Apple Macbook Air 2012 (13-Inch) Review + BenchMarks





As we all know that Apple has made such a great macbook as Macbook Pro Ratina Display which is just awesome, Stylish and performance...all in one and slim , Today take a look at Macbook Air 2012.MacBook Air with Retina display were greatly exaggerated: with the exception of those USB ports, this year's model is exactly the same as last year's, right down to the unibody aluminum shell and contested wedge shape. The good news: the existing design was already pretty swell. At 2.96 pounds (1.35kg), the Air is still lighter than most 13-inch Ultrabooks, which is saying a lot, given how many are hitting the market. And despite being 0.11 inches thick at its skinniest, it still feels reassuringly solid in-hand. At this point, it doesn't necessarily feel better-made than, say, the Lenovo IdeaPad U300s, but it's fair to say the build quality is top-notch, and that this kind of attention to detail remains rare. (See this roundup of Ultrabooks from this month's Computex show if you need proof that not all Ivy Bridge-packing ultraportables are created equal.If we could ask Apple to change one thing about the Air, it would be to make that pretty aluminum casing a little more durable. Anyone who's spent time with a unibody Mac can tell you that smooth metal finish is as scratch-prone as it is beautiful. Unless you handle it with kid gloves, the likelihood that you'll ding it within the first day is fairly high.Macbook  Air delivered impressively loud and clear sound. The notebook filled a room with plenty of bass and treble, lacking any distortion even when cranked to the max. When we played Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" on both the Air and the UX31A at their top volume, the difference couldn't be more stark. Apple re-issued the Air last year, it introduced a retooled keyboard with springier, bouncier keys and also backlighting. The result was a clear, much-appreciated improvement over the looser keys used on the earlier models. So it's no surprise, then, that Apple chose not to re-invent the keyboard yet again in 2012. The keys are just as comfy as ever, and though they're not quite as cushy as what you'll find on a MacBook Pro, they still offer more travel than most Ultrabook keyboards. Also unchanged: that spacious glass trackpad. It's still, hands-down, the best laptop trackpad we've tested, with a smooth, low-friction surface that responds impeccably to two-finger swipes, pinch-to-zoom and simple cursor navigation. Palm rejection is excellent as well, and we enjoyed flawless tracking in both OS X and Windows 7, which we installed using Bootcamp. The built-in button, too, is quiet and easy to press.All told, it's still the best keyboard-and-touchpad combination you'll find on a laptop this size. As we've said in other reviews, the problem isn't that other computer makers are incapable of building a precise trackpad or an ergonomically sound set of keys. No, the catch is that they so rarely manage to pull off both.USB 3.0 is alive and well on the new MacBook Air. Both ports support the standard and both OS X and the hardware supports the USB Attached SCSI Protocol (UASP). I have noticed that USB device compatibility is more finicky on the MacBook Air compared to the rMBP. Most devices seem to work fine but Kingston's HyperX Max 3.0 for example wouldn't work, although it worked fine on the rMBP. We've tested too many Ultrabooks that stumble on at least one major input device, if not both. Maybe they offer a tactile keyboard and flaky trackpad, or perhaps they bring precise navigation, paired with shallow keys.720p FaceTime camera delivered crisp, clear images with accurate colors. It's a definite step up from the VGA camera in the last Air. However, as with most webcams, it had trouble when there was a bright light source behind us; our face became silhouetted. When we captured our face with the old and new Air side by side, there was a much greater level of detail coming from the FaceTime HD camera.We were pleasantly surprised to find that, during the LAPTOP Battery Test the Battery lasted 8 hours and 10 minutes. That's almost 90 minutes longer than the ultraportable category average.Over all you can say that Macbook Air 2012 has pretty much all the things that a regular user want to have, obviously we are not talking about Ultra game plays.
Let take a look ar BenchMarks result....











  • Excellent Design.
  • Very Thin.
  • Fast Boot and RAM.
  • Top class long Battery Life.
  • Nice Audio Quality.
  • Good Touch-pad.


  • NO SD card slot.
  • with 1080p display it would be a better.