Battery Life Extensions. Traditionally, Apple products have long product cycles and are only upgraded conservatively here and there. Thus, it does not come as a surprise that the MacBook Air 13 is the spitting image of its predecessor. In the following review, we will take a close look at what has changed on the inside.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Apple-MacBook-Air-13-Mid-2013-MD760D-A-Subnotebook.96311.0.html
Itunes is much less efficient in Windows than in OSX so running the video test in Itunes, on an already inefficient(due to poor drivers) bootcamped Windows, is not an equitable comparative test.
Perplexed at your idle temp results on this. Your test results are showing the idle temps are around 10 degrees C higher than all other MacBook Air models you tested in both 2012 and 2013.
Macbook Air is undoubtedly a very good notebook
Price and lack of optical drive can affect a large number of users whose decision during the judgment can be negative so that they can decide to choose another manufacturer.
Air is perfect and the best "second computer" that you can wish for.
His task was not to be the main and only computer we can possess.
If you want excellent laptop computer that will be able to carry it with you wherever you go, the Air is an excellent choice for perfectly reasonable size and more pronounced weight that barely exceeds one kilo.
Take a look at this comparison at http://www.squidoo.com/apple-macbook-air-133 and You will see comparison to the another Apple laptops.Anyone considering purchasing this laptop needs to see the information in this chart.
The reflective display is a really disappointment. Why don't they use a matte one since it's not even touchable.
Acer Aspire S7-392: 2560x1440 resolution, 298.3 cd/m² average brightness, 1663:1 contrast, 0.19 cd/m² black, 80.4% sRGB, IPS, 78% rating.
Apple MacBook Air 13: 1440x900 resolution, 277.3 cd/m² average brightness, 665:1 contrast, 0.44 cd/m² black, 55% sRGB, TN, 81% rating.
The Air 13 also has very bad viewing angles and colour distortion, by your review. Can you explain the rating please?
And a question, did you test the battery of the MacBook with Windows? That drops the runtime very bad! Did you ever see that? You should write that on your reviews ("The great battery runtime of the Apple MacBook Air 13 are caused by the OS X battery managed, but using Windows the battery runtime drops down").
Sometimes, it looks like Apple devices are favored in your reviews.