MACBOOK AIR: WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT WE WISHED IT HAD

There might not be any retail stores to visit for a while, but that’s not slowing Apple’s roll. On the morning of March 18, Apple launched a brand-new MacBook Air with more storage, more speed, and a better keyboard, all for hundreds less than the current model.

With a 10th-generation Intel Core i3 or i5 processor, Apple claims the new MacBook Air delivers “up to two times faster CPU performance and up to 80 percent faster graphics performance” than the previous MacBook Air). Both base models have lower clock speeds than their predecessors (1.1GHz vs. 1.6GHz), but the new chip architecture, Intel Iris Plus Graphics, and LPDDR4X memory should deliver a noticeable boost.