June 5, 2023
press release
Apple introduced the 15-inch MacBook Air
With a wide 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display, M2 performance, up to 18 hours of battery life and a six-speaker system, all in a thin and light, fanless design, the new MacBook Air is the world’s best 15-inch laptop.
Cupertino, California The 15-inch MacBook Air that Apple introduced today is the world’s best 15-inch laptop. With a wide 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display, the amazing performance of the M2, up to 18 hours of battery life;1 And with a quiet, fanless design, the new MacBook Air brings power and portability — all in the world’s thinnest 15-inch laptop. With a new six-speaker audio system, the 15-inch MacBook Air offers immersive spatial audio, a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, MagSafe charging and the power and simplicity of macOS Ventura for an unparalleled experience. Customers can order starting today, Tuesday, June 13. The 13-inch MacBook Air with M2 has a new starting price of $1,099 — $100 less than before — to provide more value and choice for everyone from adopters to first-time Mac customers.
“We’re excited to introduce the first 15-inch MacBook Air. With its incredible performance and stunning design, the new MacBook Air is the world’s best 15-inch laptop. And it’s only possible with Apple Silicon,” said John Therus, senior vice president of hardware engineering. “From the expansive Liquid Retina display and incredibly thin and fanless design, to incredible battery life and an immersive six-speaker system, the new MacBook Air has it all.”
Bright 15.3-inch liquid retina display
The new MacBook Air has a wide, high-resolution 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display, so users can see more content. A bright Liquid Retina display with up to 500 nits of brightness and support for 1 billion colors makes content look incredibly rich and vibrant, and text is razor sharp. It’s also twice the resolution of a comparable PC laptop and 25 percent brighter.2
The world’s thinnest 15-inch laptop
The new MacBook Air is only 11.5mm thin, making it the world’s thinnest 15-inch laptop. It weighs only 3.3 pounds, so it’s incredibly portable. Even with its wide display, the new MacBook Air is strong and durable. And it’s 40 percent thinner and half a pound lighter than a comparable PC laptop.2
The MacBook Air also features MagSafe charging, two Thunderbolt ports for connecting accessories and up to a 6K external display, along with a 3.5mm headphone jack for versatile connectivity. It comes in four beautiful finishes – Midnight, Starlight, Space Gray and Silver.
Burning performance and amazing battery life with the M2
With the M2 chip, the 15-inch MacBook Air has impressive performance. It’s 12x faster than the fastest Intel-based MacBook Air.3 Compared to the best-selling 15-inch PC laptop with a Core i7 processor, the new MacBook Air is twice as fast.4 It also offers extraordinary battery life of up to 18 hours – 50 percent longer than on a PC – with better display and better performance.5 The 15-inch MacBook Air has a powerful 8-core CPU with four performance cores and four efficiency cores, a 10-core GPU for faster graphics and a 16-core neural engine. The M2 also offers 100GB/s of memory bandwidth and supports up to 24GB of fast integrated memory, so multitasking and working with complex workloads is super fluid. M2 Performance enables users to work, play or create just about anything – anywhere.
1080p FaceTime HD camera and six-speaker sound system
The 1080p FaceTime HD camera on the MacBook Air is perfect for FaceTime calls and video conferencing. Coupled with the processing power of the advanced video signal processor on the M2, users will look great on video calls. A three-mic array captures clean audio using advanced optical algorithms, so users come through loud and clear on video calls.
The design of the new 15-inch MacBook Air also features an impressive new six-speaker sound system with two tweeters and two sets of power-cancelling woofers. The new speakers offer twice the bass depth for a fuller sound, and Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos support provides immersive experiences whether listening to music or watching movies.
Powerful productivity with macOS
MacOS Ventura takes the Mac experience to a new level, helping users discover more. Messages and Mail are better than ever, Safari—the world’s fastest browser on Mac—brings a passwordless future with passwords. Continuity Camera brings video conferencing features to any Mac, including desktop view, center stage, and studio lighting. Platform Manager automatically organizes apps and windows, so users can focus on the task at hand and still see everything at a glance. With iCloud Shared Photo Library, users can create and share separate photo libraries between up to six family members, and the Freeform app offers a flexible canvas that allows users to be more productive and expressive. Users can work seamlessly across Mac and iPhone with seamless features like Handoff, AirDrop, Universal Clipboard and Messages.
macOS Sonoma, coming this fall, makes the Mac experience more fun and productive than ever, with new ways to use widgets and stunning screensavers, an optimized gaming experience in Game Mode, powerful video conferencing capabilities, a major update to Safari, and more.
Better for the environment
The new MacBook Air is designed with the environment in mind, now using 100 percent recycled gold foil and tin in many printed circuit boards, and 100 percent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets. MacBook Air also features 100 percent recycled cobalt in the MagSafe connector and 90 percent recycled steel in the battery tray. MacBook Air meets Apple’s high energy efficiency standards and is free of mercury, PVC and beryllium. More than 99 percent of its packaging is fiber-based, bringing Apple closer to its goal of eliminating plastic from its packaging by 2025.
Today, Apple is carbon neutral for its global corporate operations, and is focused on Apple’s 2030 goal of making every product carbon neutral. This means that every Mac Apple creates has a net zero climate impact, from design to manufacturing to customer use.
Pricing and availability
- The 15-inch MacBook Air with M2 is available today at apple.com/store and the Apple Store app. It will begin arriving on Tuesday, June 13 to customers at Apple Store locations and Apple-authorized resellers.
- The 15-inch MacBook Air with M2, available in Midnight, Starlight, Silver, and Space Gray, starts at 1,299 dollars (USA) and 1,199 dollars (US) for education.
- 13-inch MacBook Air with M2, available in Midnight, Starlight, Silver, and Space Gray, starting now at 1,099 dollars (USA) and $999 (US) for education.
- The 13-inch MacBook Air M1, available in gold, silver and space gray, remains in the lineup, starting from $999 (USA) and 899 dollars (US) for education.
- More technical details and details on Apple accessories – including the new 70W USB-C power adapter 59 dollars (US) – Available at apple.com/shop/buy-mac.
- At Apple Trade-In, customers can trade in their current computer and get a loan for a new Mac. Customers can visit apple.com/shop/trade-in to see what their device is worth.
- Every customer who buys a Mac from Apple can enjoy a free online personal meeting with an Apple specialist, get their product set up – including help with data transfers – available in select stores, and receive instructions on how to make their new Mac work their way. want
- AppleCare+ provides expert technical support for Mac and additional hardware coverage from Apple, including unlimited instances of accident prevention, subject to each service charge.
About Apple Apple revolutionized personal technology when it launched the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world with innovations in the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Apple’s five software platforms – iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS – provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and power new services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple’s more than 100,000 employees are committed to making the best products on earth and leaving the world a better place than we found it.
- Battery life depends on device settings, usage, and other factors. Actual results may vary.
- The best-selling 15-inch Intel Core i7 PC laptop is based on publicly available sales data for the past 12 months.
- The results were compared to previous generation 1.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7-based MacBook Air systems with Intel Iris Plus Graphics, 16GB RAM and 2TB SSD.
- Testing was conducted in April and May 2023 on preproduction 15-inch MacBook Air systems based on the Apple M2, an 8-core CPU, a 10-core GPU, 8 GB of RAM, and a 256 GB SSD, as well as an Intel Core i7. PC systems with Intel Iris Xe Graphics, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD and the latest version of Windows 11 are available on trial. The best-selling 15-inch Intel Core i7 PC laptop is based on publicly available sales data for the past 12 months. Adobe Photoshop 24.3.0 was tested using the following filters and functions: Select Sky, Oil Paint, Adaptive Wide Angle, Picture Frame, and Tree. An open source project developed on MacOS in Xcode 14.3 with Apple Clang 14.0.3; An open source project built on Clang 14.0.6 for Windows. Using Premiere Pro 23.3.0, a 55-second clip was converted to Apple ProRes 422 at 29.97 frames per second on 4K Apple ProRes RAW media, at 4096×2160 resolution and 59.94 frames per second. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of the MacBook Air.
- Testing conducted by Apple in April and May 2023 on preproduction 15-inch MacBook Air systems with Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 8 GB RAM and 256 GB SSD, as well as Intel Core i7-based production PC systems with Intel Iris Xe Graphics, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD and the latest version of Windows 11 is available on trial. The best-selling 15-inch Intel Core i7 PC laptop is based on publicly available sales data for the past 12 months. The Apple TV app was used for video playback on macOS, and the Movies & TV app was used for video playback on Windows. All devices are tested with reasonable display brightness settings and without network connection. Battery life varies by usage and configuration. See apple.com/battery for more information.
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