Apple's 2012 Air, which I'm writing this on, was already the sexiest notebook around. What the 2013 Air did was to take this stunning device and double its battery life to 12 hours for the 13-inch model, with higher performance and a lower price. Inside it, Intel's thrifty new Haswell chip helped a lot.
At about Rs.62,000, the 11-inch Air is now great value. Especially with all the free software: Pages, Numbers and Keynote, included. No Microsoft Office required.
Sure, for that price you might squeeze in more specs into a Windows notebook, but that's missing the point. The Air makes a statement like no other on this side of the Rs.100,000-mark, and it works superbly (even with Windows, if you should choose to install that). It's fast, and uses solid-state storage. The MacBook Air is the benchmark other notebook vendors will still be looking to in 2014.
