While the MacBook Air is Apple’s most popular laptop, it’s not the first in line to get Apple’s latest M-series chip. That honor goes to Apple’s most powerful laptop, the MacBook Pro, which was ...

Apple announced the MacBook Air M4 a week ago, and as per the norm, people are clamoring to learn more about Apple’s new, more affordable laptop. Reviews have already sprung up across the Internet ...

Apple’s been releasing new silicon at a breakneck pace, sometimes shorter than the usual one year period. The M4, for example, debuted just 10 months after the M3. As a result, Apple’s computing ...

Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them since built-in Wi-Fi was an optional feature. He also covers almost anything connected to a PC, including ...

A year ago, we called the M3 version of the MacBook Air “just about as good as laptops get.” The “as good as laptops get” part was about the qualitative experience of using the laptop, which was (and ...

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. After using the 15-inch MacBook Air for the past week, I'm ...

At the risk of repeating myself from Engadget's MacBook Air M1, M2 and M3 reviews: The M4-equipped MacBook Air is a nearly flawless ultraportable. Even better, it now starts at $999, which is $100 ...

It’s been more than four years since Apple released its first computers built around processors it designed in-house. Apple Silicon has dramatically changed the Mac lineup, and not just because it ...

The 2025 MacBook Air with Apple’s M4 processor comes as close as you can get to a perfect computer for just about everyone. As I found during testing for this review, Apple crammed tons of power into ...

Apple releases a new MacBook Air nearly every year, and really only changes the SoC (system on a chip) running the thing. 2025 is no different, with the new MacBook Air 15 yet again being a chic ...