Mac mini quad core i7 benchmark2/11/2023 ![]() ![]() The Pro also doesn't last nearly as long on a charge-although 7.5 hours is nothing to sneeze at. While not cheap, the Core i7 MacBook Air offers the best combination of speed, portability and endurance in Apple's laptop lineup. On the other hand, you can't get a Haswell CPU inside the Pro (yet) and it has a smaller 128GB SSD to start. If you're willing or able to pony up the extra cash for the Core i7 MacBook Air, you'll not only see improved performance, but longer battery life. If you're going to spend $1,549, though, why not just get the $1,499 MacBook Pro with Retina Display? After all, the latest Pro offers a much more colorful and sharper screen. ![]() ![]() MORE: 10 Laptops with the Longest Battery Life The increased endurance could be a result of the higher-speed processors being more power efficient. Not only does that beat Apple's claim by half an hour, but it bested the Core i5 Air by nearly 50 minutes. On the LAPTOP Battery Test (Web surfing via Wi-Fi with the screen at 40 percent brightness), the Core i7 Air lasted 12 hours and 29 minutes. The Apple Mac mini 'Core i7' 2.0 Server (Mid-2011) features a 32-nm 'Sandy Bridge' Quad Core 2.0 GHz Intel 'Core i7' (2635QM) processor with four independent processor 'cores' on a single chip, a 6 MB shared level 3 cache, 8 GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM (PC3-10600) memory, dual 256GB Flash, and Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB of memory shared. One of the key benefits touted by both Intel with its newest 4th generation Haswell processors and Apple with its 2013 Airs is epic battery life.
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