We spent a lot of our time with the junior laptop, and we can tell you that even next to its big brother, it does feel amazingly small and light. The minuscule 11.6-inch version, meanwhile, is just 11.8 inches by 7.56 inches, and weighs 2.3 pounds. The laptops have been trimmed down - the 13.3-inch model measures just 12.8 inches by 8.94 inches (with a thickness of 0.68 inches tapering to 0.11 inches at its smallest point), and weighs a meager 2.9 pounds. Besides having trimmed down here and there, Apple's unibody construction seems more fully realized on these laptops, and holding one in your hand (or on your lap) definitely promotes a feeling of confidence in build quality. The new MacBook Airs don't look wildly different than their predecessors, but they certainly feel more solid than previous generations. Do the new MacBook Airs have enough to take on a crowded market, or have they been bumped out of the game altogether? Read on for the full Engadget review to find out! Of course, over time the market for laptops of this type has gotten quite crowded, with a slew of ULV-based thin-and-lights that offer lots of options for lots of budgets. The first is an update to the standard 13.3-inch model priced at a significantly cheaper $1,299, while the newest entrant to the MacBook family is a tiny 11.6-inch model that's nearly the size of an iPad - and not wildly more expensive, starting at $999. Well, we've come a long way from Apple's original play, with two all-new models of the Air. Originally, the wafer-thin (and somewhat underpowered) laptop sold for a painful starting price of $1,799, and had its fair share of problems.

Since the laptop's launch back in the heady days of 2008, we've always considered it a niche, high-end product and much less a mainstream system. The MacBook Air has never exactly been a simple product to review.

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