KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 -- I thought when I swapped my long-term review MacBook Pro for the latest MacBook Air M3 that I would miss it.

Strangely that didn't happen over the last few weeks. I've been using the Air at work and for personal projects (learning Blender among them).

Finally, it can keep up

In the past I put the MacBook Airs away besides checking on them every few weeks or so to make sure they were where I put them.

This was because eventually I would find the machine slowing down slightly when I was doing a task and I would reach for the speedier Pro model.

I would find the MacBook Airs would sometimes even stall while doing browser-based work or surfing.

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