Color | Gray |
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Hard-Drive Size | 512 GB |
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Operating System | Windows 11 Home |
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Additional Features | HD Audio, Touchscreen, Backlit Keyboard, Support Stylus, Anti Glare Coating |
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Graphics Description | Integrated |
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Graphics Coprocessor | Intel Iris Xe Graphics |
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Hard Disk Description | SSD |
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Item Weight | 3.1 Pounds |
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Video Processor | Intel |
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Specific Uses For Product | Multimedia, Student, Business |
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Webcam Capability | Yes |
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Graphics Card Ram | 4 |
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Automatic Backup Software Included | Webcam |
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Form Factor | Ultra-Portable |
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Hard Disk Interface | Solid State |
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Voltage | 20 Volts |
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Camera Description | Front |
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Biometric Security Feature | Face Recognition |
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Graphics Ram Type | Shared |
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Warranty Type | Limited |
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Item Dimensions L x W x Thickness | 12.67"L x 8.88"W x 0.67"Th |
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Chipset Type | HM190 |
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Optical Storage Device | NO |
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Power Device | AC adapter |
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Is Electric | Yes |
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Video Output | HDMI |
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Rear Facing Camera Photo Sensor Resolution | 8 MP |
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NO.2

Best MacBook for Most People
That's one of the easiest calls to make in this buying guide. Apple's 2024 MacBook Air is the company's most affordable current-generation model, while sacrificing almost nothing regarding the core Mac experience. With a fantastic LCD screen, a sublime keyboard and trackpad, and a potent M3 processor, the 13-inch MacBook Air remains a benchmark to which all other ultraportable laptops aspire.
Design: For more than 20 years, Apple's laptops have been well-nigh unparalleled in the design department, and the latest MacBook Air carries that torch well. Having inspired the ultraportable trend in the first place, the newest MacBook Air measures just 0.44 inch thick. It weighs a feathery 2.7 pounds, though that portability has an effect on connectivity, with just two Thunderbolt 4 ports on this machine's chassis.
Display: Apple prides itself on its display technology, with the Air flaunting a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina screen set at a unique 2,560-by-1,664-pixel native resolution. (That means a 16:10 aspect ratio for more vertical reading space.) The display also shined plenty bright in our testing, at 363 nits, while covering 100% of the sRGB and 95% of the DCI-P3 color gamuts. Also, a True Tone feature adapts the screen's color temperature to ambient light.
Performance: The MacBook Air's fresh M3 processor drives competitive speeds compared with laptops in its class, and it punches above its weight in demanding tasks like Photoshop. While you should look to a MacBook Pro for a dedicated content-creation machine, the Air will easily handle the odd photo touch-up or video render.
Battery life: Apple's featherweight laptop line excels in this area, with the Air posting a battery-life figure of 21 hours and 38 minutes in our rundown test. That's not an all-time record, but the number eclipsed every laptop it was compared with during our review, save for the 14-inch MacBook Pro.
Value for money: While Apple computers have always been pricey, Apple has gradually boosted the MacBook Air's value proposition since its debut in 2008. Today, the base-model MacBook Air provides stellar screen resolution and color, peppy performance, and all-day battery life for the same price it has been set at for several years. While you might want more RAM for that starting price, Apple’s unified memory helps maximize what 8GB can do opposed to traditional RAM in Windows laptops. Its starting SSD space remains small but workable considering how much multimedia is streamed rather than stored nowadays.
MacBook Air with Apple M3 Chip (13.6-inch)
Chip | - Apple M3 chip
- 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
- 10-core GPU
- Hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 100GB/s memory bandwidth
- Media Engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW
- Video decode engine
- Video encode engine
- ProRes encode and decode engine
- AV1 decode engine
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Display | - Liquid Retina display
- 13.6-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology;1
- 2560-by-1664 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch
- 500 nits brightness
- Color
- Support for 1 billion colors
- Wide color (P3)
- True Tone technology
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Memory | - 16GB
- 16GB unified memory
- Configurable to:
- 24GB
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Battery and Power | - Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback
- Up to 15 hours wireless web
- 52.6-watt‑hour lithium‑polymer battery
- 30W USB-C Power Adapter (included with M3 with 8‑core GPU)
- 35W Dual USB-C Port Compact Power Adapter (included with M3 with 10-core GPU and 512GB storage, configurable with M3 with 8‑core GPU)
- USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable
- Fast-charge capable with 70W USB-C Power Adapter
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Storage | - 256GB
- 256GB SSD
- Configurable to:
- 512GB, 1TB, or 2TB
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Charging and Expansion | - MagSafe 3 charging port
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:
- Charging
- DisplayPort
- Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)
- USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
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Display Support | - Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors and:
- One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz
- Close the MacBook Air lid to use a second external display with up to 5K resolution at 60Hz
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Video Playback | - Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1, and ProRes
- HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG
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Audio Playback | - Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC
- Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos
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Keyboard and Trackpad | - Backlit Magic Keyboard with:
- 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement
- Touch ID
- Ambient light sensor
- Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing, and Multi-Touch gestures
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Wireless | - Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
- Bluetooth 5.3
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Camera | - 1080p FaceTime HD camera
- Advanced image signal processor with computational video
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Audio | - Four-speaker sound system
- Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers
- Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max
- Three-mic array with directional beamforming
- Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
- Enhanced voice clarity in audio and video calls (M3)
- 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high‑impedance headphones
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