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I'm a windows guy I build my own pcs I use multiple monitors to get work done I use Windows and it's been that way for a very long time but when it comes to a laptop even though there are great options from huawei Microsoft and others for me it has to be a MacBook when it comes to the nuances that makes a laptop great it's really hard to beat the MacBook Air and I think that for most people the MacBook Air is the perfect laptop and in this video I'm going to tell you why the hardware on the MacBook Air is amazing I know some might call garish but I really like this gold color because it is different personalities in different light sometimes it looks gold sometimes it looks a little bit red sometimes it looks a little brown if you want a more traditional option you can choose silver or Space Gray but I think those are a little bit boring the MacBook Air weighs just 2.7 pounds making it one of the lightest laptops that you can buy and it's really thin too making it so portable whether you're traveling with it or just using around the house the new display on the MacBook Air is so much better than previous generations it's finally high resolution enough so that you don't see pixels on the screen plus it's got great color accuracy deep blacks awesome viewing angles it's just a massive upgrade over MacBook Airs of the past below the screen is an updated butterfly keyboard which like previous butterfly keyboards have very short key travel some people love it some people hate it personally I like it because it requires less effort to type because the key travel is smaller just my personal preference the trackpad on the new MacBook Air is glorious it's significantly bigger than previous MacBook Airs plus it has forced touch so that you can press anywhere on the trackpad to get it to register a click if you use gestures in Mac OS which have gotten really good using such a large trackpad makes it really easy to use for finger gestures and three finger gestures and all the cool stuff that you can do on a Mac in the upper right corner of the keyboard is a touch ID sensor which works as great as it does on the older iPhones that had the touch ID sensor it's great to not have to type your password when getting into your MacBook and use it for Apple pay and any other place you need authentication I kind of wish there was face ID here too but what can you expect the MacBook Air has a low-power Core i5 processor and for most people it's going to be enough for me I use a lot of Chrome Photoshop and Office and it keeps up just fine if you're going to be using your MacBook Air for heavy video editing or photo editing it might not be the best solution especially since it has integrated graphics although you can connect an e GPU if you want to one of the two USB C Thunderbolt 3 ports so yes with the new MacBook Air you're going to be livin the dongle life because there are only two ports but at least you get a headphone jack the included 30 watt charger can charge the 50 watt hour battery on the MacBook Air in a few hours apple claims that you can get 12 hours of web browsing on the MacBook Air but in my usage I didn't find that to be the case probably because I'm using Chrome and not Safari my usage had about 3 to 5 hours of battery life usually closer to that 5 using Chrome and the apps that I use the MacBook Air starts at 1,200 bucks and goes up to $1,400 for a higher capacity model this is definitely more expensive than other competing laptops and you're definitely paying an Apple tax here but I think that for most people the MacBook Air represents really the perfect laptop that's just a great all-rounder it's thin and light and quick and has great battery life what do you think about the MacBook Air drop a comment and let us know please give this video a thumbs up if you like what you saw you can follow me on twitter at brandon minimun thanks for watching that's it for now