PerfectRec’s Build Quality Score incorporates case materials, display and keyboard flex, hinge quality, chassis rigidity, and overall reliability.
Our assessment of build quality includes many details that are difficult to quantify.
Our laptop experts use their best judgment to produce the final score.
PerfectRec’s Operating Noise Score is based on fan noise measurements. Laptops with a fanless design, such as Macbooks, receive the maximum score.
The Keyboard Quality score is based on the PerfectRec experts’ assessment of tactile feedback, typing comfort, keyboard reliability and typing noise.
PerfectRec’s portability rating takes into account the volume and thickness of the laptop as well as its weight.
PerfectRec’s Battery Life rating is based on hours of battery life in typical usage scenarios.
The Apple MacBook Air (2022) is excellent for general use due to its potent Apple M2 processor and ample RAM, ensuring smooth multitasking and efficient performance. Its high-quality IPS screen, lightweight design, and long battery life, along with a silent fanless build, make it highly portable and comfortable for everyday tasks.
PerfectRec’s Software Development Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for software development.
In addition to a strong emphasis on overall performance, this score also places very high importance on screen quality. Heat management, storage, keyboard and speaker quality are also incorporated, with fan noise rounding out this score.
PerfectRec’s Content Creation Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for photo editing, and video editing work.
In addition to a strong emphasis on overall performance, this score also places very high importance on screen quality. Heat management, storage, keyboard and speaker quality are also incorporated, with fan noise rounding out this score.
The Apple MacBook Air (2022) is exceptional for engineering and design use due to its powerful Apple M2 chip with integrated 10-core GPU, substantial RAM, and a high-quality IPS screen with excellent color coverage and brightness. Furthermore, it offers silent, fanless operation and excellent portability, making it a comfortable choice for long working sessions, whether at a desk or on the go.
General Use Screen Quality:4.4 The general use screen score is based on the screen technology, contrast ratio, resolution, brightness, color gamut and color accuracy. This score does not take into account specialized display features for specific use cases, such as high refresh rate for gaming.
PerfectRec’s Gaming and AI Score strongly emphasizes graphics processing capability as well as AI performance, while also taking into account other factors that impact suitability for gaming and AI work.
While performance (especially graphics performance) is the most important factor determining this score, we also give modest weight to screen quality, heat management, keyboard quality, and storage.