MacBook Air 13.6-inch in Kenya
MacBook Air 13.6-inch was launched in March 2024 alongside MacBook Air 15-inch. Pre-orders began in March 2024, and the devices were made available on March 22, 2024. The MacBook Air 13.6-inch is available at City hub at Ksh.141,000 for the 256GB + 8GB RAM and Ksh.172,000 for the 512GB + 8GB.
Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with the powerful M3 chip. The world’s most popular laptop is better than ever with even more performance, faster Wi-Fi, and support for up to two external displays — all in its strikingly thin and light design with up to 18 hours of battery life.
Design
With a durable aluminum enclosure that’s built to last, the 13-inch MacBook Air have fantastic battery life, are incredibly light, and are less than half an inch thin, so users can work, play, or create from anywhere. The 13-inch model provides the ultimate in portability,
Built using industry-leading 3-nanometer technology, the M3 chip brings even faster performance and more capabilities to MacBook Air.
It has USB-C connectivity, which can enable faster charging and data transfer, and compatibility with other devices.
MacBook Air 13.6-inch is available in four beautiful colors: Midnight, Starlight, Silver, Space Gray
- Dimensions: 1.13 x 30.41 x 21.5 cm (o.44 x 11.97 x 8.46 in)
- Weight: 2.7 pounds (1.24kg)
- Build: Glass front (Corning-made glass), glass back (Corning-made glass), titanium frame (grade 5).
Display
The laptop features a Liquid Retina display measuring 13.6 inches diagonally. It has a native resolution of 2560*1664p at 224ppi, supporting 1B colors, wide color (P3), and True Tone technology for a more natural viewing experience.
MacBook Air features a brilliant 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display with up to 500 nits of brightness, support for 1 billion colors, and up to 2x the resolution of comparable PC laptops. Content looks vivid with sharp.
The M3 chip allows the MacBook Air to support full native resolution on the built-in display and one external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz.
- Type: Liquid Retina LED Backlit display
- Size: 13.6 inch
- Resolution: 2560*1664p
- Nits: 500 nits brightness
Camera
With a 1080p FaceTime HD camera with a larger image sensor and more efficient pixels that deliver twice the resolution and low-light performance of the previous generation. Combined with the processing power of the advanced image signal processor on M2, users will look great on video calls.
Users will look their best whether they’re connecting with friends and family or collaborating with coworkers around the world.
MacBook Air features an immersive sound system with support for Spatial Audio along with Dolby Atmos, so users can enjoy three-dimensional soundstages for music and movies.
Main Camera:
- 1080p FaceTime Camera
Platform
The heart of the MacBook Air is the Apple M3 chip, which includes an 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores. It also boasts a 10-core GPU for advanced graphics processing, hardware-accelerated ray tracing, and a 16-core Neural Engine for machine learning tasks.
- OS: macOS
- GPU: Apple GPU (8- or 10-core graphics)
- CPU: 8-core
- Ports: 2x Thunderbolt / USB 4, MagSafe, 3.5mm headphone jack
- Wireless: Wi-Fi 6 / Bluetooth 5.3
Battery and Storage
The MacBook Air comes with 8GB of unified memory, which can be configured up to 16GB or 24GB, depending on your needs.
Storage options start at 256GB or 512GB SSD, with the possibility to configure up to 1TB or 2TB.
It also features up to 18 hours of battery life, which is up to six hours longer than an Intel-based MacBook Air.
13-inch MacBook M3 Air (2023) battery offers up to 18 hours of Apple TV app movie playback and up to 15 hours of wireless web usage. The battery is a 52.6-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery, and it comes with a 30W USB-C Power Adapter.
- Type: Li-Ion 52.6watt, non-removable
- Charging: Wired, PD2.0, 50% in 30 min (advertised); 15W wireless (MagSafe); 15W wireless (Qi2) – requires iOS 17.2 update; 4.5W reverse wired
Magic Keyboard and Touch ID
The comfortable and quiet backlit Magic Keyboard comes with a full-height function row with Touch ID, giving users a fast, easy, and secure way to unlock their Mac; sign in to apps and websites; and make purchases with Apple Pay — all with the touch of a finger.
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macOS delivers intelligent features that enhance productivity and creativity, so users can enable powerful camera features, real-time speech to text, translation, text predictions, visual understanding, accessibility features, and much more.
What is in the Box?
- 13-inch MacBook Air with M3 chip
- USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (2 m)
- USB-C Power Adapter
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