Latest MacBook Air news
– Announced for pre-order on March 4th and in stores March 8th
– Built-in M3 chip
– No other major changes will be made
– Cannot be upgraded to OLED screen
Apple has announced its latest MacBook Air models, the Apple MacBook Air 13-inch and Apple MacBook Air 15-inch. As expected, these models will be powered by the new Apple M3 chip. Needless to say, the excitement regarding his two best laptop models on the market is finally coming to fruition.
With the M3 chip launching late last year and Apple announcing new MacBook Pro models (as well as the iMac 24-inch) with the SoC, we already know a lot about what we can expect from these two laptops in terms of performance. I already know.
Here's everything we know about the latest updates to two of the best MacBooks on the market, including how to pre-order and when you can get your hands on them.
MacBook Air 2024: Main topic
what is that? When will Apple's next-generation MacBook Air laptop be released? 2024.03.08 How much will it cost?We speculate that prices will likely maintain at current levels
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MacBook Air 2024 release date and price
The latest MacBook Air models will be released on March 8, 2024, and are currently available for pre-order from Apple's website. His MacBook Air 13-inch with M3 starts at $1,099 / £1,099 / AU$1.799, and his MacBook Air 15-inch with M3 starts at $1,299 / £1,299 / AU$2,199.
The new MacBook Air 13-inch costs $100 / £100 / AU$100 less than the previous MacBook Air 13-inch at the M2 launch price. That's great, but the new Apple MacBook Air 15-inch costs the same as its predecessor.
In terms of configurable options, the MacBook Air 13-inch base configuration includes an 8-core CPU/8-core GPU, 8 GB unified memory, and 256 GB SSD storage.
Upgrade to 10-core GPU for an additional $100 / £100 / AU$150 and 16GB unified memory for an additional $200 / £200 / AU$300. Or upgrade to up to 24GB unified memory for an additional $400 / £400. / AUD 600. For storage, get 512GB storage for $200 / £200 / AU$300, 1TB for $400 / £400 / AU$600 and up to 2TB SSD storage for $800 / £800 / AU$1,200 . The 13-inch specs are $2,299 / £2,299 / AU$3,599.
The MacBook Air 15-inch only comes with the 10-core GPU M3 variant, starting with 8GB unified memory and 256GB storage. Upgrade to 16GB memory for an additional $200 / £200 / AU$300 and 24GB memory for an additional $400 / £400 / AU$600. As for storage, you can upgrade to 512GB for an additional $200 / £200 / AU$300. 1TB for an additional $400 / £400 / AU$600. $800 / £800 / AU$1,200 Upgrade to 2TB of storage. This brings his max-spec MacBook Air 15-inch price to $2,499 / £2,499 / AU$3,999.
Incidentally, this also reduces the price of the M2 MacBook Air 13-inch to $999 / £999 / AU$1,599 and removes the M2 MacBook Air 15-inch from Apple's website entirely. The 15-inch MacBook Air with M2 should still be available at other retailers, but prices will vary accordingly.
The Apple MacBook Air with the M1 chip is also no longer available on Apple's website, and we expect it to come at even deeper discounts where it's still available.
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MacBook Air 2024 News
Will Apple include some big changes or eye-popping new features in the next-generation MacBook Air? Not much.
As I said, the M3 chip is the biggest upgrade here, and it's a solid step up and will certainly make a difference in giving your laptop that extra pep (even if it's all (Although it's not a convincing argument) for those who already have an M2 in their portable).
Both the MacBook Air 13-inch and MacBook Air 15-inch feature the basic M3 chip, but there's no option for faster Pro or Max versions. The latter could come to the 15-inch model someday, but don't expect Apple to do that, as it would further blur the line between MacBook Pro and Air products.
Given that both the MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch seemed to have improved battery life, we expect the more efficient M3 chip to help improve battery life on the next-gen Airs. . The battery sizes of these two models make a simple comparison more difficult compared to their predecessors.
What about the possibilities of OLED screens? Sure, this has been rumored in the past (remember March 2023), but we now know that this planned restart won't happen any time soon. It is consistently claimed that Apple will introduce his OLED in the MacBook Pro first, followed by his MacBook Air, so it is possible that we will have to wait until the next update of the Air model with an OLED panel. There is a gender.
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That said, the MacBook Air's display is great out of the box, so does it really need an OLED upgrade? It's high quality and very bright and punchy so I think it's good enough for now.
The design of the two laptops is essentially the same, which isn't surprising given that the MacBook Air 13-inch (M2) benefited from a new design when it was introduced.