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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bought an M1 Air a year earlier for about 315 USD and is happy with it.

Owns an M1 MacBook Air with 16GB RAM and 256GB SSD, calls it ahead of its time and their best purchase in a decade or more.

Their inexpensive M1 Air with 8GB/256GB is used daily for video, programming and photo and video editing, and they are fully happy with it.

Their design firm uses a 13-inch M1 Air 8GB/512GB for design, Photoshop and Canva; it works fine, with only some memory pressure under many Chrome tabs and no drive issues after four years.

They moved from an old MBP to an M1 Air with 16GB a few years ago and have no regrets.

Still uses an M1 Air that is doing just fine, and is only thinking about upgrading to an M4 Air or a Pro.

Bought a 2020 M1 MacBook Air new in Asia for about 400 pounds, cheaper than a used one costs locally.

Runs a full dev stack with Mongo Atlas, DBeaver and Slack on an 8GB M1 MacBook Air without trouble.