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1. 2014 MACBOOK AIR 13 INCH BATTERY LIFE UPGRADE
2. 2014 MACBOOK AIR 13 INCH BATTERY LIFE FULL
3. 2014 MACBOOK AIR 13 INCH BATTERY LIFE PORTABLE

You're looking at a laptop that can get through a full workday. The 13-inch Air has an even better battery (a whopping 16 hours on the same video playback battery test), but I'd argue that anytime you cross over 8 hours you're in a territory that's all gravy afterward. But even if you only get two-thirds of our test time, it still means we've reached a point where you can charge up, leave the house for the day, and basically not worry. Note, however, that this offline video playback battery test has become much easier for laptops over the past few years, and a full day of online Web surfing and multitasking could cut that time significantly. That's a nice jump, owing perhaps to small improvements made since last summer to both Intel's Core i-series CPUs and Apple's OS X operating system. The 11-inch Air lasted an extremely impressive 12 hours and 3 minutes in our video playback battery-drain test, which was about 90 minutes longer than the 2013 version. Cosmetically, it's identical to last year's version (and couple of versions before that as well): same aluminum unibody construction, same ports, same 1,366x768-pixel 11.6-inch display, and same keyboard and clickable trackpad. Swap someone's 2013 MacBook Air with the newer 2014 model and he or she will never know the difference.

2014 MACBOOK AIR 13 INCH BATTERY LIFE PORTABLE

With tablets offering excellent battery life and supremely portable forms versus a laptop's subpar battery life, why not just get things done on a tablet instead? Both the 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Airs are still universally useful laptops that are largely frustration-free, but that also lack some of the latest bells and whistles (edge-to-edge glass, touch screens, higher display resolutions) you may be looking for. Balancing out those two factors, our rating remains the same, and the remainder of this review is essentially unchanged from the 2013 version. While the lower price is a plus, the lack of significant performance improvement and the static physical design remind us that the Air is overdue for a more radical overhaul. Instead, the price cut is the big news here, making this an even more viable option for midprice laptop shoppers.

2014 MACBOOK AIR 13 INCH BATTERY LIFE UPGRADE

(Some have seen different results, owing to Apple using SSDs from multiple manufacturers in Airs, but our tests all fall in line with expectations from this small CPU uptick.) There's certainly no reason to upgrade if you have last year's MacBook Air. We've tested the new 2014 versions of both the 11-inch and 13-inch Airs, and found their performance to be slightly improved.