The MacBook Air M3 is now available in Power Mac Center and The Loop stores in the Philippines. The prices were actually revealed in early March. This time, they are now in stores across the country.
The new MacBook Air laptops come in two sizes — 13.6 inches and 15.3 inches. Both have Liquid Retina display panels with True Tone technology.
The devices have 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 under the hood was manufactured using a 3nm process with 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 have 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 M3 is also the first Apple product 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
From May 3 to 5, 2024, you can get the MacBook Air M3 with up to 40% discount on select premium accessories and free Microsoft 365 Personal Electronic Software Delivery.
From May 6 to 12, 2024, purchasing 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air M3 models in Power Mac Center and The Loop stores will come with the chance to win the following prizes:
- Power Mac Center Gift Certificates worth PHP 30,000 (1 winner)
- LaCie Rugged Mini USB 3.0 1TB worth PHP 6,800 (1 winner)
- Seagate One Touch Slim USB 3.0 1TB worth PHP 4,190 (4 winners)
- SanDisk iXpand Flip OTG Flash Drive Lightning + Type A 128GB worth PHP 4,999 (10 winners)
The MacBook Air M3 prices are as follows:
13-inch MacBook Air M3
Configuration | Price |
8GB Unified Memory 256GB SSD Storage 8-Core CPU 8-Core GPU | PHP 69,990 |
8GB Unified Memory 512GB SSD Storage 8-Core CPU 10-Core GPU | PHP 81,990 |
16GB Unified Memory 512GB SSD Storage 8-Core CPU 10-Core GPU | PHP 93,990 |
15-inch MacBook Air M3
Configuration | Price |
8GB Unified Memory 256GB SSD Storage 8-Core CPU 10-Core GPU | PHP 82,990 |
8GB Unified Memory 512GB SSD Storage 8-Core CPU 10-Core GPU | PHP 94,990 |
16GB Unified Memory 512GB SSD Storage 8-Core CPU 10-Core GPU | PHP 106,990 |