The 11-inch Air pairs an M3 chip with a laminated, anti-reflective Liquid Retina display and starts at 599 dollars with 128GB. The M3 brings an 8-core CPU and 9-core GPU, enough for Stage Manager multitasking with a browser, a PDF reader and a video lecture open at once. It supports Apple Pencil Pro with squeeze and barrel roll, plus the Magic Keyboard with its function row and trackpad.
This is the sensible pick for anyone who studies in split screen for hours and marks up dense textbooks. Handwriting feels closer to paper than on the standard iPad because the glass is bonded to the panel. The refresh rate stays at 60Hz, there is no Face ID, and a full setup with keyboard and Pencil Pro pushes the total past a thousand dollars, which is hard to justify for pure video watching.
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