Apple announced the new 15-inch MacBook Air at WWDC 2023 on June 5. Here’s everything you need to know.
The 15.3-inch MacBook Air (2023) starts at ₹1,34,900 in India (₹1,24,900 for education) and $1,299 in the US ($1,199 for education). It was available to order starting June 5, 2023. Below are the key specifications.
This is the largest MacBook Air ever. It measures just 11.5 mm (0.45 inch) thick — making it the world’s thinnest 15-inch laptop — and weighs 1.51 kg (3.3 pounds).
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MacBook Air 15-inch 2023 Specs
• Available in four colors: Midnight, Starlight, Silver, and Space Gray.
• 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display with 2880×1864 resolution, up to 500 nits brightness, support for 1 billion colors, Wide color (P3), and True Tone.
• 1080p FaceTime HD camera and a three-mic array for clear video calls, powered by the M2 chip and software enhancements.
Battery, Speakers, Connectivity & Charging
• Six-speaker sound system with two sets of force-cancelling woofers and support for Spatial Audio.
• MagSafe 3 charging, two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack.
• Up to 18 hours of battery life (video playback) or up to 15 hours of wireless web browsing on a single charge.
Chipset and Internals
• Powered by the Apple M2 chip. Apple claims it is up to 12× faster than the fastest Intel-based MacBook Air and up to twice as fast as the best-selling 15-inch PC laptop with a Core i7 processor.
• 8-core CPU (4 performance + 4 efficiency cores), 10-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine.
• 100 GB/s memory bandwidth with support for up to 24 GB of unified memory. Base configuration includes 8 GB unified memory and 256 GB SSD (configurable up to 2 TB storage).
Fanless Design and Other Features
• Silent fanless design. Seamless Continuity features with other Apple devices (Universal Clipboard, Handoff, etc.).
• Up to 2 TB of storage, backlit Magic Keyboard, Touch ID for secure and fast authentication, and it ships with macOS Ventura.