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Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (A2337) review

Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (A2337)

CHOICE Expert Rating

73%
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Good points

Good Points

  • Very good screen
  • Excellent viewing angles
  • Very good sound quality
  • Silent operation
  • Excellent keyboard
  • Excellent touchpad
Bad points

Bad Points

  • Lacks HDMI
  • No SD card slot
  • Short power cord
  • Long charge time to 80 per cent
  • Long time to charge to 100 per cent
  • Slow Wi-Fi transfer speeds

Type

Ultraportable
Ultrabook
Tablet mode
Operating system
macOS

Recommended products

Recommended
Not recommended
Recommended for tablet use

Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
73%
Performance score
63%
Tablet use score
N/A
Ease of use score
86%
Battery life score
75%
Display score
86%
Audio score
80%
Wi-Fi score
52%
Storage write-speed (MBps)
2750
Storage read-speed (MBps)
2835
Wi-Fi speed (MBps)
12
Average battery life – heavy usage (hours)
7:43
Charging time to 80% full (h:min)
2:07
Expert tester comments
Apple's MacBook Air with Apple's own M1 processor offers very good performance, even for applications that are designed to run on Intel processors. There is very little user intervention required to get non-native applications to run on this laptop, and for the most part, it will be just like using a regular MacBook Air u002du002d you won't know that it's running the new processor.

Sustainability

Shop Ethical rating
D
Warranty (years)
1
Replaceable battery
Not collected
Replace/upgrade RAM
Not collected
Slots for additional RAM
Not collected
Replace/upgrade storage
Not collected
Slot for additional storage
Not collected
Replace/upgrade Wi-Fi
Not collected
Country of origin
China

Related products

Availability
Discontinued model

Cost

Price
$1,949.00

Specifications

Screen size (inches)
13.3
Native screen resolution (pixels)
2560 x 1600
Processor (CPU) type
Apple M1
CPU frequency (GHz)
Not stated
RAM (GB)
8
Video graphics type
Apple M1
Storage capacity (GB)
512
Available user space (GB)
469
Storage type
SSD
Wi-Fi version
6
Weight of laptop (kg)
1.3
Weight of power supply (kg)
0.2
Size (mm, H x D x W)
17 x 213 x 306

Features

Screen finish
Glossy
Touchscreen
USB-C
USB 2.0 ports
0
USB 3.0 ports
0
USB 4 as USB-C port
0
USB-C (USB 3.2 Gen 1 or 2, not Thunderbolt 3 or 4) ports
0
Thunderbolt 3 or 4 (as USB-C) ports
2
SD card slot (full-size)
SD card slot (micro)
HDMI port
Gigabit ethernet port
Rear camera
Backlit keyboard levels of brightness
16

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