DECEMBER 2020 PCWorld 7News
TECH NEWS AND TRENDS THAT WILL
AFFECT YOU TODAY AND BEYOND.Sorry, but the new MacBook Air is
not faster than 98% of PC laptops
Let’s just say this out loud, OK? Apple is full of it. BY GORDON MAH UNGL
et me just say it out loud, OK? Apple
is full of it. I’m referring to Apple’s
claim that its fanless, Arm-based
MacBook Air is “faster than 98
percent of PC laptops.” Yes, you read that
correctly: Apple officials literally claimed that
the new MacBook Air using Apple’s custom
M1 chip is faster than 98 percent of all PClaptops sold this year.
Typically, when a company makes such
a claim, it publishes a benchmark, a
performance test or actual details on what it’s
basing that marketing claim on. This is to
prevent lawyers from launching out of missile
silos across the world.
Apple’s website restates the claim (go.IMAGE: APPLE