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2025 Ultrabook Showdown: MacBook Air M4 vs. Dell XPS 13 vs. ASUS Zenbook S 14 – Battle of the Ultra-Thins

Performance Breakdown (CPU/GPU/RAM) Apple’s M4 chip vs Intel Core Ultra: The MacBook Air’s M4 chip is a custom Apple Silicon with 10 CPU cores (combination of high-performance and efficiency cores) and integrated GPU. It offers exceptional single-core speed – Apple touts web browsing up to 60% faster than a Core Ultra i7 PC laptop apple.com – and competitive multi-core performance despite being fanless. In fact, the M4 Air is essentially as fast as the MacBook Pro” for most tasks theguardian.com. Day-to-day, the Air feels snappy and can even handle light video editing or Photoshop with ease apple.com apple.com. Its 16-core

12 October 2025

2025 Ultraportable Laptop Showdown: MacBook Air 15 vs Dell XPS 14 vs HP Spectre x360 14

The MacBook Air 15 (M3) is fanless, 11.5 mm thick, and weighs about 3.3 pounds. It features a 15.3-inch Liquid Retina IPS display with 2880×1864 resolution (~224 ppi), 500 nits brightness, wide P3 color, and True Tone. The Air M3 uses an 8-core CPU (4P/4E), a 10-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine, with 8 GB of RAM (configurable up to 24 GB) and 256 GB of storage (up to 2 TB). The base price is $1,299, with higher-end configurations reaching around $2,499 for max RAM and storage. Ports include 2× Thunderbolt 4 (USB‑C) ports, MagSafe 3 charging, and a

19 August 2025

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2025 Ultrabook Showdown: MacBook Air M4 vs Dell XPS 13 vs Asus Zenbook S 14

The MacBook Air M4 measures 1.13 cm thick, weighs 2.7 lbs, is fanless, uses 100% recycled aluminum, and adds Sky Blue as a new color option. The Dell XPS 13 (9345) features an all-aluminum unibody with InfinityEdge bezels, two USB-C (Thunderbolt 4) ports, and a capacitive, tactile-free function key row. The Asus Zenbook S 14 (UX5406) is about 0.50 inches thick, weighs 2.65–2.7 lbs, passes MIL-STD-810H, and features a plasma-ceramic lid called ceraluminum with two finish options. The MacBook Air M4 uses a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina LCD with 2560×1664 resolution, 60 Hz, up to 500 nits brightness, True Tone, and

3 August 2025

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