Apple MacBooks are considered the best laptops in the world and rightfully so. And if you are looking for the best day-to-day companion or trying to get into the Apple ecosystem then the Apple MacBook Air with M3 chip is just the product for you!
Apple MacBook Air M3 Overview
Design and Display
The design of MacBooks has always been sleek and minimal — the case is the same for this year’s MacBook Air as well. You get a unibody metal design with a mono-tone finish while weighing just over a kilogram. Additionally, you get four colour options: Midnight, Starlight, Space Grey, and Silver.
For visuals, you get a Liquid Retina display that measures 13.3 inches diagonally. In terms of resolution, the panel spans 2,560 x 1,664 pixels. Moreover, it offers a wide P3 colour gamut and a peak brightness of 500 nits.
Performance and the Rest
Unsurprisingly, the Apple MacBook Air M3 features the M3 chip that comes with 3nm lithography. It has eight cores altogether, four of which have been reserved for performance. While the laptop utilises the rest of the cores as efficiency cores. Moreover, the SoC also packs up to 10 separate cores for graphical duties. In addition to that, this machine comes with up to 24GB of unified memory and 2TB of storage. However, the base MacBook Air ships with a measly 8GB memory and 256GB storage.
In terms of battery life, this ultrabook offers 18 hours of usage. To put a number on it, the cell measures 52.6Wh in capacity and is a Lithium Polymer cell. This laptop can handle 67W of charging via USB Type-C. However, the base variant ships with 30W MagSafe charger. This time around Apple has updated the MacBook Air to support WiFi 6E while the Bluetooth remains the same with v5.3. Other than that, you get a backlit Magic Keyboard, a quad-speaker setup, a triple microphone array, and an FHD camera that sits in the notch on top. Lastly, for wired connections, you get two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a MagSafe port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
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Apple MacBook Air M3 Price
| Apple MacBook Air M3 | Price in Nepal |
| 8/256GB, 8-core GPU | NPR 184,900 |
| 8/512GB, 10-core GPU | NPR 218,000 |
| 16/512GB, 10-core GPU | NPR 249,000 |
Apple MacBook Air M3 Specifications Compare
| Announced | 4 March 2024 |
| Market Status | Upcoming |
| Laptop Type | General |
| Related Laptops |
| Dimension (D x W x H) | 304.10 x 215 x 11.30 mm |
| Weight | 1.24 kg |
| Color Options | Midnight, Starlight, Space Grey, Silver |
| CPU Series | Apple M |
| Processor | Apple M3 |
| Base / Boost Clock | Unspecified |
| Cores / Threads |
8-core
Threads Unspecified
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| L3 Cache | Unspecified |
| GPU | Apple M3 (8-core, 10-core) |
| Graphics Type | Integrated |
| VRAM | 8/16/24GB unified memory |
| TGP | Unspecified |
| Boost Clock | Unspecified |
| Installed RAM | 8/16/24GB unified memory |
| Configuration | 1x 8GB, 1x 16GB, 1x 24GB |
| Soldered Memory | Yes |
| Memory Type | Unspecified |
| Frequency | Unspecified |
| Channel | Unspecified |
| Maximum Capacity | 24GB |
| HDD | No |
| SSD | 256/512GB/1TB/2TB |
| SSD Slots | No |
| Optical Drive | No |
| Size | 13.6 inches |
| Panel Type | LED-backlit IPS |
| Touchscreen | No |
| Finish | Glossy |
| Resolution |
WQXGA (2560 x 1664 pixels)
16:10 aspect ratio
|
| Refresh Rate | 60Hz |
| Variable Refresh Rate | No |
| Response Time | Unspecified |
| Maximum Brightness | 500 nits (cd/m2) |
| Color Gamut | Wide color (P3) |
| Others | True Tone technology |
| Ports | Magsafe 3 |
| USB Type-C |
2x Thunderbolt / USB 4
|
| Display | No |
| Audio | 1x 3.5mm high-impedance headphone/ microphone |
| Media Card | No |
| Ethernet | No |
| WiFi | WiFi 6E (802.11 ax), Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz) |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| Security | Touch ID |
| Keyboard | Backlit Magic Keyboard (with Ambient light sensor) |
| Trackpad | Force Touch trackpad |
| Webcam | 1080p FaceTime HD camera |
| Speakers | Four speakers with Dolby Atmos, Spatial Audio |
| Microphone | Three-array microphones |
| Capacity | 52.6Wh LiPo |
| Charging |
30W (USB-C with 8-core GPU)
35W (USB-C with 10-Core GPU, configurable with 8-core GPU)
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| Operating System |
macOS Sonoma
|
| Preloaded Software |
Messages
GarageBand
Keynote
Mail
FaceTime
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