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In this video, Jeff Keenan tests the all-new MacBook Air M5 featuring Apple’s custom in-house Apple N1 Wi-Fi 7 chip.
We benchmark the Apple N1 chip against two top enterprise Wi-Fi 7 access points—the EnGenius ECW536 (4×4) and the Ruckus R770 (2×2)—both configured on the 6 GHz band with 320 MHz wide channels. We also pit the MacBook Air M5 directly against a Windows PC powered by the Intel BE200 Wi-Fi 7 chipset.
Using a local OpenSpeedTest server over a 10GbE local network, we measure raw local throughput at 10 feet line-of-sight and test real-world penetration at 50 feet through multiple walls. Plus, we look at how Multi-Link Operation (MLD) across all three bands gives the MacBook Air M5 a distinct advantage for connection stability as 6 GHz signals fade.