Who is the Apple - MacBook Air 15 M4 for?
Budget-tier laptop. The 58.9 score sits in C-tier (58-67) — the formula flags meaningful weaknesses against premium peers.
Reasonable if cost is the deciding factor and the spec weaknesses don't matter for your use. Check the spec table below carefully before buying.
Mars Score is computed from 19 measured specs against the transparent formula for the laptops category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
No spec lands in the top quartile of the category normalization window. Strengths sit in untracked specs (build quality, ecosystem, etc.) rather than weighted axes.
- ▼Refresh rate: 60 Hz (below category average).
- ▼Storage: 512 GB (below category average).
- ▼RAM: 16 GB (below category average).
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- Screen size
- 15.3"
- RAM
- 16GB
- Weight
- 1.51kg
- Battery
- 66Wh
All specifications
Design
- Weight
- 1.51 kg
- Thickness
- 11.5 mm
- Build material
- aluminum
- Backlit keyboard
- true
- Fingerprint reader
- true
Display
- Screen size?
- 15.3 "
- Refresh rate?
- 60 Hz
- Panel type?
- IPS
Battery & Ports
- Claimed battery life
- 18 h
- USB-C ports
- 2
- HDMI
- false
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