Not many. But it is a good measure of performance. Basically, if it can edit well it can do most things well. Thanks for watching!

if you want to do video editing at advanced and professional level you would never use a macbook air

@@alemusicgirl Exactly my thoughts! But what Matt said makes sense.

Lol exactly, been having the same thoughts. Macbook air was not even initially the "budget" laptop within macbook lineups. It was the Macbook (the white glossy one). Although the current lineup of mac products do not make sense now tbh - I get each products and their uses, but its too much overlapping with price and usp.

Yoni Caragay there’s always been a weird overlap. You’re right that the air was once a lot of money. But roll back to 2015 and there was almost no difference in price between the 13inch air and the 13inch retina MacBook Pro - yet the pro had more grunt and a much higher res screen. It’d make more sense if the old air was taken away, the current MacBook was put for 999. That way you have a real differentiation between the MacBook (1 port, 5W cpu maybe the m3 once) and the air (2 ports w/ thunderbolt, 7W cpu)

I've only had the Air for a few days now. But It performs well. I don't notice any difference or slow down in performance from my old Dell XPS 13 with a i7-7560U it performs just as fast as that. But again I don't really do any taxing stuff and mostly use my computer for school and videos.

Thanks for asking this! Why tf all that matters to people is video editing. Not everyone is a KZfaq. Some people actually have assignments and stuff

I use the Air 2018 for programming. Programming itself isn't necessarily that needy, but the programs you use (IDE) to code in can be more processes to run. And the Air does well with that. I have like, at least, one IDE, like 20 Chrome tabs (no joke) up and running at some points plus multiple Terminal windows, and it does well with that. To me, the only 'truly' noticeable performance difference that I've seen between the Air and Pro has only been when rendering videos.

@@SuperGomez97 What sort of programming do you do?

@@mupert_rerdok I've done Android, Java backend as well as front end development. All of which worked just fine with the new Air :)

Bilama My hero

thanks 🙏🏻

hero that we don't deserve

waiting for this!

Bilama THANK YOU

so... how was it? does it run photoshop and lightroom smoothly? thats all i need to know. Thank you

Yes, MacOS saved us so much headache in the long run..

Y not try a mac mini?

Build a Hackintosh

You can’t just fire someone because they are making expensive products. It aint easy to give a CEO of a major company the boot. It really depends whether or not the Board of Directors feel that the company is starting to lose profit at a significant level under his leadership. They would be threatened because they are some of the largest shareholders of the company, and if they feel their shares are dropping to an incredible low and notice that it is going to be effective for the long run to where they start to lose money, they can all unanimously vote to fire the CEO of the company (in this case it’s Cook) or make him step down to a lower position within the company in favor of someone more qualified. Obviously they feel that he is doing a decent enough job to where it makes them money, so they have no valid reason to get rid of him. The only other way that Cook would not be CEO is if he were to personally step down.

and a very hard one!

Well, their plan is to get people to move from low-cost laptops to iPads so this sort of thing is bound to happen. If it does end up happening, there really isn't any competition for Apple in tablets which will be a huge benefit for them. Not saying that the iPad is ready to do that at all but then again, the only thing limiting an iPad from replacing computers is it's OS.

hows the keyboard been? any issues with key failure?

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

hows the keyboard been? any issues with key failure?

Thanks!

Thanks man!

Yoni Caragay shhh dont give then ideas to steal more money out our pockets man 😂

Thanks so much!

EverydayTechno

Yeah, if you don’t mind a dimmer screen this will be perfectly fine!

Thanks!

@pat the Low Tier pro has the old keyboard , that is pretty 'meah' and prone to failing... that is the main reason I went with the Air, a Mac that does not break for a speck of dust is better then some extra cpu power and some extra nits on the screen :/

Rowen Woods Not really, the 2018 pro has the updated keyboard, that’s one of the main updates they did for the 2018 model.

MarieF0528 only the model with touchbar has the updated keyboard. The low tier model, the one that competes with the air , has still 2nd gen

Should of scrapped the idea and gone for a Dell XPS.

@@MarieF0528 Updated keyboards are still failing tho. apple even apologized for it.

Yeah if you don’t care about the screen the older Air is just fine.

Me too. I am torn between macbook air 2018 vs macbook pro 2017.

@@unicarnija7557 avoid 2017 macbook pro at all costs, very faulty keyboard, models from 2016 and 2017 got the most heat for how many devices were affected by this issue. true there is a free keyboard replacement program in place but it is only valid for I believe 4 years after purchase and if you plan on keeping it longer than that you might have serious issues later on . I say avoid the 2017 because you're going into a purchase knowing it's keyboard has a decently high failure probability . this is just my personal opinion though, I say go for the air out of those two options.

Thanks so much!

Mac Binger thanks! And that is coming 😎

same size different switch

2:1. Thanks!

As a writer, all you need is a $300 typing laptop. All the classics were written by hand or on a typewriter. You think you need a $1200 toy for that?

Hey how is it holding up??

PANDYA DIPAKKUMAR pretty good, I kinda dropped the gaming part but for writing essays and other power points and such, it’s a good tool

Definitely check one out. It’s a great replacement for an iPad

well i was in the same spot as you. I came from the ipad pro 9.7 and i wanted something more. I missed mac os too much, i compared the air next to the pro and i have to say the pro screen just looks so much better than the air and my pro with touchbar was on sale so i went with that one

I looked at the Air in the store and never noticed any issue with the screen -- until these videos told me there was one. I bought it anyway, to replace my 12" Macbook -- and I couldn't be happier. Two things, though. First, I use my computer primarily for watching shows, surfing, and writing, and I wanted the better keyboard and bigger screen, and was willing to sacrifice a bit of portability for that. I couldn't be happier with how it performs these things. And then, I use it almost entirely indoors and live in a cloudy place. I can see that I wouldn't be able to use it outdoors in brilliant sunshine -- but I would seldom get either the urge or the chance to do that! Indoors, my brightness is cranked all the way up most of the day, but at that level it's fine for me, I never feel the screen is too dim.

Michele Hogan Would you say brightness level on the new Air is the same as it was on your 12" MB? On paper it's the same (300 nits). I bought my gf a rose gold 12" MB about a year ago and the brightness level on that seems just fine

@@TrentHarlan It's very subjective, but it feels the same to me. I would say that I turned my 12" MB screen's brightness down from maximum more often than I do this one. And I've only had this one for a week, but I haven't yet encountered a situation where I want the screen to be brighter and it just won't go. Put it next to my son's 2016 Pro, and I can easily tell the difference. But sitting by myself with this one, I have had no issue at all. And compared to the 12", the keyboard, Touch ID, and bigger screen are fantastic!