Our quick take

Apple MacBook Air (2019) - 4.0 / 5

Design & Display

  • Available finishes: Gold (as pictured), Space Grey, Silver 13.3-inch ‘Retina display (2650 x 1600 resolution) Adds True Tone technology for adaptive colour 2x USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports 3.5mm headphone jack 15.6mm thickness 1.25kgs

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Keyboard & Trackpad

  • Improved third-generation butterfly keyboard (uses new material in mechanism) Large trackpad with Force Touch (dual level control) Touch ID fingerprint login (no Face ID)

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Performance & Battery

  • 8th Gen Intel Core i5 processor (1.6GHz dual core) 8GB RAM as standard (16GB upgrade available) 128GB SSD (256/512GB/1.5TB as upgrades)

To recap

What might look like an almost non-upgrade of its 2018 predecessor is quite a lot more: the 2019 Air has graduated and waved goodbye to its younger MacBook brother, fixed up its keyboard wrongs in the process of growing up, and becomes an altogether more acceptable workhorse than ever before.