Nov 16, 2020 Open your closed MacBook Air or MacBook Pro (or press the Touch ID button). Rest your finger on the Touch ID sensor. How to use Touch ID to authorize App Store and iTunes purchases. Although the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Touch Bar support Touch ID authorization of both App Store and iTunes purchases, setting it up can be a bit of a process.

The $999 M1 MacBook Air represents the sweet spot of price and performance, but we’d recommend splurging on a little extra storage since 256GB is a little skimpy and you get a more powerful GPU to boot. That usually costs an extra $250, but today Expercom (via Amazon) is selling the 512GB MacBook Air for $1,170, good for $79 off and the best price we’ve seen for this configuration. (See below for link.)

The M1 MacBook Air looks the same as the Intel version it replaced last November, but inside it’s a completely new machine. It’s one of the first machines to feature Apple silicon. Speeds are massively improved over its predecessor and are basically as fast as the 13-inch MacBook Pro for regular work. It has a completely silent fanless design along with an excellent keyboard, great display, and a pair of Thunderbolt ports. And it’s got amazingly good battery life to go along with it.

• When Apple announced the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini powered by the Apple M1 processor, there was a lot of tempered excitement. This has to do with the fact that Apple is embarking on something we haven’t seen in 15+ years, when Apple transitioned from PowerPC to Intel.
• The Apple M1 is the first ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. As a central processing unit (CPU) for its line of Macintosh computers. It was inspired by their Apple A14 Bionic chip. It is deployed in the MacBook Air (M1, 2020), Mac mini (M1, 2020), and the MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020). It is the first personal computer chip built using a 5 nm process.

In our 4.5-star review, we called the M1 MacBook Air “an absolutely stunning debut for Apple silicon” and “a truly incredible feat” of performance. So unless you want to spend way more on a MacBook Pro, this is the one to buy.

Update 3/23:This deal is back, though it might not be showing on the main product page. If you see a higher price, scroll down a bit until you see the “Other sellers on Amazon” section on the right side of the page and select “Sold by: Expercom – Apple Premier Partner.”

Apple’s new M1 Macs – the first Macs with Apple’s own chips in them – have started shipping, and users are finding that the company’s claims of speed and battery life were not exaggerated. Benchmarks have shown that single-core performance – which is the majority of what computers do – outstrips every available Mac, and multi-core performance is behind only the three fastest Mac models. Single-core performance using Rosetta emulation (which allows you to use apps compiled for Intel processors, not for the new Apple chips) also beats all Intel Macs. (If you want some technical details on why this system on a chip is so fast, read this article.)

But it’s not just about the speed; in most cases, we don’t need speed. Most of our computing involves using trivial tasks, such as browsing the web, writing and reading emails, and other non-processor intensive operations.

Battery life also outperforms other Apple laptops by up to 25%, meaning that the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro really have all-day battery life.

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Specs and benchmarks aren’t everything. What is most important is real-world usage. Here’s an overview of my first week with a new MacBook Air.

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