Our standard enthusiasm for the unmatched Apple trackpad and excellent keyboard remains, and applies to both sizes. There are several other new gesture tricks, and fortunately the System Preferences menu shows animated examples of each one. To get back to a clean desktop, you now pinch out from your thumb and three fingers. The four-finger flick to return to the desktop has been reassigned to a feature called Mission Control, which shows all active apps and alternative desktop screens. For example, you no longer double-tap-and-drag to move a window: instead, just use three fingers while hovering over the title bar. ![]() The gestural language is now even further divorced from the Windows standard. While the keyboard and trackpad are the same (backlighting aside) as on the previous 11- and 13-inch models, using the new OS X Lion gestures can take some getting used to. ![]() The trade-off there is that the 13-inch Air feels a bit heavier than its thin body would lead you to expect, especially compared with the 11-inch version or an iPad. ![]() Both the 11-inch and 13-inch versions of the MacBook Air have the same thickness, ranging from 0.11 inch to 0.68 inch, but spread over the larger footprint of the 13-inch chassis, the 13-inch body has always seemed especially thin.Īs with the 2010 version, which this is physically indistinguishable from at first look, the rigid aluminum construction makes the Air feel sturdy enough to just throw in a bag and carry along with you without a protective case or sleeve.
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