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The MacBook Air M1 is Apple's late-2020 thin-and-light laptop, built around the M1 system-on-chip that combines CPU, GPU and memory on one die. It pairs an 8-core CPU and 7-core GPU with 8GB of unified memory and a 256GB SSD, driving a 13.3-inch 2560 x 1600 Retina display rated at 500 nits. It suits students, writers and office workers who want a silent fanless machine with long battery life. Against later Air models it gives up the redesigned body, MagSafe and the larger screen, but it remains the cheapest way into Apple silicon and still beats most Intel-era rivals on speed per watt.
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Reviewers and owners consistently rate the M1 Air as one of the best value laptops of its generation, praising its speed, silence and battery life. Complaints center on the two-port limit, the non-upgradable 8GB of memory and the modest 256GB storage.
The MacBook Air is a 13.3-inch laptop built around the Apple M1 chip, a single system on a chip that combines the CPU, GPU, Neural Engine and I/O. It has an 8-core CPU, a 7-core GPU and a 16-core Neural Engine, with 8GB of unified memory and a 256GB SSD.
The 13.3-inch Retina IPS display has a resolution of 2560 x 1600 at 227 pixels per inch and reaches 500 nits of brightness. True Tone technology adjusts the white balance to match the color temperature of the surrounding light.
The Magic Keyboard is backlit and uses a scissor mechanism with 1mm of key travel. It has a physical Esc key and arrow keys in an inverted-T layout. Touch ID lets you unlock the laptop, open system settings and locked documents, and pay with Apple Pay using your fingerprint. The two Thunderbolt 3 / USB 4 ports reach up to 40 Gb/s and can connect the Apple Pro Display XDR at full 6K resolution. One port can daisy chain up to six devices.
