Unsurprisingly, it sounds beefier than the 13-inch model. It has a six-speaker sound system that consists of tweeters and force-cancelling woofers – just like the 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pros – and supports Spatial Audio when you play compatible content. The other noteworthy upgrade you can’t see: it’s the speakers. You could nitpick and say it isn’t quite as vivid as a notebook with an OLED display, but I doubt the type of people who buys these notebooks will care too much. This is still, by most accounts, a great display. Resolution is 2880 x 1864 pixels which gives it the same 224 pixels per inch pixel density count as the smaller 13-inch model. It’s also a Liquid Retina display, which means it uses a regular IPS LCD panel – not OLED. You can see much more of a webpage or document. The increase in display size, however, is immediately palpable. You won't notice it after a couple of days. There's a notch at the top which houses a 1080p webcam, but it's honestly a non-issue at this point. The display now measures 15.3 inches diagonally. ![]() Even so, it’s remarkably light for a 15-inch notebook and I believe most people will no problems shrugging off the difference in weight in favour of the larger display. I immediately noticed the extra heft, but then I spend a lot of time working on the 13-inch MacBook Air. Weight is up slightly from 1.24kg to 1.51kg. Colour options are unchanged so you have Midnight, Starlight, Space Grey, and Silver. I can’t think of a thinner 15-inch notebook. At just 11.5mm thick, it’s remarkably svelte and Apple claims this is the slimmest 15-inch notebook in the world. It retains the 13-inch version’s slim profile. It means it looks sleek and build quality is top notch – it feels rock solid. Physically and aesthetically, the new 15-inch MacBook Air is best described as mostly a blown up version of the 13-inch MacBook Air. #hwz #hwzsg #macbook #15inchmacbookair #macbookair #mac #wwdc2023 #apple #applesilicon ♬ original sound HardwareZone It might even tempt owners of the 13-inch MacBook Air to make a switch. ![]() The 15-inch MacBook Air’s combination of performance and portability makes it the ideal 15-inch notebook for most people. So what do you gain apart from the larger display, and is it really light and portable? Answers to all these and more below. That’s a big deal because users who wanted a MacBook with a display larger than 13-inches have had to cough up for a far more expensive MacBook Pro. In other words, it’s the first affordable MacBook with a large screen. But this is Apple’s largest MacBook Air ever. It’s easy to view Apple’s new 15-inch MacBook Air as nothing more than just a MacBook Air with a larger display. Note: This review was first published on 12 June 2023.
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