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The MacBook Air is on sale for $799 - Here's why I recommend it for most people
Apple's M4 MacBook Air is the right choice for most consumers, with more base memory, improved external display support, and a very competitive price.
At no point can the Apple machine stop producing, however, so with the MacBook Air M4, it was apparent it would be an incremental upgrade, refining what made last year's version great while offering a little bit more for less cost to the consumer. I use a Windows device as my daily driver, and although I've used Macs for years in the past, I forgot how effortlessly the MacBook Air can handle multitasking through a combination of the Launchpad, split screen, and talking directly to Siri. Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETYes, the MacBook Pro M4 will last longer as well, but the Air is thinner and lighter and much less variable: the difference in battery drain is minimal depending on what tasks you're putting it through (barring persistent, intense workloads).
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