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Is the M4 Macbook Air Perfect? Not Quite…

7 min readMay 1, 2025

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When I reviewed the M4 MacBook Air earlier this year, I called it the best laptop money can buy. I wasn’t alone, either — many more reviews of the latest MacBook Air carried the same narrative.

I still stand by that claim. I don’t think you’ll find a better laptop when it comes to design, performance, convenience, and sheer value for money in the long term.

I also know this gets Windows People’s backs up. Which is fun. But I do understand some of the criticism levelled at reviewers like me by that faction. Is there really nothing not to like about the M4 MacBook Air?

As it turns out, there is, and after a month of using the M4 MacBook Air every single day, I’ve come up with five things I don’t like about it.

But let’s start with the good stuff. Just for the lols.

5 things I love about the M4 MacBook Air

Sorry, Windows People — there’s a lot to love about “the world’s most popular laptop” (Apple’s words — not mine).

1. The power

I haven’t troubled my M4 MacBook Air yet. Although, to be fair, I’ve not really thrown anything significant at it. Despite this, I still have a lingering hangover from my days in Windows…

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Mark Ellis
Mark Ellis

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