Apple unveils first MacBook Air with its own M1 processor - from $ 999

At today's third fall presentation, Apple finally unveiled its first laptop

based on its own M1 ARM processor - MacBook Air.

What is offered

Looks like a laptop design compared tohas not changed with previous generations, but the most important thing here is the “filling”: Apple abandoned Intel processors and will now use M1. The result is a quiet, fanless laptop that the company claims is faster than 98% of Windows laptops.


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Compared to the previous generation Air, processor performance has increased 3.5 times, graphics are 5 times faster, and SSD speed is 2 times faster. At the same time, the compactness of the device was preserved.

In addition, battery life has increased:When browsing the web over Wi-Fi, the new MacBook Air will last up to 15 hours on a single charge, and up to 18 hours if you're just playing videos offline. That's 6 hours more than its predecessor and the longest battery life on a MacBook Air. They also promise that video calls will last twice as long as before.


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The new MacBook Air has a 13.3-inch Retinadisplay with a resolution of 2560x1600 pixels, which now supports P3 color space and has a brightness of 400 nits and True Tone technology. There is Touch ID, two Thunderbolt/USB 4 connectors, Wi-Fi 6 and the macOS Big Sur operating system. The maximum RAM capacity is 16 GB, and the SSD capacity is up to 2 TB.


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Price

Sales of MacBook Air will start next week.For the version with an 8-core processor, 7-core graphics processor and 256 GB of memory they are asking $999. A modification with an 8-core processor, 8-core graphics processor and 512 GB of memory will cost $250 more.

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