Apple MacBook Air 13 (M1) Reviews

Uses an M1 MacBook Air bought for under $800 in 2021 as a nights and weekends laptop; finds it indestructible, very fast and incredibly valuable.

Owns an M1 MacBook Air and plays a lot of Roblox on it. It runs smoothly at medium settings with no problems and has very good battery life.

Has used an M1 MacBook Air for three years and finds the battery life still amazing, better than most Intel or AMD laptops.

After 4.5 years of heavy on-the-go use and 1200 cycles, their M1 Air battery is at 69 percent capacity and lasts about three hours.

Likes their base 8GB/256GB M1 Air after nearly three years but is running out of storage, and the 8GB of RAM is the main reason they consider upgrading.

Their M1 MacBook Air is crooked and worn but still going strong.

Their 16GB M1 Air struggled on macOS Tahoe with much worse game performance, so they plan to downgrade to Sequoia.

Uses an 8GB/256GB M1 Air daily, always updated to the latest macOS with no issues and unchanged battery life.

Noticed no slowdown on their M1 Air after updating macOS; it stays as fast as before.

On their M1 Air with the original battery, macOS Tahoe cut performance noticeably versus earlier versions, while Sequoia matched Big Sur.

Their base M1 MacBook Air runs the latest macOS fine for video and photo editing, a bit of coding and school work.

Used the original M1 Air until recently and says it was enough for on-the-go creative work away from the office.

Five years in, their M1 Air has 85 percent battery health and speakers that sound louder and crisper than a new M4 Air in a side-by-side test; calls it built like a tank.

Their 16GB M1 Air never needed a charger on trips, though its 256GB SSD kept running out of space, which prompted the upgrade.

Moved from a hot, stuttery Intel Air to the M1 Air and found the heat and lag problems gone, a night and day difference.

Their five-year-old M1 Air still copes with upwards of 150 open tabs across Chrome and Firefox.

Has used an M1 Air since launch and only recently sees it showing its age, with great years of use that would make them choose an Air again.

Their 8GB M1 Air runs the latest macOS (Tahoe) beautifully.

Had to downgrade their 8GB/256GB M1 Air from macOS Tahoe back to Sequoia because it became very slow.

Their M1 MacBook Air took a big fall and suffered no damage at all.

Has an M1 MacBook Air with 16GB and 1TB on Sonoma that still performs amazingly well.

Develops on an M1 Air with 16GB RAM running Tahoe and says it never lags.

Still uses a base M1 Air after four years as a first Mac and finds it snappy and impressive.

Bought a 512GB M1 Air used for 400 dollars last summer and is amazed by its speed, light weight, screen and sound, only wishing for 16GB RAM.

Uses a base M1 Air and values how lightweight it is, preferring a light laptop that works well over lugging a heavy one.

Bought an M1 Air at release and barely used it at first, but occasionally is reminded how fast it is and how great its battery life is, and is glad they bought it.

Still uses a 16GB M1 MacBook Air for JS coding with several browsers, Slack, a local LLM and VS Code. Works great, with video editing slow but fine.

Their 8GB M1 MacBook Air multitasks better than a 32GB Windows laptop, which they credit to optimization.

Has not kept up with newer models because they are so happy with their M1 Air, though they will likely upgrade this summer.

Wants to upgrade their M1 Air because multiple streaming video tabs cause freezing even with 16GB, and keeps computers four to five years.

Bought a used 16GB M1 Air; has hit the 256GB storage limit a few times but it was not painful enough to fix, just keeping files on a thumb drive.

Their 8GB M1 Air handles Rimworld, Minecraft and Stardew Valley with higher frame rates and better battery than their sons gaming desktop, so they returned a pricier MacBook Pro.

After two years with the base M1 Air, they run 20+ tabs, video and messaging apps fine and only feel slowdowns under CPU heavy work, with battery that lasts forever.

Spilled coffee on their work M1 MacBook Air and has been stuck dealing with the damage for a long time.

Owned a 2020 M1 MacBook Air 256GB/8GB that still had 94 percent battery health when they sold it two weeks earlier to move to an M4.

Got an M1 Air from salvage despite disliking MacBooks, and it changed their opinion enough that they now own it plus an M1 Pro MacBook Pro.

Owns an M1 Air alongside a Surface Laptop 7 and sees no performance barriers, so has no reason to upgrade; likes quick wakeup.

Used a 16GB M1 MacBook Air for development for four years with two VS Code windows, Docker, Chrome and emulators. Runs smoothly unless both emulators run together or a service leaks memory.

Frontend developer on an 8GB M1 MacBook Air who finds it handles the job very well with 20+ Brave tabs, VSCode, Figma and sometimes Docker.

Previously owned an M1 MacBook Air and found it a phenomenal machine, especially when travelling.