that are so regular in their
unpredictableness, so unavoidable, that I’ve almost stopped
thinking about them. Until now, of course. The attention to detail
and consistency I see in the MacBook Air is so foreign to the
Windows ecosystem that it feels like science fiction. But having
now experienced it, my expectations are elevated.
I want to be clear about this. There is nothing like this in the
PC space. Any laptop that’s configured such that it can handle
workstation-class workloads will fire up jet engine-class fans for
the duration, while any laptop that gets decent battery life and
is reasonably quiet is incapable of those higher-end workloads.
The MacBook Air does it all, in silence, without breaking a sweat.
And it does so all day long on battery power.
Fascinating perspective. Spot-on review.