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8.8
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8.0
Engadget Oct 26, 2010

The MacBook Air has never exactly been a simple product to review. Since the laptop's launch back in the heady days of 2008, we've always considered it a niche, high-end product and much less a mainstream system. Originally, the wafer-thin laptop sold for a painful starting price of...

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9.0
yama95 yama95

I have used just about every model 15 " Macbook Pro over the last several years. I was really worried in moving to the Macbook Air but have been extremely pleased with my purchase. The speed, battery and design are unbelievable. This has become my everyday computer and I will definitely...

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8.0
leigh leigh

I loved my Air. Absolutely the best gadget type thing I've gone into debt for. If it hadn't been stolen this review would have been present tense. I will never forget mah Air.

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9.0
brambos brambos

The 13" MacBook Air offers everything I could want from a laptop. The performance is plenty fast, thanks to the SSD, the screen is fabulous, the design is amazing and the portability is out of this world. This is a piece of engineering where you can just sense that they thought long and hard...

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8.0
hen hen

Loved it for what I needed to do - run Microsoft Office and Acorn. It even ran WIndows XP in VMWare Fusion effectively - goes to show that the SSD makes a huge difference. Wish they could figure out the external monitor issue though. Otherwise, it's the best laptop I've owned since my 2000-era...

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9.0
dustinhyle dustinhyle

I love this thing. I have had much faster laptops in the past and more expensive too. This thing is my favorite laptop. I love that I can take it anywhere. The battery is good. You can just close the lid and reopen to get back to work instantly. Windows really needs to figure that out. Speaking...

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9.0
fffred fffred

It has been my main and only computer since march 2011. Sold my iMac 27 and went for the Core2Duo 1,86Ghz with a 4gb ram upgrade. At this time, i was starting a new job and I needed a new computer that I easily move everywhere (three different locations : office, and two shops). I chose the Air...

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