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Apple's new MacBook Air laptops are right here as predicted, and though the upgrades are solely on the within, they're fairly notable.
The brand new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air now characteristic Apple's M3 chip, which the corporate says is as much as 60 p.c sooner than fashions with the M1 chip (Apple doesn't evaluate with the M2 chip, presumably As a result of variations) are usually not that large)
The M3 chip affords some further advantages, akin to sooner Wi-Fi (due to assist for the Wi-Fi 6E normal), in addition to with the ability to join the laptop computer to 2 exterior displays, though solely when the lid is closed. The M3 additionally contains a 16-core Neural Engine, which interprets to sooner efficiency for AI-related duties.
The exterior design of the brand new MacBook Air has not modified in comparison with the earlier model.
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Different specs of the Be aware embrace 18 hours of battery life, as much as 24GB of RAM, and as much as 2TB of storage for each the 13-inch and 15-inch variants (none of which has modified from the earlier mannequin).
From the skin, the brand new laptops look precisely just like the earlier variants and their dimensions are additionally the identical.
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The brand new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air begin at $1,099 and $1,299, respectively, and each can be found in Midnight, Starlight, Silver, and Area Grey. The brand new laptops will go on sale on March 8 at Apple Retailer places and Apple Licensed Resellers.
Notably, you may nonetheless purchase the M2 model of the MacBook Air from Apple, however solely the 13-inch model, which begins at $999.