The new M4 MacBook Airs don’t do anything groundbreaking or exciting, but sometimes being boring and consistent is a good thing. There’s nothing wrong with an iterative update.

Affordably priced, Excellent performance, Over 15 hours of battery life, Bright Liquid Retina display, Fast and comfortable typing experience, Unmatched webcam

Limited ports, Upgrades can get expensive

Apple MacBook Air 13-inch M4 sets a new standard for laptop value by lowering its price while raising the bar on performance and adding a class-leading webcam.

Apple's M4-powered MacBook Air features the tech giant's latest chip, a new 12-megapixel Center Stage camera, and a lower starting price.

full metal chassis;matte OLED screen w/great color gamut coverage;great input devices;intelligent and easy maintenance design;long battery life;nice sound quality;HDMI port and modular SSD

bad webcam;missing features (5G, Smartcard, mechanical camera shutter, TrackPoint);no USB-A port;can get loud under load;worse keyboard layout than other ThinkPads

Lenovo has made the un-ThinkPad: At least in terms of looks, the Lenovo ThinkPad X9-14 Gen 1 Aura Edition is not a ThinkPad. However, when it comes to the quality of components and the engineering behind it, this device does have ThinkPad quality. From...

Big performance gains from M1, Intel MacBook Airs ; Great design, features ; Support for two external displays simultaneously with MacBook display ; 12-megapixel Center Stage camera

256GB SSD might fill up fast ; Expensive upgrades

The MacBook Air M4 is still one of the most complete packages you can ask for when it comes to creativity, productivity, and everyday use. The M4 Air's sleek and lightweight form factor set the standard for ultraportables, and not much has changed with...