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New 2018 MacBook Air Shown Off in Unboxing Videos on YouTube

Following the introduction of new iPad Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini models at yesterday's event, Apple provided some YouTubers with MacBook Air review units, and the first unboxing videos are now available.

For its last several product releases, Apple has been providing early review units to smaller YouTubers, a strategy that lets us get opinions on the new device from less mainstream sources. Today's unboxing videos provide some interesting MacBook Air tidbits and a first look at Apple's newest notebook.


The MacBook Air features a Retina display with slim black bezels like the MacBook or MacBook Pro, three color options, a slimmer body, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a 1.6GHz Core i5 8th-Generation Amber Lake chip from Intel, integrated Intel UHD 617 graphics, a T2 chip for security, built-in Touch ID, a third-generation butterfly keyboard, and a Force Touch trackpad.

Full reviews of the MacBook Air from media sites will be shared next week, and the new machines are set to start arriving to customers who placed an order on November 7.

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Top Rated Comments

99 months ago
This unboxing "experience" is getting old. We don't care anymore!
Score: 60 Votes (Like | Disagree)
99 months ago
These 'reviews' are painfully inaccurate.
Score: 53 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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99 months ago
These 'reviews' are painfully inaccurate.
these are not reviews, these are Unboxing's...read the title
Score: 42 Votes (Like | Disagree)
99 months ago
Who the heck wants to watch somebody pull a product of a box? Unboxing videos are worthless and baffling.
Score: 37 Votes (Like | Disagree)
99 months ago
Deleted.
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99 months ago
I am pretty sure these "unboxers" have a lot to say about "the colors and stuff".
Score: 26 Votes (Like | Disagree)