Apple unveiled the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with the powerful M3 chip. The laptops have a starting price of P69,990 in the Philippines.
The refreshed MacBook Air laptops come in two sizes — 13.6 inches and 15.3 inches. Both have Liquid Retina display panels with True Tone.
The laptops feature a 1080P FaceTime HD camera, a MagSafe 3 charging port, two Thunderbolt/USB-C 4 ports, and support for up to two external displays with the laptop lid closed. It also has a Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and a Force Touch trackpad.
The M3 chip uses a 3nm process, and features an 8-core CPU, up to a 10-core GPU, and support for up to 24GB of unified memory. This makes the MacBook Air M3 up to 60% faster than the previous model with the M1 chip and up to 13x faster than the fastest Intel-based model.
The laptops also offer up to 18 hours of battery life and a next-generation GPU which supports hardware-accelerated mesh shading and ray tracing.
The new MacBook Air is also the first Apple product to be made with 50% recycled content, including 100%recycled aluminum in the enclosure, 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, and, 100% recycled copper in the main logic board.
Price and Availability
The new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chip will be available in the Philippines sometime this year. Stay tuned.
Here is the list of prices in the Philippines.
13-inch MacBook Air M3
Configuration | Price |
8GB Unified Memory 256GB SSD Storage 8-Core CPU 8-Core GPU | P69,990 |
8GB Unified Memory 512GB SSD Storage 8-Core CPU 10-Core GPU | P81,990 |
16GB Unified Memory 512GB SSD Storage 8-Core CPU 10-Core GPU | P93,990 |
15-inch MacBook Air M3
Configuration | Price |
8GB Unified Memory 256GB SSD Storage 8-Core CPU 10-Core GPU | P82,990 |
8GB Unified Memory 512GB SSD Storage 8-Core CPU 10-Core GPU | P94,990 |
16GB Unified Memory 512GB SSD Storage 8-Core CPU 10-Core GPU | P106,990 |