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Review on 13.3" Laptop Apple MacBook Air 13 Late 2020 2560x1600, Apple M1 3.2 GHz, RAM 8 GB, DDR4, SSD 256 GB, Apple graphics 7-core, macOS, RU, MGN63RU/A, space gray by Stanisaw Lewczuk ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Full compliance with the manufacturers assurances, high quality.

When I received my first laptop, I had to become accustomed to the macOS operating system, but it didn't take me long to do so. This may not be the most user-friendly system for everyone, but I find that it works best for me. It is especially useful to utilize the device inside an ecosystem with other Apple devices, particularly if you add typical applications to this, such as notes, reminders, images, and a calendar to this environment. For instance, if there is not another display available, I will sometimes utilize my iPad as a second screen. Additionally, a laptop that is coupled with AirPods is a joy to use. According to the information provided by the gadget itself, the battery has lost 8% of its capacity after having been used for more than a year. An application developed by a third party reveals a decrease of 13% and 250 charge cycles. Utilized on a daily basis with battery power.

Pros
  • Amazing value for the money spent! Acquired for the purposes of study and programming, it performs admirably in both arenas. Although I did not expressly perform any stress testing, I did observe that the CPU performance was quite outstanding when I was working on my apps. I fell in love with everything about it at once, including the keyboard, the sleek aluminum chassis, the resolution and color reproduction, and the trackpad. It seemed to me at first like some kind of miracle that the new battery could maintain its charge for an entire day despite the fact that I use the gadget very frequently. Regarding the screen, there is nothing more to be said because everybody is already familiar with it. You may now watch videos in 4k resolution without any issues. There is no glare, and the viewing angles and brightness are also superb. The absolutely silent operation that was a result of passive cooling was a huge plus for me. The hostel is particularly handy because you won't wake up your neighbors in the middle of the night. There will be no more shrill noises coming from the cooler, and you won't feel as though the gadget is overheated. Aluminum is an excellent conductor of heat; even when subjected to strong loads, the maximum temperature rise that occurred was only in the region that was located between the keyboard and the screen.
Cons
  • Even though I have to agree that the product would be ideal for me even if Apple didn't disable one of the processor cores in the Air model, the corporation Apple behaved in a fairly cruel manner by doing so. It has come to my attention that the Safari online browser has a frustrating flaw: certain elaborate web sites seem to place an excessive burden on the device, which the browser itself alerts the user to; as a result, the page may just become unresponsive. Additionally, the Chrome web browser is required in order to access some web pages. It is clear that these are optimization issues, and something like this must occur at the very least very infrequently. I still believe that purchasing a device with 16 gigabytes of random access memory is the greatest option for the user experience. The screen bezels are very large for the year 2022, but this criticism is more of a nitpick than anything else.

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May 29, 2023
A workhorse with a good margin of relevance.