The last major MacBook Air overhaul was in 2018 when the company added a Retina display, but the device looked similar overall to the 2010 model - previously considered the most significant redesign in the laptop’s history. And there’s an updated video engine to more smoothly play 4K and 8K video. It also has as much as 24 gigabytes of memory, up from 16 in the M1.
The M2 chip has eight processing cores - similar to the M1 - but now has as many as 10 graphics cores instead of up to eight. Apple is down 18% for the year, part of a broader pullback for tech stocks. The shares were little changed following the announcements, trading at $145.38 as of 3:28 p.m. The new capabilities should be a boon for Apple fans, even if there were few major surprises at the event. The latest version will be 40% faster in handling some pro apps, but around 18% overall, according to Apple. The MacBook Air update is the first since then, when it was one of the earliest Macs to get the M1 chip. The updated computer includes an M2 processor, the first generational leap for Apple’s Mac chips since its in-house components for computers debuted in November 2020.
The machine has a 13.6-inch screen, up from 13.3 inches on the previous model, and - like the MacBook Pro - a 1080p camera with twice the resolution of the previous model. The new model loses the tapered shape of the previous version and instead uses a design that looks similar to the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros launched at the end of 2021. The move refreshes a product that was groundbreakingly light and thin when Apple’s Steve Jobs first unveiled it in 2008. The new Air adds yet another machine to the company’s lucrative lineup of computers, which has seen revenue jump since a switch away from Intel Corp. The company showcased the updated laptop Monday at its Worldwide Developers Conference, an event that’s otherwise focused on software updates for the iPhone and other devices.
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