Kicking off its 2023 WWDC keynote today, Apple announced the all-new 15-inch MacBook Air. It features a 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display, an M2 processor, and up to 18 hours of battery life. It’s largely the same package you get with the 13-inch Air, with a larger screen, but Apple claims it’s the world’s thinnest 15-inch laptop. It starts at $1,299, and is available to order today.
Design
The new MacBook Air 15-inch bares a striking resemblance to its smaller siblings, but there is still plenty to love about this beautiful design.
- The world’s thinnest 15-inch laptop, measuring just 11.5mm thin
- Weighs in at just over 3 pounds
- 15.3-inch display features thin 5mm borders
- Available in midnight, starlight, silver, and space gray
Specs
Featuring Apple’s own M2 processor, the 15-inch MacBook Air offers plenty of performance that should be more than enough for most users.
- High resolution Liquid Retina 15.3-inch display w/ up to 500 nits of brightness
- M2 chip that is up to 12x faster than the fastest Intel-based MacBook Air
- Compared to best-selling 15-inch PC laptop with a Core i7 processor, the new MacBook Air is up to twice as fast
- 8-core CPU with four performance cores and four efficiency cores
- 10-core GPU for super fast graphics
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 100GB/s of memory bandwidth with support for up to 24GB of unified memory
- 1080p FaceTime HD Camera
- 6-speaker sound system
Environment
While there is much work to be done to make its products better for the environment, Apple is continuing its green push with the new MacBook Air
- Uses 100% recycled gold plating and tin soldering in multiple printed circuit boards
- 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets
- 100% recycled cobalt on the MagSafe connector
- 90% recycled steel in the battery tray
- meets Apple’s standards for energy efficiency
- Free of hazardous materials mercury, PVC and beryllium
- Over 99% of the packaging is fiber based, bringing Apple closer to its goal of completely removing plastic from its packaging
Pricing and availability
As aforementioned, the new 15-inch MacBook Air starts at $1,299 ($1,199 for education), and is available to order today.