For the amount you're paying many will ask why there isn't a HDMI port or an Ethernet port or why Apple hasn't upgraded the screens resolution. In short the Apple MacBook Air is all about style and incorporates the minimal performance for such a price.

Great battery life; Thin; Lightweight; Comfortable multi-touch trackpad; Backlit keyboard

No SD card slot; No Ethernet port; No HDMI port

Macbook gets an average life to around 5 hours with screen brightness set to medium and laptop brightness turned off. Oh yes, I forgot to mention, it comes with a backlit keyboard! This is great for anybody who is on the go and is often in dark rooms or just when there is no light.

Apple's dinkiest and most desirable ultraportable is also its most affordable, but is it a false economy? Alan Lu finds out in our review.

nice little laptop, 10 hr battery life .Worked well for 4 days then the wireless stopped working.

Don't call the MacBook Air a netbook: Steve Jobs will slice you with it, ninja-Frisbee style. Assault by turtleneck-loving CEOs aside, the new Air is designed to hang in the category of cheap, low-power consuming netbooks. But can it justify its thousand-dollar price tag? Not really.

The 11-inch MacBook Air has been on a tear ever since it first debuted back in October of 2010, combining a razor-thin design with instant-on responsiveness for an affordable price.

Comfortable backlit keyboard; Faster Core i5 processor; Very thin and light; Flash memory helps machine wake instantly; Bright display with wide viewing angles; Thunderbolt support

Below-average battery life; Starting configuration has only 64GB of storage; No SD card slot

If you don't need quad-core processing power, but still require a stable, comfortable keyboard to do your writing, this year's refreshed Apple MacBook Air 11in (which starts at £849) might be the chariot you're looking for.

Thin and light; Speedy enough with an Ivy Bridge CPU; Nicely bright screen; Smart multi-touch trackpad

Only middling battery life; No SD card slot; or HDMI/Ethernet

The Apple MacBook Air 11-inch (Mid 2013) ($999 list) is the latest iteration of Apple's ultraportable laptop. It retains all of the features that MacBook Air fans have grown to expect, though there are a few facets that are starting to seem dull and could bear a little improvement.

Great battery life; Thin; Light; Fourth Generation Intel Core processor; Bright screen; Nice multi-touch trackpad; Backlit keyboard; Thunderbolt port.

1,366 by 768 resolution; No SD slot.

These reviews really helped me when I was figuring out what to buy, so here are my two cents. I couldn't figure out if I wanted the Pro Retina or the Air, and I wasn't sure if I wanted 13 in. or 11 in.

Speedy, sexy, slim and swanky. Is there a more desirable laptop at the moment?

Super slim and sexy; Incredible build quality; Surprisingly speedy; ThunderBolt port has many possibilities

It's pricey; Limited connectivity out the box; No SD card reader