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Apple's very popular very useful 13-inch laptop gets a little bit better and a little bit less expensive i'm dan ackerman and this is the 2014 version of apple's 13-inch macbook air this is a very minor update to the macbook air compared to the 2013 version what Apple's done this year is take the same body fact the same body we've seen for a few years now and given it a slightly faster processor and it's also cut the price by a hundred dollars for the base model from 1099 down to 999 and I think getting below that thousand-dollar markedly psychologically makes a big difference makes it a lot easier to move into a macbook air now we saw some you know minor improvement in performance scores in this model versus last year's but if you've got a recent macbook air there's not really a real reason to upgrade if you've been holding off for a couple years or you have an older macbook air then this is certainly a lower-cost way to get in there and the performance is a little bit better battery life still excellent of course we're all waiting for a more thorough overhaul of the air because the hardware vault still looks good is starting to feel a little bit dated newer laptops have higher screen resolutions edge-to-edge glass over the display some of them have touchscreens obviously OS 10 is not really built around touch but you see a lot of Windows laptops moving that way it'll be really interesting to see what Apple does next when they do a more complete overhaul or redesign of the airline beyond this very very minor upgrade i'm dan ackerman and that is the 2014 version of apple's 13-inch macbook air