Apple MacBook Air with Apple M1 Chip is an Astonishing Breakthrough

Apple Silicon launches with stellar battery life and uncompromising power

Apple’s MacBook Air with Apple M1 will look quite familiar to MacBook Air fans (Photo: Lance Ulanoff)

The MacBook Air’s brain transplant is an unalloyed success. After running on Intel gray matter for more than a decade, the transition to Apple silicon is surprisingly smooth and, in most ways virtually unnoticeable.