Today, September 5, Apple introduced a new MacBook Air laptop with an M4 processor, support for Apple Intelligence and a new 12-megapixel Center Stage camera, which allows you to automatically track the user during video calls. In addition, the laptop received a new color – sky blue.
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The M4 chip features a powerful 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU and supports up to 32GB of unified memory, making the new MacBook Air up to 2x faster than the M1 model.
Note that the minimum unified memory that comes with the basic version of the laptop is 16 GB. However, the storage in the minimum configuration is still 256 GB.
It is noted that compared to the fastest MacBook Air with an Intel processor, the model with M4 provides up to 23 times greater performance.
“The powerful Neural Engine in the M4 chip, which accelerates AI-powered tasks, is also 3x faster than the M1-equipped MacBook Air, dramatically improving the speed of tasks like automatically enhancing photos and removing background noise from videos,” the company said.
The laptop is available in four colors:
- Sky Blue, Starlight, Midnight. Silver.
Space Gray is no longer offered.
According to Apple, the new MacBook Air can deliver up to 18 hours of battery life, just like MacBook Airs with previous M-series processors.
MacBook Air now supports up to two external 6K displays in addition to the built-in Liquid Retina display with up to 500 nits of brightness. Previously, two external displays could only be used simultaneously when the lid was closed.
The screen sizes have not changed — they are 13.6 or 15.3 inches. The MacBook Air with M4 has Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3, as well as a MagSafe charger and two Thunderbolt 4 ports, as well as a 3.5 mm headphone jack.
Prices and release date
Prices in the US excluding taxes are:
- 13-inch MacBook Air with M4 starts at $999; 15-inch MacBook Air with M4 starts at $1,199.
Customers in 28 countries can order the new MacBook Air with M4 starting today from Apple’s website and in the Apple Store app. The notebooks will be available in Apple stores and authorized retailers beginning Wednesday, March 12.
Let us recall
Now all the latest Apple laptops have received M4 processors. In October 2024, Apple introduced new MacBook Pro laptops with M4, M4 Pro and M4 Max.
Yesterday, March 4, Apple showed the new iPad Air with M3 and an updated keyboard.
And last month the company introduced the “budget” iPhone 16e, which turned out to be not so budget.
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