MacBook Air 1080p not smooth

Hi.
The MacBook Air I'm using is the 2010 July model. And when I play big 1080p video files, the video starts to not catch up with the audio after about 10 minutes.
What would be the cause of this? Initially I thought it's because I play it from an external drive, and maybe the USB2 wire is not fast enough. But then I play the file directly from the local drive, the problem is still present. MacBook Air comes with SSD, and I've tested them using bechmark software, all indicate my drives are fine. I have a friend that uses MacBook Pro with better CPU and better graphics card and he runs 1080p files smoothly throughout. Could that be the problem, that is, MacBook Airs are designed to be incapable of playing heavy video files?
Thank you.

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