The new Apple MacBook Air has launched and already reviewers have weighed out the pros and cons. The powerful M2 chip, stunning 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display, a good battery life, super thin and light design, MagSafe charging, more speakers and a great camera make the pros. While the cons are the lack of cooling fan, only two USB-C ports, inability to drive multiple external displays. 

The Specs

Set in the middle, between the 13 and 16 inch models, the apt size is reported to make a huge difference in the positive direction by most reviewers. It has a surprisingly slim and lightweight design, characteristic of the Air series. Starting at $1,299, it presents a much more budget-friendly option compared to any of Apple’s previous laptops featuring a screen of this size.

First announced at WWDC 2023, this is the first 15-inch MacBook Air notebook to be powered by the M2 processor. Like the 13-inch, MacBook Air 15 possesses robust performance, extended battery life, and a high-quality display. 

The laptop also offers a maximum of 24 GB of RAM and 2 TB of internal storage available in Silver, Starlight, Space Grey, and Midnight colour variants. Even with its larger size, the laptop doesn’t come with a fan to cool the M2 chip, but depends on its passive cooling solution to do their thing.

The MacBook Air differs from its smaller counterpart in a few notable ways. The most apparent distinction is its 15.3-inch display, featuring a resolution of 2,880 x 1,864 pixels, resulting in a pixel density of 224 pixels per inch, matching that of the 13-inch Air.

This display is classified as one of Apple’s “Liquid Retina” screens, offering a brightness of 500 nits, P3 “wide colour” gamut support, and a refresh rate of 60Hz. The trackpad of the laptop has been stretched out keeping it proportional to the large size and Touch ID sensor are all excellent, which is true of all Mac laptops at this point.

Boasting a 18 hour battery life, Apple claims that the Air is much faster, the screen is better, the battery is longer while the laptop itself is thinner and lighter. As mentioned earlier the M2 chip delivers on excellent performance of the laptop.

The 15-inch Air has a six-speaker sound system with “force-canceling woofers” for improved bass, compared to a four-speaker setup in the smaller model. Apple has been making excellent laptop speakers in the last few models. The company said they “deliver[s] twice the bass depth of the 13-inch MacBook Air with M2 for fuller sound.”

For most, the best feature is the affordable pricing beginning at $1,299 or Rs. 1,34,900. Most reviewers have said that the laptop is a larger version of apple 13 with the M2 chip like performance.   

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