Features of the new MacBook Air

In total, the company introduced two new models. The first one has a 13 inch screen and the second one has a 15 inch screen. Both are “60 percent faster” than the MacBook Air M1 and have up to 18 hours of battery life.

The price of the 13-inch MacBook Air will be $1,099, while the price of the 15-inch model will be $1,299. The 13-inch version of the laptop with the previous version of the M2 chip will now be available for a lower price of $999. You can pre-order today and shipping will begin on Friday, March 8th.

• Both devices offer a Liquid Retina display with 500 nits brightness, as well as support for up to two external displays when the laptops are closed.
• They also include the Wi-Fi 6E upgrade, which adds 6GHz band support and faster download speeds.
• M3 MacBook Air models have MagSafe charging and two Thunderbolt ports.
• Thanks to the M3 chip, the laptops are equipped with an integrated GPU that allows you to render mesh shading and ray tracing, as well as an updated 16-core Neural Engine that Apple says can “run optimized AI models.”
• The new MacBooks are equipped with a 1080p FaceTime camera, three microphones, and support for surround sound and Dolby Atmos.
• Both devices are less than one and a half centimeters thin.

MacBook Air M3 / Photo: Apple

Both models come with 8GB of RAM, but you’ll have to pay $200 for 16GB and $400 for 24GB. You can also upgrade the base 256GB SSD to 512GB for $200, 1TB for $400, and 2TB for $800.

MacBook Air M3 / Photo: Apple

MacBook Air M3 / Photo: Apple

Like the MacBook Air M2 that Apple released in 2022, M3 models are also equipped with a Magic Keyboard with a function row and Touch ID.

MacBook Air M3 / Photo: Apple

The new MacBook Air M3 is available in four colors, including starlight, space gray and silver. There’s also a midnight color with an anodized finish that reduces fingerprints; This is a positive change from the previous color variant, which was prone to collecting fingerprints.