Aside from a brand new colour, the M4 MacE-book Air seems to be an entire lot like final 12 months’s mannequin. And we’ve received the hands-on expertise and footage to show it.
Apple’s received 5 important updates for its refresh of the 13- and 15-inch MacE-book Airs for 2025. First, it’s received the same M4 chip to the bottom 14-inch MacE-book Pro, although right here it begins with a 10-core CPU and 8-core GPU. Also inherited from the MacE-book Pros, the Airs now use the 12-megapixel Center Stage webcam that’s wider and might monitor you throughout the body. And now you can (lastly) use two exterior displays and maintain the lid open, basically providing you with a flowery triple-monitor setup with the lowly MacE-book Air.
As for that new colour possibility, sky blue, it replaces area grey. Starlight, silver, and midnight are nonetheless round from final 12 months (and midnight is unchanged, so count on some fingerprint smudginess). The new blue is a really pale metallic end. You may mistake it for a silver in case you didn’t see them side-by-side. I feel the easiest way I may describe it’s 2003 Toyota Matrix blue. In different phrases, it’s good however not blue sufficient. Apple ought to name it non-committal blue.
But the fifth factor that’s new for the MacE-book Air, and sure the one many people will care most about, is that it begins at a lower cost. The 13-inch mannequin begins at $999 whereas the 15-inch begins at $1,199. This is definitely a return to type for the 13-inch, which used to begin at that value earlier than a rise in the course of the M2 era. The M4 Air could also be an in any other case delicate chip-bump of an improve with a brand new bland-ish metallic end, however $100 off makes all of the distinction.
In addition to our hands-on with the MacE-book Air we additionally received our first have a look at the brand new Mac Studio duo, one with the M4 Max chip and one with a brand new, all-out M3 Ultra. The Studios don’t look any completely different, however the modifications inside are fairly main for hardcore execs doing a little heavy-duty artistic work or native AI stuff.
Apple’s new Macs and iPads are due out subsequent week and already up for order. Check out our smattering of images.
Mac Studio M4 Max / M3 Ultra
Photography by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge
