The MacBook Air is a 13.3-inch laptop from late 2020. It uses the Apple M1 chip, the first designed specifically for Mac. The chip puts an 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine and I/O on a single system on a chip. It has four high-performance cores and four efficiency cores, and it is built on a 5 nm process. The design is fanless.
The 13.3-inch IPS Retina display has a resolution of 2560 x 1600, a 16:10 aspect ratio and 227 ppi. Maximum brightness is 400 cd/m2. The bezels are about 50% thinner, and the glass runs to the edge. True Tone adjusts the white balance to match the surrounding light.
Touch ID is built into the keyboard, so you can unlock the Mac, open documents, notes and system settings, and authorize purchases with a fingerprint. The Magic Keyboard has a scissor mechanism with 1 mm of key travel, a physical Esc key and an inverted "T" arrow-key layout. Two Thunderbolt / USB4 ports use the reversible USB Type-C connector and support up to 40Gb/s with compatible devices. Battery life is up to 15 hours of wireless web browsing and up to 18 hours of video playback.
- Chip
- Apple M1, 5 nm process
- CPU
- 8-core (4 high-performance, 4 efficiency)
- GPU
- Apple 8-core
- Neural Engine
- 16-core
- Display
- 13.3-inch IPS Retina, True Tone
- Resolution
- 2560 x 1600, 227 ppi
- Aspect ratio
- 16:10
- Brightness
- 400 cd/m2 maximum
- Storage
- 512GB
- Ports
- 2 x Thunderbolt 3 / USB4 (USB Type-C), up to 40Gb/s
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)