![]() The 13.3-inch display has the same resolution as the last-gen Air - 2,560 x 1,600 - with slim bezels and Apple's True Tone technology, which automatically adjusts the color temperature depending on the ambient light. As ever, the fingerprint reader was easy to configure and consistent in everyday use. There's no Touch Bar here just an old-fashioned Function row with a Touch ID sensor all the way on the right. ![]() Otherwise, the design is familiar: an aluminum chassis with a slightly tapered profile, available in three colors, silver, space gray and rose gold. Besides, the arrow keys were the least of the keyboard's problems. I dig it, but if I'm honest, I never had much trouble finding the arrow keys by feel with the old layout. Now, the left and right arrows are shorter than the up-and-down arrow stack, making them easier to find by feel if you're, say, editing text or doing work inside a spreadsheet. And when I do it's not the keyboard's fault, it's my own.Īs with the 16-inch MacBook Pro, Apple also moved to a so-called inverted-T layout for the arrow keys. I can type quickly, aggressively, knowing the keyboard will keep up. But with the Air, each keystroke feels firm and springy. ![]() Or sometimes my key presses don't register at all. With the old butterfly keyboard, I get stuck keys - the letter e multiple times, periods where I don't need them. Typing on the Air is just so much more efficient than on the Pro. This time, though, there's a new rubber dome under the keycaps and a mechanism that locks at the top of the stroke to minimize wobble. For starters, Apple reverted to a so-called scissor design - you know, the thing butterfly model was designed to replace. Apple says the keyboard was inspired by its existing Magic Keyboard, the standalone one that ships with iMacs. ![]() As I said, This is the same underlying design you'll find in the 16-inch Pro, just smaller. I pretty much only returned to my Pro when I needed to be on Engadget's VPN, which was not often. ![]() During my testing, I also had a work-issued MacBook Pro at my disposal, and I very quickly defaulted to the Air, even though it's less powerful. Typing on this was such a pleasure that I was sad when I had to hand over the machine to our video producer Brian to take beauty shots. This is the most important upgrade the new Air has to offer. ![]()
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