Article: Weighting the MacBook Air: is Apple's new ultraslim laptop worth the compromises? We put it to the test.(FEATURE)(Product/service evaluation)

Laptop design has always been about compromise. Though they've come a long way in the past few years, laptops have never been able to offer the features available in desktop computers, and certainly not at comparable prices. In order to squeeze an entire computer into a portable shell (and have it be power-efficient enough to run on a battery for hours at a time), computer makers have to sacrifice some features. And the smaller and lighter the laptop, the more compromises required.

The MacBook Air, Apple's latest Intel-based laptop, is the lightest, thinnest laptop Apple has ever constructed, and, according to Apple, it's the thinnest laptop ever made. And in ...

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