![]() ![]() The Swift 7 (105 percent), ZenBook UX330UA (106 percent) and 12-inch MacBook (117 percent) all rated higher. The Air tries to make up for its color deficiency with brightness, emitting up to 336 nits. That's similar to the 340-nit 12-inch MacBook, and it outshines the 290-nit category average, the 319-nit Swift 7 and the 286-nit ZenBook UX330UA. Unfortunately, this brightness isn't enough to produce solid viewing angles, as I saw color darken at 45 degrees to the left and right. The MacBook Air offers a pleasant typing experience, with keys that actually feel like they're moving - something I'll never take for granted again. With it, I hit an average of 76 words per minute on the typing test, which isn't too far from my 80-wpm average. ![]() That speed, and the comfort I experienced during the test, is enabled by the 1.4 millimeters of travel in the keys, which require 72 grams of force to actuate.įor comparison, I tried out the shallower, clickier keys on the 15-inch MacBook Pro (whose keys have 0.8 mm of travel and require 74 grams of actuation force). While I hit a relatively similar 74 wpm on that machine, my hands started to hurt during the test, which I attribute to how much less travel is in those keys. The 12-inch MacBook's similarly designed keys are even shallower, with 0.5 mm of travel. The MacBook Air's 4.0 x 2.9-inch trackpad offers accurate tracking and a solid feel to each click. ![]()
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