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RubenGonzalez

Ms.Nicado

ResearchandDigitalLiteracy

15July2016

InsidesofanMacbookAir.

WhenAppleredesignedtheMacBookAirin2010,itcreatedoneofthebestmachinestoever
carryitsMaclabel.Thatnewlaptopwasarevelation:extremelythinandlight,liketheoriginal
Air,yetalsopowerfulenoughformosttasksandequippedwithalonglastingbattery.Foryears,
theMacBookAirhasbeenastandardbearer,therolemodelforeveryWindowsultrabook,but
2015hasnotbeensokindtoitsleadershipposition.Appleintroducedthenew12inchMacBook
andupdatedthe13inchRetinaMacBookPro,bothdirectlycompetingwiththeAir,andfor
thosenotumbilicallyattachedtoOSX,DellsXPS13offeredacompellingWindows
alternative.AndthisweektherestheloomingthreatoftheiPadProonthehorizon.HasApple
forsakenwhatwasonceitsbestPC?

Untilthisyear,IwonderedwhyanyonewouldbuytheMacBookPro,alaptopIconsideredtobe
afatter,slightlymorepowerfulversionoftheAir.Itsbatterydidntlastaslong,astheMacbook
Air.Thedifferencebetweenthetwomachinesisassimpleasitiscompelling:thedisplay.
ApplesProlaptopjustembarrassesitsAirsiblingwhenthetwoaresetsidebyside.TheProhas
morethanthreetimestheresolution,muchwiderviewingangles,andbettercontrastandcolor
reproduction.ThenewMacBookalsohasanIPSdisplaywithRetinaclassresolutionanditalso
lookslightyearsbetterthantheAir.

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