Apple announced the new MacBook Air, featuring the blazing-fast performance of the M4 chip, up to 18 hours of battery life, a new 12MP Centre Stage camera, and a lower starting price.
It also offers support for up to two external displays in addition to the built-in display, 16GB of starting unified memory, and the incredible capabilities of macOS Sequoia with Apple Intelligence — all packed into its strikingly thin and light design that’s built to last.
The new MacBook Air starts at just RM4,499, and RM4,069 for education, available to order soon in two sizes: 13- and 15-inch.
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New Colour & 23x Faster Performance
New Metallic Blue Finish
First thing's first, there's now a new colour choice to the lineup of MacBook Air — the all-new sky blue. This is a metallic light blue that creates a dynamic gradient. When light reflects off of its surface, a touch of sky blue joins midnight, starlight, and silver.
Advanced M4 Chip
With M4 in MacBook Air, everything from daily activities like multitasking between apps to more demanding tasks like photo and video editing is faster and more fluid.
The M4 chip has a powerful 10-core CPU, an up to 10-core GPU, capable of supporting up to 32GB of unified memory, making the new MacBook Air up to 2x faster than the M1 model. When compared to the fastest Intel-based MacBook Air, the M4 model delivers up to 23x faster performance.
Longer Hours
With battery life on the new MacBook Air up to 18 hours, Intel-based upgraders will get up to six additional hours, so they can get more done on a single charge. Not only that; the powerful Neural Engine in the M4 chip, which accelerates AI-based tasks, is also up to 3x faster than on MacBook Air with M1, significantly increasing speed in tasks like automatically enhancing photos and removing background noise from a video.
New 12MP Camera & More 6K External Display Support
What's exciting is that the new Macbook Air comes with a new 12MP Centre Stage camera and improved video quality.
Users can count on Centre Stage to automatically keep users centred in the frame as they move around. The camera system also supports Desk View, which simultaneously displays the user and a top-down view of their desk.
For users who like to spread their work out, MacBook Air also now supports up to two 6K external displays, in addition to its built-in Liquid Retina display.
macOS & Apple Intelligence
macOS Sequoia
The new MacBook Air runs on macOS Sequoia, and comes with Apple Intelligence. Users can enjoy AI features such as Image Playground for enhancing images, create emojis with Genmoji, and improve writing with Writing Tools.
Siri & ChatGPT
With new Siri improvements, users can also quickly move between spoken and typed requests to accelerate tasks throughout their day, and Siri can answer thousands of questions about Mac features and settings, with step-by-step instructions for how to do something on Mac. Moreover, there's free access to ChatGPT seamlessly integrated into Writing Tools and Siri, so users can get things done faster and easier.
Security
Under Apple Intelligence is also better security. With Private Cloud Compute, it extends the privacy and security of Mac into the cloud. When using Private Cloud Compute, users’ data is never stored or shared with Apple; it is used only to fulfil their request.
Pricing and Availability
Customers can order the new MacBook Air with M4 soon on apple.com/my/store, in the Apple Store app, and in Apple Store locations and Apple Authorised Resellers.
The 13-inch MacBook Air with M4 starts at RM4,499 and RM4,069 for education, and the 15‑inch MacBook Air with M4 starts at RM5,499 and RM5,069 for education. Both are available in sky blue, midnight, starlight, and silver.
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