MacBook Air with M2 goes on pre-order starting July 8, available from July 15


Apple introduced its new MacBook Air, powered by the new M2 chip last month. At that time, the company said that it will be available from July. Today, the company confirmed that the new MacBook Air will be available to order worldwide, including India, starting Friday, July 8 at 5 a.m. PDT /5:30 PM IST. It will be available through Apple Authorised Resellers, a week later, beginning Friday, July 15.

To remind you, the new MacBook Air comes in silver, space gray, midnight and starlight colours, is priced at Rs. 1,19,900 for the 8-Core GPU, 256GB Storage version. The 512GB, 10-Core GPU version with 35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter costs Rs. 1,49,900.

Apple accessories — including the 30W USB-C Power Adapter costs Rs. 3800, 35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter costs Rs. 5800 compatible with the World Travel Adapter Kit for Rs. 2900, and the 67W USB-C Power Adapter cots Rs. 5800.

Apple MacBook Air (M2) specifications
  • 13.6-inch (2560 x 1664 pixels) 224 PPI Liquid Retina display with True Tone, Wide colour (P3), 500 nits brightness
  • 8GB RAM (Configurable up to 24GB), 256GB / 512GB SSD storage (Configurable up to 2TB)
  • Apple M2 chip 8-core CPU with 4 perform­ance cores and 4 efficiency cores
    8-core / 10-Core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine
  • macO
  • Magic Keyboard, Touch ID, Force Touch trackpad
  • 1080p FaceTime HD Camera
  • Four-speaker sound system, Wide stereo sound, Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers, Three-mic array with directional beamforming, 3.5 mm headphone jack
  • Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for: Charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40 Gbps), USB 4 (up to 40 Gbps), USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gbps), MagSafe 3 charging port
  • 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 2.4GHz + 5GHz, Bluetooth 5.0
  • 52.6‑watt‑hour lithium‑polymer battery with up to 15 hours wireless web, up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback, 30W USB-C Power Adapter (included with M2 with 8-core GPU) / 35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter (included with M2 with 10-core GPU

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