Pure gases can be separated from air by first cooling it until it liquefies, then selectively distilling the components at their various boiling temperatures. But really, the most important thing is that, for the first time in several years, I feel confident saying that most people in the market for a Mac laptop can just buy a MacBook Air and expect it to competently and reliably do most things for a long time to come. By November 2001, the TSA was rolling out a number of new security measures: armed air marshals, reinforced cockpit doors and no-fly lists identifying people who could pose a threat and designating them for enhanced screening or, as appropriate, prohibiting them from boarding an aircraft. And that fan was blowing its heart out. The fan is blowing on this brand-new MacBook Air with Retina Display. The hybrid diesel locomotive is an incredible display of power and ingenuity. The Retina Display is commendably sharp, but it doesn’t have the P3 wide color gamut of the MacBook Pro, and it’s weird that Apple calls it 2560 x 1600 when it runs at an effective 1440 x 900 by default. At least the trackpad is great: it’s huge like on all modern MacBooks, but it still feels great to scroll and click on.

There’s nothing much more to say about it at this point; if Apple can add trackpad support to iPadOS, it can probably figure out touch support in macOS. It doesn’t support Wi-Fi 6 because Apple’s using a different Wi-Fi module than the one that’s normally packaged with these Intel chips, but no one has Wi-Fi 6 yet so whatever. Speaking of Zoom, the webcam in the Air is the same old 720p webcam Apple’s been using forever. It’s great that the Air can get terrific battery life if you restrict yourself to Apple’s own apps, but my friends, we live in a society. I don’t think this is entirely Apple’s fault – all three of these apps are battery hogs – but at this particular moment in history, I don’t think I’m alone in having Zoom and Slack open all day every day. These pneumatic bones are less vascularized than non-pneumatic bones and many pneumatic bones have pneumatic foramina (openings for air passage). Common molds that aren’t considered toxic also have the potential to cause reactions in some people, which makes it important to get rid of any type of mold you find in your home as soon as possible, particularly if you suspect that someone in your family is having a reaction to it.

Everyone else will likely find that the MacBook Air’s performance is totally fine for most day-to-day tasks, but that they’ll hear the fan run every so often. I have to say that the Air’s battery life was just average: Apple claims that the new Air can get up to 11 hours of battery life if you’re just browsing the web in Safari, but my pretty boring workday of running Chrome, Slack, and Zoom killed the battery in just five hours with the screen brightness turned all the way up. It doesn’t hold up well outdoors, requires special tools and can’t be melted and recycled in the same way as many other plastics. Every smart device now requires you to agree to a series of terms and conditions before you can use it – contracts that no one actually reads. Afterward, they’ll seal the ducts off and use supports to keep them in place. Robber’s cave is a must-visit place when in Dehradun. Just opening Lightroom is enough to make the fan speed up, and after a couple of edits, it’s going full blast. However, Libras’ tendency towards indecisiveness can sometimes hinder their ability to make decisive decisions and take decisive action.

The company doesn’t think most people need hardcore sustained performance, so the Air is built around Intel’s turbo boost feature, which can quickly ramp the processor to 3.2GHz to get something done and then ramp it back down to 1.1GHz to preserve heat and battery life. And while Safari is much more efficient than Chrome, Chrome is still just a fact of life for a lot of people. A lot of people tweeted questions at me about the performance difference between the Core i5 Air and the Core i5 13-inch MacBook Pro. U-series processor differences aside, it really comes down to thermal design: Apple told me that the MacBook Pro is the better laptop for people who need to push their machine to the limit all the time. Apple told me this throttling is by design. From a physical hardware perspective, it was the only thing Apple needed to fix. The other thing the Air doesn’t have is a touchscreen. But the company doesn’t seem interested in that, so I wouldn’t expect to see it happen anytime soon.