You don't get a lot of ports on the MacBook Air, as the case is too small, but it should be enough for most people Given a choice between more resolution or better quality, quality wins every time in our book. Colours are vibrant and we saw all of the detail in our high-contrast images.

Viewing angles are brilliant, the anti-reflective coating means you can read it in practically any lighting condition, and it's very bright. In all likelihood, then, more resolution would have looked slightly sharper, but you wouldn't get more on screen.įortunately, the screen quality is fantastic thanks to the brilliant IPS panel. We can get over this, though, as fitting a higher-resolution screen would most likely have impacted on build quality, durability and battery life.īesides, on an 11.6in screen, you'd have struggled to read anything on the screen, without increasing the size of the interface.

It has a resolution of 1,366x768 and it's a slight disappointment that a higher-resolution screen or Retina model couldn't have been fitted. The 11.6in screen is the same model used in last year's model. It would have been nice to see a higher resolution screen

Is the macbook 11 inch too small