11-inch Apple MacBook Air evaluation

When my parents decided to buy me the first laptop, I almost did my best to scrape up some extra money and chose to buy a bigger product---15-inch Dell Inspiron E1505. However, it was not long before I found that, with the passage of time and the rapid development of notebook products, not only the speed of product replacement increased, my personal needs have improved. The past notebook is no longer my TV, my game machine, even my desk and tray. Because, I need a real super performance, and not so large products. So I purchased a 13-inch MacBook Pro to try to achieve my desired effect. At first it was OK, but then it was for some reason that I gave up the notebook that made me rush to scratch my chest. This time, I chose a 13-inch MacBook Air.

During these two years, it accompanied me to various countries and attended major conferences. Now, one of the USB connectors is no longer working, the audio input jack also has a certain problem, the battery life has gradually decreased, I think it really should retire.

I am a person, after buying something always regret, when I see 11 inches of air, this regret arises spontaneously, why not in the beginning to buy it? The 11-inch air is smaller and thinner, although on the face of it it is no different from the 13-inch version. Although the capacity of its solid-state drives has increased by one to 128GB, its price remains at $999 trillion (about 6128 yuan), which has made my liking for it soar by one fold with the size of the hard disk.

Industry personage Nilay has written in the relevant evaluation manuscript, the latest version of air in the aesthetic aspects and no changes, the fuselage left is still microphone sockets and noise elimination design. I'm not saying I'm dissatisfied with the previous audio effect, but this device is really impressive in terms of eliminating noise. The 11-inch air looks very delicate, with the black buttons and the silver fuselage looking very energetic. Anyway, I was fascinated by the design, the only hope is that Apple will be able to replace some hardware equipment for air.

The 11-inch air is significantly smaller than the 13-inch version, and the machine weighs just 13-inch versions of Six-tenths, which is an advantage and a reason for its existence.

Small is certainly a good thing, but in use I found some of the drawbacks that may lead you not to choose this product. First of all, the lack of SD card slot---probably for most people, the lack of SD card slot for them is not serious, but I often need to use SD card for photo and file sharing.

So the 2nd thing that makes me feel uncomfortable is the touch board and palmrest of the machine. In my own experience, I feel that it doesn't match the size of the entire fuselage, and if I can design it a little more, it might give the user a better experience. Of course, this is only my personal opinion.

The 11-inch air trackpad is slick and responsive, and can be said to be the best of its kind, but it can't replace its larger version because it leaves the user with too little roaming space.

Let's continue with the story of the 11-inch air. A 11-inch microcomputer is certainly going to make some miniature sacrifices. The 11.6-inch screen uses a 1366 x 768 resolution that is actually clearer than the 13.3-inch 1440 x 900 resolution (135ppi is 128), but the fact that it doesn't change is a smaller screen, A slightly larger screen will still have a slightly stronger visual impact and overall feeling. In addition, these two screens are somewhat old-fashioned compared to the MacBook Pro Retina screen, Sony VAIO pro or Toshiba Kirabook products.

The battery life of the aircraft outstanding performance, is to the equipment added a lot of color. I adjusted it to the state of browsing the Web page under Safari, and the brightness was adjusted to 65% and tested with verge Battery test, and the result was 10 hours and 23 minutes. It can be used in chrome for 8 hours and 51 minutes. Both of these results are very gratifying, but the 11-inch version is slightly inferior to the battery life of a large air.

The performance index can be said to have reached my expected estimate. The game experience is better than the former, image processing performance is also good, and also worth mentioning is its latest Wi-Fi network standards, in this is really thanks to Apple's upgrade program. Overall, if just use it for some of the day-to-day basic use, in fact, the effect and other products are not much different, running fast and smooth, in the Geekbench score of 6113 points. The machine and the former are equipped with the main 1.3GHZ Core i5 Haswell processor, with 4GB memory space, in addition to the difference between the two for battery life, the other is similar.

To sum up, the 11-inch MacBook Air has the advantage of 3:1, a considerable battery life, two, the quality of the keyboard and touch Board; third, small size. Disadvantages also have 3:1, the screen some outdated, looks old; second, there is no SD expansion card slot; third, the touch board space is too small.

Small size is necessarily a good thing, but sometimes the bigger the better.

However, I have to tell you a few reasons why you should buy a 11-inch MacBook laptop. For now, it's almost the most cost-effective computer you can buy, and it has excellent battery life and is considered a world-class keyboard and trackpad with a price of 999 dollars (about 6128 yuan). If the pursuit of small words, then Sony's Vaio pro than it is still small, but other aspects can not be said, so users must consider clearly. I am very confident that 11.6 inches is the perfect size for a hybrid laptop product, such as HP Envy X2 or yoga 11S. But without a touch screen and a prominent Windows Live title, 11.6-inch air feels like an ordinary small mobile device. So, these elements are really indispensable.

For me personally, the 13-inch air is already fit and portable, so for its larger screens and more comfortable trackpad, plus the incredible battery life and the SD slots I need most, I think this product should be better for me.