Ultimately, the image displayed on Apple MacBook Air (Late 2020)s screen changes according to the ambient light and luminance level, when the True Tone option is enabled. We have provided images at 45 degrees to evaluate quality.

The screen can be considered Retina when viewed from at least 38 cm (from this distance, the average human eye can’t see the individual pixels). Additionally, the screen ratio is 16:10, the pixel density – 227 ppi, their pitch – 0.11 x 0.11 mm. This is a result of the passive cooling setup.Īpple MacBook Air (Late 2020) has a display with a 13.3″ (33.8 cm) diagonal and 2560 x 1600 resolution. Interestingly, this laptop has basically no vents to be found. As for the speakers – they are surrounding the keyboard for a very deep stereo sound. It is smooth and the tracking is very accurate.

In practice, this means that it has shallow travel, but clicky, satisfying feedback.Īlso, the laptop packs a very high-quality trackpad. The key caps are decently sized, and the entire board feels exactly the same as that on the MacBook Pro 13 (Late 2020). In contrast to the Pro model, this device lacks a Touch Bar but still features the Touch ID, fingerprint reader.

Protecting the panel, there is a glass cover. Additionally, you will find a couple of very thin bezels on the sides of the display, while the bottom one holds the name of the device, and the top houses the HD camera with its LED, which shows when an app is using your camera. This is enabled by the hinges, which operate extremely smoothly. Its lid opens effortlessly with a single hand. With pretty much no chassis flex, despite the thin profile. The laptop is both stylish and very rigid. In terms of weight, the MacBook Air (Late 2020) stops the scales at 1.29 kg. At its thinnest spot – at the front, it stands at only 4.1mm, while the thickest one is 16.1mm tall. It is built from an aluminum unibody and has a very interesting design. Keep in mind that the port supports HDMI 2.0, so the maximum resolution and refresh rate it can run is 4k at 60Hz.Apple stood to their name and delivered a very high-quality product. You can use a regular HDMI cable like the theĪmazon Basics HDMI cable ($8/£8 on Amazon) and plug it in. If you have the 14- or 16-inch MacBook Pro or Mac Studio, they have a full-sized HDMI 2.0 port. To connect a display with mini DisplayPort, you need one like the £30 on Amazon UK, and it supports 4K video at 60Hz. Amazon sells theĬable Matters USB-C to DisplayPort Adapter cable for $18, or To connect to a DisplayPort display, you need a USB-C to DisplayPort cable or adapter. So there probably will be no fix coming from Apple. Apple declared these displays as “Vintage” in July 2021, which means that the company will not supply parts for repairs, nor do they promise to provide OS support. Apple has not addressed the issue, which seems like it could be a compatibility problem with the M1’s GPU.

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