Originally Posted: March 21st, 2020

Link: The 2020 MacBook Air: Nearly Perfect

There are a lot of reviews of the 2020 MacBook Air out there, but John Gruber said it best:

The things that haven’t changed with the MacBook Air — size, weight, display — didn’t need to change. They were already great. The things that have changed — price, performance, and for me personally, especially the keyboard — have all changed significantly for the better. These new MacBook Airs are a lot cheaper, performance is appreciably improved for both CPU and graphics, and the keyboard has gone from “well, it’s OK” to “damn, this keyboard feels so good it makes me want to write something”.

Don’t overthink it. The new MacBook Air is what it looks like: nearly perfect.

I have a i5/8GB/512GB model coming my way next week. I’m looking forward to digging into thermal throttling and seeing if the cooling solution has improved. From what I have seen in early reviews, it looks largely the same as the underwhelming cooling solution on the 2018/2019 model.

If you need serious performance on the go, look at the 16-inch MacBook Pro, or wait for the updated 13/14-inch MacBook Pro. If you just need a good laptop, get the Air.