Apple’s online store has fallen ahead of new pre-orders for the MacBook Air, which will begin Friday at 5:00 a.m. Pacific time in the United States.
The new MacBook Air has been redesigned with a slightly larger 13.6-inch screen, a camera notch, a flat-edge chassis and new Starlight and Midnight color options.
The laptop includes MagSafe charging, an enhanced 1080p camera, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a 3.5mm headphone jack with high impedance headphone support, four speakers and more.
According to Apple, the M2 chip has a CPU up to 18% faster, a GPU up to 35% faster and a Neural Engine up to 40% faster compared to the M1 chip.
Thanks to the M2 chip, the MacBook Air can also be configured with up to 24 GB of unified memory, which is 8 GB more than what the M1 chip supports. The laptop is available with an SSD of up to 2 TB.
The price of the new MacBook Air starts at $ 1,199 in the United States, and deliveries to customers and in-store availability will begin on Friday, July 15th. The previous generation MacBook Air with the M1 chip is still available for $ 999.
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