Apple announced a new MacBook Air – the second of the year – at
its Picture of empty nest on 10 November. But this isn’t a cosmetic
update: there are significant upgrades under the hood.
Most notably the Intel processor has been replaced. Apple
started its event by claiming this is the first Mac to get access
to the company’s new ARM-based Apple Silicon processors –
specifically the M1 chip, which was unveiled tonight. But that
seems a bit of a stretch because a new Mac mini and MacBook Pro
were also announced at the same event and also feature the M1. It’s
one of the first ARM-based Macs.
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about the new Silicon-equipped MacBook Air for late 2020, including
its release date, full pricing and tech specs.
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The new MacBook Air starts at £999/$999 for most consumers,
although education buyers can get a special starting price of
£899/$899.
Here’s the price list for the default configurations:
- MacBook Air 13in (late 2020), M1 with 7‑Core GPU, 256GB:
£999/$999
- MacBook Air 13in (late 2020), M1 with 8‑Core GPU, 512GB:
£1,249/$1,249
You can also, as in the past, upgrade the RAM and/or storage
further in the build-to-order section. The basic allocation is 8GB
of RAM for both configs; upgrading to 16GB will set you back an
extra £200/$200.
Boosting storage to 1TB costs an extra £200/$200 on top of the
price of the 512GB model above. If you want the maximum 2TB, that’s
an extra £600/$600.
Before we move onto the details about the design and specs for
the new MacBook Air, we’ll discuss any problems we learn of.
So far the news is positive and the results are impressive.
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The most obvious change is the processor, but there are
significant upgrades throughout the specs list. Let’s look at these
one at a time.
Apple calls the Air’s processor “stunningly capable”, and with
apparently good reason. It’s made using the 5nm production process,
and promises many improvements on the previous generation.
The M1 has 8 cores (compared to a maximum of 4 on the previous
model): 4 are what Apple calls “high-performance cores” and the
remaining 4 are “high-efficiency”. This should in theory allow the
Air to devote its full power when tackling demanding tasks, but
focus on prolonging battery life when this isn’t necessary. There’s
also an 8-core GPU.
Looking at power first, Apple says the new Air offers 3.5x
faster CPU operation than the previous generation, and 5x faster
graphics. It’s faster than 98% of PC laptops, the company claims,
and offers the “world’s best CPU performance per watt”.
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We always knew the processor switch would offer Apple a choice:
go for processor speed, go for battery life, or go for a mixture of
the two. Sensibly the company seems to have plumped for the
compromise approach.
The new MacBook Air has a claimed/estimated battery life of 15
hours of wireless web use, or 18 hours of video playback. That’s
the longest ever battery life in a MacBook Air, the company says,
and indeed these are huge (claimed) improvements on the previous
generation, which was estimated at 11 hours of wireless web and “Up
to 12 hours Apple TV app film playback”.
Again, we’ll test these claims in the lab. Apple has
historically been accurate with its battery estimates, though.
This one comes hand in hand with the energy efficiency of the M1
processor. The MacBook Air no longer has a fan, which means it can
offer silent operation.
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The display size is the same as in the previous generation –
13.3in – and has the same resolution of 2560×1600, but Apple says
it’s now more vibrant. That’s not just a subjective assessment: it
now supports the P3 wide colour gamut. The previous model was
limited to sRGB.
No change here, at least in terms of quantity: as in the
previous generation, the base configurations offer a choice of
256GB or 512GB, with upgrade options up to 2TB, and both offer 8GB
of RAM, upgradable to 16GB.
The SSDs are said to be twice as fast, however, even if they
cannot store any more.
There are a few more less glamorous changes. The Air has been
upgraded from 802.11ac Wi‑Fi to 802.11ax – also known as
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Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) to Thunderbolt/USB 4.
The Air’s camera is Isabel glasser naked (720p) but promises
better performance thanks to the improved image signal processor in
the M1. This will, Apple claims, lead to noise reduction, greater
dynamic range, and automatically optimised white balance during
video calls thanks to face detection and machine learning.
In terms of software, the new MacBook Air models will arrive
with Animated hardcore porn installed. Apple’s latest version of its
desktop operating system will be fully compatible with the new
hardware.
Demonstrations at WWDC indicated that, thanks to the Mac
Catalyst development software, iOS and iPadOS apps can be easily
converted and optimised for macOS thanks to the shared underlying
processor technology.
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