Apple MacBook Air 11-inch (2010)

performance, price, usability, design, reliability

size, durability

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

portability, performance, usability, size, price

95% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Fantastic performance for the size and weight ; Standout keyboard and trackpad ; Great battery life ; Good value

8GB base memory option ; Expensive upgrade prices ; An OLED screen would have been the icing on the cake

This is the best MacBook for the vast majority of people. It’s powerful, sleek and has battery life that’ll power through even the busiest of days. 8GB of memory and a 256GB SSD feels stingy at the base level, but there’s still plenty of value to be...

Thin and light with a huge screen ; The M2 remains a powerful chip for everyday tasks ; Not a huge price increase over the 13-inch model

Annoying port placement ; Internal upgrades are expensive ; M2 not a massive jump over M1

The MacBook Air 15-inch is fast, well-designed, has a good screen and excellent battery life. It ticks just about every box I look for when recommending a laptop

Excellent battery life ; Beautiful design ; Fast boot-up

Pricey ; Small screen ; No SD card slot

Because it uses the same components, it’s unsurprising to find that the 11in MacBook Air performs no differently to the 13in system. All of the tasks a MacBook Air user is likely to want to carry out ran smoothly without any issues, from watching HD...

Flash storage ; Great new graphics chipset ; Enhanced battery life ; 30-day standby mode ; High-resolution screen

Processors relatively slow ; No backlit keyboard ; No SD card reader ; No 3G internet ; Still a little expensive

Although an excellent technological achievement, the MacBook Air has previously struggled to find its niche in the Apple notebook range. It was too expensive to compete with the low-end MacBook, and not powerful enough to replace the higher-specced...

Build, design, powerful for its size, great screen, exemplary keyboard

Price, inevitably lacks connections, no battery indicator

There is little to complain about with the MacBook Air 11-inch. It is, in a word, spectacular. It delivers performance in a package that is surprisingly complete and this, coupled with the design, makes the £1020 for the model reviewed here almost...

Beautifully designed ; Super light ; Superb keyboard

Upgrades can be very expensive ; Very similar to the M2 Air ; Jury’s still out on the screen notch

Yes, the best everyday ultraportable is now even better – the gauntlet has been laid down for Intel laptops again.

A really great looking laptop ; M2 is more than enough power for most ; Still quite physically compact

Single external display support ; Speakers could be better ; No extra battery life than 13in

The best gets bigger – but unless you really need the extra real estate then the 13in is a much better buy and feels a lot more portable.

Extremely slim and portable; well built and elegantly designed; fun to use; good display.

Poor port selection; mediocre performance; expensive.

The 11-inch Apple MacBook Air is remarkably thin and really enjoyable to use. But its paltry port selection and lack of real grunt mean it won't appeal to everyone.