Apple's new MacBook Air comes with no major improvements

The Macbook Air comes with a few updates: smaller body, bigger trackpad, clearer Retina display, and Touch ID

For the past few years, the MacBook Air has been living in the shadow of the Macbook Pro as Apple focused largely on improving the latter.

However, last fall, the Macbook Air emerged into the light with a few updates: smaller body, bigger trackpad, clearer Retina display, and Touch ID.



One might have expected a better experience after all these years but the device failed to satisfy. Its dual-core processor is underpowered in comparison to the quad-core 13-inch Macbook Pros.

Improvements aren’t entirely absent. The keyboard creates softer keystrokes and is said to be more reliable, the display supports True Tone, Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports have replaced legacy ports, and the cost, now at $1,099, is $100 lesser than before.



This computer is recommended for those who don’t require high-performance matching that of the 13-inch Macbook Pro, don’t intend on using it for video editing or gaming, and will likely use it for web browsing, writing, and viewing multimedia.

One area of worry right now is the keyboard. We’re still not sure if it will hold for long and whether it will give rise to issues of repeated or failed key presses. Apple is looking at repairing this issue in future models.

This article originally appeared on Mashable.