APPLE MACBOOK AIR (M1)

LAPTOP OF THE YEAR

In terms of speed, the name ‘M1’ has had some vastly different connotations. There’s BMW’S rapid M1 sports car from the late ’70s… and there’s the southern stretch of the M1 motorway, one of the country’s worst traffic black spots. When it comes to the M1 chip in the new Macbook Air, you can forget congestion and start dreaming of sporty performance coupled with ruthless efficiency – because it’s the brains and brawn of the most insanely quick and able laptop you can get for a grand.

Apple has developed a habit of shoving increasingly rapid chips inside its phones and tablets, so why should its laptops be any different? Here we get not only a 13.3in backlit beauty that’s 3.5x faster than the previous model, but also offers 5x better graphics performance and 9x faster machine learning. Apple’s most affordable laptop is undoubtedly better than ever. from £999 / apple.com

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