Macworld - USA (2021-03)

96 Macworld • March 2021

FEATURE

see – most of all a better webcam in

the notebooks – but I’ve never been

more excited for the Mac. Grade: A

Jason Cross: This is a hard one to

give a grade to. The M1 is an absolute

triumph, and has injected real

enthusiasm and excitement into the

Mac for the first time in years. But

is the only thing preventing the Mac

from completely treading water. Apple

is behind the industry on industrial

design, display technology (no HDR

or high/variable refresh rates?), and

Face ID should have come to the Mac,

along with a much better webcam, a

long time ago. Grade: B

Roman Loyola: The Mac was having

a failure of a year until the M1 was

released, but you could also say that

the M1 was the reason the Mac was

failing until November 2020. The

M1 release was monumental, and

2021 for the Mac is going to be even

bigger. Grade: B

iPAD

New products: iPad Air, iPad Pro, iPad

Michael Simon: Like the Mac, Apple

completely redeemed a lacklustre

year for the iPad with the launch of

the completely unexpected, fully

redesigned iPad Air. Among the

highlights, the new iPad Air has a

fantastic iPad Pro-style design, has a

Touch ID scanner built into the power

button, is as fast as the iPhone 12, and

comes in colours other than space

grey and rose gold. It’s

so good, there’s really

no reason to buy a Pro.

Grade: A

Jason Cross: The

hardware itself isn’t

really stepping forward

a lot, but the new iPad

Air is a lot better than

the old one. iPadOS

13.4 added mouse/

keyboard support in a

Apple’s M1 Macs are an absolute triumph. thoughtful way, and the

96 Macworld • March 2021

FEATURE

see – most of all a better webcam in

the notebooks – but I’ve never been

more excited for the Mac. Grade: A

Jason Cross: This is a hard one to

give a grade to. The M1 is an absolute

triumph, and has injected real

enthusiasm and excitement into the

Mac for the first time in years. But

is the only thing preventing the Mac

from completely treading water. Apple

is behind the industry on industrial

design, display technology (no HDR

or high/variable refresh rates?), and

Face ID should have come to the Mac,

along with a much better webcam, a

long time ago. Grade: B

Roman Loyola: The Mac was having

a failure of a year until the M1 was

released, but you could also say that

the M1 was the reason the Mac was

failing until November 2020. The

M1 release was monumental, and

2021 for the Mac is going to be even

bigger. Grade: B

iPAD

New products: iPad Air, iPad Pro, iPad

Michael Simon: Like the Mac, Apple

completely redeemed a lacklustre

year for the iPad with the launch of

the completely unexpected, fully

redesigned iPad Air. Among the

highlights, the new iPad Air has a

fantastic iPad Pro-style design, has a

Touch ID scanner built into the power

button, is as fast as the iPhone 12, and

comes in colours other than space

grey and rose gold. It’s

so good, there’s really

no reason to buy a Pro.

Grade: A

Jason Cross: The

hardware itself isn’t

really stepping forward

a lot, but the new iPad

Air is a lot better than

the old one. iPadOS

13.4 added mouse/

keyboard support in a

Apple’s M1 Macs are an absolute triumph. thoughtful way, and the