Apple has introduced the new MacBook Air with M5, offering top performance and improved AI features to the world’s most popular laptop. The M5 chip includes a faster CPU and next-generation GPU, each with a neural accelerator, so MacBook Air can handle everything from creative work to advanced AI tasks.
The laptop now starts with 502GB of storage, weighs as much as before, and uses a faster SSD with options up to 4TB. The new N1 wireless chip supports Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 for easy, reliable connections wherever you are. MacBook Air keeps its thin, light, and strong aluminum build, features a sharp liquid-retina display, a 12-MP center-stage camera, up to 18 hours of battery life, immersive sound and spatial audio, and two Thunderbolt 4 ports that support up to two external displays with macOS Tahoe.
The Apple MacBook Air is a great choice for students, creative professionals, and business users. The new MacBook Air with M5 comes in 13- and 15-inch sizes and four colors: sky blue, midnight, starlight, and silver. Pre-orders start tomorrow, March 4, and it will be available beginning Wednesday, March 11.
The new MacBook Air with M5 brings incredible performance and even more capability to the world’s most popular laptops, said John Ternus, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering. With M5, MacBook Air powers through a wide range of tasks from everyday productivity to creative workloads and is even faster for AI. Now featuring double the starting storage, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 6, in a sleek, durable design with long battery life. MacBook Air is the perfect laptop for anyone who values the unrivaled combination of performance and portability.
Outstanding Performance with M5 for AI and More
The M5 chip delivers strong performance across everyday and creative tasks. MacBook Air with M5 has a 10-core CPU, up to a 10-core GPU, and neural accelerators, providing up to 4x faster AI performance than the M4 and 9.5x faster than the M1. This makes it a powerful choice for both personal and professional AI use.
The M5 chip features improved shader cores and a third-generation ray tracing engine, enabling faster gaming and 3D rendering. It also improves unified memory performance by 28% to 153 GB of bandwidth. Overall, the M4 means more seamless multitasking and quicker app launches. Overall, MacBook Air with M5 offers better performance than the previous models, including:
- AI video tasks run up to 6.9x faster on M1 and 1.9x faster on M4 than on M1.
- 3D rendering with ray tracing in Blender is up to 6.5 times faster than on a MacBook Air with a moon and up to 1.5 times faster than on a MacBook Air with M4.4
- Image processing in Affinity is 2.7 times faster than on a MacBook Air with M1 and up to 1.5 times faster than on a MacBook Air with M4.2.
- Web browsing is up to 50% faster versus PC laptops with Intel Core Ultra X7; demanding tasks are up to 3x faster.
Double The Starting Storage And A Faster SSD
The MacBook Air with M5 now starts at 512 GB of storage, as the previous models did. For the first time, you can configure it with up to 40 GB of storage, giving you plenty of room for big projects and games. The new SSD is priced the same as before, so you can open files quickly and work faster, whether you are a creator importing lots of photos or a student running AI tasks on your device.
Tremendous Value for Upgraders With the World’s Most Popular Laptop
If you are thinking about upgrading from an older MacBook Air, whether it has Apple silicon or an Intel chip, now is a great time. Along with the M5 fast chip, the new MacBook Air offers many exciting features. For example:
- A stunning Liquid Retina display: The 13.6″ or 15.3″ Liquid Retina display is bright at 500 nits and supports 1 billion colors. Everything looks vivid and detailed, and the text stays extra sharp.
- Exceptional Battery Life: You can get up to 18 hours of battery life, six hours more than the Intel-based MacBook Air with Fast Charging. You can work, create, or play all day without needing to plug in.
- Beautiful design and colors: The 13-inch MacBook Air is easy to carry for people on the move. The 15-inch version gives you more space for multitasking. Both are thin, light, and silent with a fanless design. They come in four colors:
- sky blue
- midnight
- Starlight
- Silver
- Advanced Camera, Mic, and Speakers: The 12-MP center stage camera with desk view makes you look your best and makes video calls more compelling. The three-mic array improves voice clarity. The sound system supports spatial audio and Dolby Atmos for a rich, three-dimensional experience while listening to music or watching movies.
- Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 color the new Apple design and chip, delivering better performance and improved connection reliability.
- Flawless connectivity: the MacBook Air has two Thunderbolt ports for accessories. It supports up to two external displays, which is great for professionals and students who want more workspace. MagSafe provides dedicated charging and keeps your connection secure when plugged in.
The power of macOS Tahoe.
MacOS completes the MacBook Air experience with incredible features and built-in apps like Safari, Photos, Messages, and FaceTime, helping you get more done with macOS Tahoe. You can personalize your Mac with new color options for Folder App icons and widgets, thanks to Liquid Glass. Apple Intelligence brings powerful features and strong privacy, such as:
- live translation in messages for talking across languages
- smarter reminders that sort your tasks
- improve shortcuts that use Apple Intelligence to automate things like pulling info from a PDF and adding it to a spreadsheet
Continuity features include:
- the iPhone phone app on Mac so you can make calls from your phone
- live activities, which show notifications in iPhone mirroring, so you can respond right from your Mac for video calls
The new Edge Light effect provides even lighting for your face in any condition.
