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Apple today introduced a new MacBook Air as its first Mac with a custom Apple Silicon processor known as the M1 chip. The new MacBook Air is up to 3.5x faster than the previous-generation MacBook Air, with up to 5x faster graphics performance.
Key features of the new MacBook Air:
- Apple-designed M1 processor
- Up to 3.5x faster CPU, up to 5x faster graphics, and up to 2x faster SSD
- A completely silent, fanless design
- 13-inch display with P3 wide color gamut support
- Up to 2TB of SSD storage and up to 16GB of memory
- Up to 18 hours of battery life
- Thunderbolt 3 and USB4 support
- Up to 9x faster machine learning
- Magic Keyboard and Touch ID
- Wi-Fi 6
The new MacBook Air marks the beginning of Apple’s transition away from Intel processors in Macs. Back in June, Apple revealed its plans to begin using its own custom Apple Silicon processors in Macs, promising industry-leading performance per watt. At the time, Apple said that the transition would take about two years to be completed.
In the interim, Apple teased new Intel-based Macs in development, including an updated 27-inch iMac released in August. Apple said that it will continue to support and release new versions of macOS for Intel-based Macs for years to come.
This story is part of our coverage of Apple’s ongoing “One More Thing” event today. Refresh for more details and follow along with our live blog for the latest updates. We’re also live tweeting the event on Twitter.
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