However, these measurements are just for the tablet section – to be a true replacement for the MacBook Air, we need to include the Apple Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro case, which delivers an excellent keyboard and mini trackpad.Īdding this brings the weight of the 11-inch model to 1.06kg in total, and the 12.9-inch model to (1.3kg in total). The smaller iPad Pro weighs 466g, while the larger weighs 682g – so again, massively lighter than the MacBook Air. Their sleek thin-bezel fronts and stark flat sides only add to the feeling that their design comes from slightly in the future compared to the MacBook Air's. The smaller version is just 5.9mm thick, while the larger is 6.4mm thick – both make the Air look bloated by comparison. The M1 iPad Pro comes in two sizes: one with an 11-inch screen, and one with a 12.9-inch screen. These are all things that are easy, and infuriating, to get wrong – but Apple doesn't. The MacBook Air gets so many things about being a laptop right, despite being small – it has just enough body to be a wrist rest while typing, its little lip makes it easy to open, the hinge is totally stable, and the balance is just right so it never tips while the screen is up.
On the left side of the base, you'll find two USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports on the right is a 3.5mm audio jack connector. To the left and right of the keyboard are speaker grilles, and these are massively impressive for a thin laptop – sound is elevated so that it doesn't seem to be pumping out from under your hands, and there's clear stereo separation between left and right.
The trackpad is nice and large, and always responds perfectly. Inside you'll find Apple's latest keyboard design, which has a nice clickiness for feedback, and none of the reliability problems that plagued MacBooks for a time. It weighs 1.3kg (2.8lbs), which is actually only a hair lighter than the 13-inch MacBook Pro, and is much heavier than the iPad Pro (sans keyboard case).
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