Apple Updates MacBook Air with M4 and a Price Cut

Apple Updates MacBook Airs with M4 and a Price Cut

Apple made a surprise announcement today, revealing an updated MacBook Air with an M4 processor and a new sky blue colorway. More surprising than the announcement itself is the fact that the Air is getting a price cut with the 13- and 15-inch models now starting at $999 and $1,199 respectively.

Thanks to the M4 chip, the new Air is able to deliver even better performance for daily activities like multitasking between apps, photo or video editing, and even gaming.

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MacBook Air with the M4 chip increases performance for demanding games like Civilization VII

The $999 entry-level 13-inch Air comes equipped with a 10-Core CPU, 8-Core GPU, 16GB of Unified Memory and a 256GB SSD. It's configurable up to a 10-Core GPU, 32GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD but expect that to run up the price quite a bit as is typical of Apple. The 15-inch Air follow the same structure except the $1199 base already packs in the 10-core GPU.

Apple MacBook Air comes in 13-inch and 15-inch options

If you're upgrading from the older Intel-based Air, Apple says you can expect the M4 models to deliver up to 23x faster performance. Battery life is better too. Expect six more hours if you're coming from an older model, clocking the new Air around 18 hours or so. The Air also now supports up to two 6K displays simultaneously.

The MacBook Air's aluminum unibody design and feature set remain largely the same, although Apple has added its 12MP Center Stage camera this time around. Center Stage gets its namesake from the camera's ability to keep you centered in the frame, even as you move around—it's great for those who FaceTime from their MacBooks often. Desk View is supported too for who need the ability to show a top-down view of whatever they're working on.

Desk View

The M4's Neural Engine is over three times faster than the previous M1 chip, meaning you can expect the new Air to support the growing list of Apple Intelligence features the company has been cultivating.

Apple Intelligence

The MacBook Air wasn't Apple's only big news this week. Yesterday, the company dropped all-new M3-powered iPads, and today we got new Mac Studios with M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips.