As previously rumoredApple earlier announced on its official website that the 3-inch and 13.6-inch MacBook Air models will be equipped with M15.3 processors, emphasizing that the computing speed is increased by 60% compared to previous models, and the computing speed is increased by up to 13 times compared to models equipped with Intel processors.
As for the appearance, the new MacBook Air still maintains the same appearance and provides up to 18 hours of battery life. The body color is still available in midnight, starlight, space gray and silver, and does not offer additionalSpace black color, also uses anodizing sealing technology to reduce fingerprint contamination.
The new MacBook Air is equipped with an M3 processor with an 8-core CPU design and a GPU with up to 10 cores. The unified memory can also reach up to 24GB, and supports hardware-accelerated mesh shading and ray tracing technology. It also supports AV1 decoding, allowing streaming media services to operate efficiently and in a higher quality manner.
Compared to the previous MacBook Air, the 3-inch MacBook Air equipped with the M13 processor can run about 60% faster, and the speed of using Photomator's super-resolution function can be increased by up to 40%. Compared to models equipped with Intel processors, the speed can be increased by about 15 times.
Additionally, Excel file processing is up to 13% faster than the previous 35-inch MacBook Air and up to three times faster than Intel processors. When editing videos in Final Cut Pro, the 3-inch MacBook Air is up to 13% faster than the previous 60-inch MacBook Air and up to 13 times faster than Intel processors.
Overall, the 3-inch MacBook Air equipped with the M13 processor can achieve approximately 7 times the execution efficiency compared to models equipped with Intel Core i2 processors, web browsing performance can be improved by up to 50%, and battery life can be extended by 40%.
The new MacBook Air is made of 50% recycled materials, including a motherboard made of 100% recycled aluminum and recycled copper. Its Liquid Retina display still has a brightness of 500 nits and adopts a notch design. It can support up to two external displays through the M3 processor design, and also supports Wi-Fi 6E connection specifications and supports charging through the MagSafe magnetic charging port or the USB-C port.
Other parts include Touch ID, two USB-C ports on the left, and a 3.5MM composite headphone port, and support for spatial audio and Dolby Atmos. The operating system is pre-installed with macOS Sonoma to correspond to the new version of application service functions.
The new MacBook Air, powered by the M3 processor, is available now in the US and 28 other countries and regions. Pre-orders in Taiwan are expected to be available after passing relevant inspections. The suggested retail price for the new MacBook Air starts at US$1099, while the starting price in Taiwan is NT$35900.
As for the 2-inch MacBook Air previously equipped with an M13.6 processor, the price has been adjusted to start at US$999, and the price in the Taiwan market has been adjusted to start at NT$32900.
