Apple’s M4 MacBook Air is an absolutely incredible laptop, even without a world class artificial intelligence system. There’s a lot we can learn from that.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

We’re getting antsy for a more significant redesign, but the MacBook Air 15-inch remains Apple's best value in a big-screen laptop, thanks to a lower starting price, kicked-up CPU performance, and a boost in the base model's memory capacity.

The M4 version continues that same trend. It’s fast, efficient, and lightweight—the three hallmark characteristics of the MacBook Air. The fact that it excels at all three is why it’s the most delightful laptop you can buy.

Apple rarely offers you more for less, especially in its most popular products with the broadest appeal. It has perfected the measured, iterative year-over-year product cycle. But for the 13- and 15-inch M4 MacBook Airs, Apple has put new chips in its established design while shoring up the device’s biggest flaws and dropping the price by $100.

The big narrative that all reviewers enjoyed was that Apple kept the base price of the MacBook Air M4 reasonable. It starts at the same price as the MacBook Air M3, which is $999 for the 13-inch model and $1,199 for the 15-inch model.

At the heart of the M4 MacBook Air lies the M4 chip, a significant advancement over its predecessor. This processor is designed to excel in AI-driven tasks, allowing faster and more efficient performance for activities such as photo editing,

In Geekbench, which measures overall performance, the MacBook Air M4 hit 3,751 in the single-core test and 14,947 in the multi-core test. That’s 21% faster than the MacBook Air M3. The dual-core result was 23% higher.

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