

And it is small, noticeably more so than the 13-inch Air. That’s its advantage, really its sole reason for existence - it’s small.

The 11-inch Air weighs six-tenths of a pound less than the 13-inch model, and would fit inside the larger machine with an inch or so to spare on either side. I still love the wedge design, and there are few things I’d like Apple to change about the Air’s hardware. (I can’t say I had a problem with audio before, but the new setup does cancel out ambient noise impressively well.) For all intents and purposes the 11-inch model looks the same as always, with black keys and accents on a silver body. The one miniscule change is the same between models: there’s a second microphone on the left edge, designed for noise cancellation. As Nilay mentioned in his review of the larger model, there’s really nothing aesthetically new with the latest Air.
