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Apple’s New MacBook Air Has Double The Storage, At The Price Of An iPhone
By Mikelle Leow, 19 Mar 2020
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Along with the 2020 iPad Pro, Apple unleashed a new MacBook Air on Wednesday. The laptop has double the storage of the 2019 model, but is cheaper at US$999.
There aren’t many design changes in the 2020 edition, and it retains a 13-inch Retina display with True Tone, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a T2 security chip, a Force Touch trackpad, Touch ID, and three microphones.
What’s different is the scissor switch Magic Keyboard, which replaces the much-complained-about butterfly keyboard.
The new MacBook Air, available in space gray, silver and gold, has a starting price of US$999 with storage capacity of 256GB. In contrast, the 2019 model was priced at US$1,099 for just 128GB of storage.
It also performs twice as fast, thanks to Intel’s newest 10th-generation Core processors bearing 1.2GHz quad-core Core i7 with Turbo Boost speeds running up to 3.8GHz. The additional Intel Iris Plus Graphics allows the laptop to produce graphics performance up to 80-percent faster.
College students and their parents, as well as educators of all grade levels, can also score the laptop at a discounted starting price of US$899.
The MacBook Air is available for purchase now.
Image via Apple Newsroom
Image via Apple Newsroom
Specs at a glance
Launch | 18 March 2020 |
Price | US$999, US$1,299 |
Finish | Gold, Space Gray, Silver |
Capacity | 256 GB, 512 GB Configurable to 512 GB (for basic model), 1 TB or 2 TB |
Size and weight | Height: 0.16–0.63 inch (0.41–1.61 cm) Width: 11.97 inches (30.41 cm) Depth: 8.36 inches (21.24 cm) Weight: 2.8 lb (1.29 kg) |
Display | 13.3-inch Retina display 11-inch (diagonal) 2560-by-1600 native resolution at 227 pixels per inch |
Processors | 10th-Gen Intel CPUs, Core i3 to i7 Neural Engine |
Memory | 8 GB, configurable to 16 GB |
Graphics | Intel Iris Plus Graphics |
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[via MacRumors, images via Apple Newsroom]
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