MacBook Air
| MacBook Air | |
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| developer | Apple |
| Sales start | January 15, 2008 |
| Connected |
MacBook , MacBook (Retina) , MacBook Pro |
| Technical specifications | |
| System-on-a-chip | Intel |
| Mass storage | 64 to 2048 GB |
| processor | 2 to 4 cores |
| random access memory | 2 to 16 GB |
| screen | 11.6 ″ 16: 9 format 13.3 ″ 16:10 format |
| Current operating system | macOS |
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Radio links |
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| battery pack | |
| Type | Lithium polymer |
| Website | |
| official website | |
The MacBook Air is a subnotebook from the Californian company Apple . It was presented on January 15, 2008 by Steve Jobs at Macworld San Francisco and advertised as "the thinnest notebook in the world".
On October 20, 2010, the second generation was presented under the motto "Back to the Mac", which was also available in an 11.6 inch version.
On October 30, 2018, the third generation with retina display was presented, which was only available with 13.3 inches.
MacBook Air (2008-2018)
design
The device, the outer shell of which is made of aluminum , tapers towards the front in a wedge shape. It is between 2.8 and 17 millimeters high and weighs around 1.08 and 1.35 kilograms, respectively. At the beginning of June 2012, Apple was awarded a design patent for this design .
The MacBook Air was the second thinnest notebook in the world after the Pedion developed by Mitsubishi and Hewlett-Packard in 1997 , closely followed by a special edition of the Sony Vaio X505 from 2004. In 2009, the Dell Adamo and the Sony Vaio X (14 millimeters high) presented even thinner notebooks.
The display of the MacBook Air measures 13.3 ″ and is therefore just as large as that of the MacBook models. The 13.3 ″ MacBook Air offers a native resolution of 1440 × 900 pixels (16:10) compared to the 11.6 ″ display with a native resolution of 1366 × 768 pixels (16: 9). Both displays are illuminated with LEDs . The keyboard is backlit again. Above the screen is the iSight camera, which is now installed in all Apple notebooks , which Apple has called the FaceTime camera. The microphone has moved to the left side of the lower part next to the headphone jack.
As an innovation, the trackpad offers some of the multi-touch functions familiar from the iPhone and iPod touch . It is thus possible to carry out controls or functions directly and in a simplified manner with gestures of one or more fingers, if programs support this.
The new device has more connections than its predecessor. Next to the magnetic power plug ( MagSafe 2) on the left there is a USB 3.0 port, the headphone jack and the built-in omnidirectional microphone. The Thunderbolt port is on the right, with another USB 3.0 port next to it. In the 13.3 "version, the device has an additional SD - card reader . The device also transmits via WLAN ( 802.11ac ) and Bluetooth 4.0 . A USB or Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter is sold separately.
An optical drive is not available from the factory. The MacBook Air is able to access the CD / DVD drives of another Mac or Windows computer via WLAN. The operating system can be restored via a recovery partition. Alternatively, an external "Super Drive" drive can be purchased, which is supplied with power via the USB port.
The current version of the MacBook Air has built in stereo speakers.
Technical details
The first revision of the device offered in the standard version a 1.60 GHz processor , 2 GB RAM permanently integrated on the circuit board and an 80 GB hard drive with a 1.8 ″ format that is the same as the hard drives of the iPod models. however, it rotates faster than the 3,400 rpm hard drives in the iPods at 4,200 rpm. On request, there was a version with a 1.80 GHz processor and a 64 GB flash memory ( solid-state drive ) instead of a hard drive. The mass storage device was connected via the now outdated parallel ATA interface.
The processor was special because it was manufactured by Intel in what is known as the Small Form Factor Package and, with an area of 22 mm × 22 mm, was around 60 percent smaller than a normal processor. Technically, both processor models are based on the Intel Core 2 Duo with Merom core, which is why they had its functions including 4 MB shared L2 cache.
In October 2008 an improved new edition of the MacBook Air "MacBook Air (end of 2008)" was presented.
The chipset (motherboard) was no longer supplied by Intel, but by Nvidia . As a result, the slow Intel chipset graphics processor has been replaced by the up to four times faster Nvidia 9400M chipset graphics processor with 256 MB DDR3-SDRAM (shared memory), which supports a resolution of up to 2560 × 1600 pixels on an external screen . The clock rate of the Core 2 Duo processor, which is still supplied by Intel, remained unchanged at 1.60 GHz in the entry-level model, and a processor clocked at 1.86 GHz was also available. The previously described special design of a smaller Intel Merom processor has been replaced by standard processors with 6 MB level 2 cache from the new “Penryn” series from Intel.
The system bus speed was increased from 800 to 1066 MHz, the main memory now corresponded to the faster DDR3 standard. From then on, the internal data carrier was connected via the widely used SATA interface. A 120 GB 1.8 ″ hard disk with 4,200 rpm was installed as standard; the solid-state disk variant had 128 GB instead of 64 GB.
The Micro-DVI port specially developed for the MacBook Air Revision A was replaced in Revision B by the new Mini-DisplayPort.
Initial tests showed a significant speed increase in revision B, despite the nominally almost unchanged processor speeds. The frequently reported problems where the MacBook Air (Revision A) overheated during processor-intensive tasks and switched off a processor core are also a thing of the past.
The power supply was provided by a built-in lithium polymer battery , which, according to the manufacturer, can operate the device for up to 4.5 hours. In various tests with different levels of stress, the MBA achieved runtimes between 2.5 and almost 5 hours. It also had WLAN according to the 802.11n standard and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR .
On June 8, 2009 Apple announced with the motto “Thin as always. Faster than ever. ” Revised C of the MacBook Air at WWDC . This version was now optionally available with a 1.86 GHz or 2.13 GHz Intel processor and thus more powerful than before. At the same time, both MacBook Air models fell in price.
On October 20, 2010, a new generation of the Macbook Air was released under the motto “Back to the Mac”. In addition to the previous display format of 13.3 "(with a higher display resolution), the 11.6" size was introduced and only SSDs were used for data storage. The volume has been reduced slightly. In addition, there is a higher-resolution display and two instead of one USB 2.0 connection. For the first time, 4 GB of RAM could be installed in the MacBook Air instead of the previous maximum of 2 GB. The 13.3 inch version also has an SD card slot from this version onwards . With the first Macbook Air, Apple introduced the unibody design for the manufacture of its notebooks and gradually expanded this manufacturing method to other product lines. In contrast to the normal MacBook and the Pro series, Apple is also producing the screen in a unibody design for the first time. The keyboard lighting integrated in the first presentation in 2008 was no longer available in the following models until mid-2011.
On July 20, 2011, the generation was published in mid-2011 with the slogan “The new, faster Macbook Air” together with Mac OS X Lion . The main changes were faster Intel i5 and i7 ULV processors (17W TDP ), the Thunderbolt connection, 4 GB RAM in the 13.3 ″ models, keyboard lighting, the Intel HD 3000 graphics and the option of an SSD of 256 GB of storage space to be built into the 11.6 ″ model.
On June 11, 2012, Phil Schiller released an updated MacBook Air at WWDC, which differs mainly through the new Intel Ivy Bridge processors. In the cheapest model, 4 GB RAM is now installed as standard, the maximum flash memory size is 512 GB. The new Facetime HD camera now has a resolution of 720p compared to the 480p iSight camera in the previous year's model. The USB 2.0 ports have been replaced by new USB 3.0 , which has long been called for by critics. In addition, the MacBook Air now has a MagSafe 2 port, which is thinner and wider. The previously used MagSafe (1) connection is (geometrically) incompatible. Apple sells an adapter that mates an old MagSafe (1) plug to the MagSafe 2 socket (on the newer computers).
On June 10, 2013, a new MacBook Air with Intel Haswell processors was presented. As a result, the battery life could be increased to 9 or 12 hours. The MacBook Air now supports the latest WLAN standard 802.11ac . In addition, instead of one, two microphones were installed, side by side and, as before, on the left side. In the first tests, the specified battery life was not only achieved, but even exceeded.
New Haswell processors (Haswell Refresh) have been installed in the MacBook Air under Revision B since April 29, 2014 and the pricing has changed in Germany and Austria. The price of the 13 inch model fell from € 1099 to € 999 and the 11 ″ model was now € 899 instead of € 999.
On March 9, 2015, updated versions for both device sizes (11.6 inches and 13.3 inches) with Intel Core i5 and i7 processors of the 5th generation ( Broadwell ) were presented. The thunderbolt 1 interface replaced by a thunderbolt 2 interface and the speed of the SSD doubled. However, due to the exchange rate in Germany and Austria, prices rose again by € 100 to € 999 for the 11 "model and to € 1099 for the 13" model.
The MacBook Air 11 ″ was discontinued on October 27, 2016. The MacBook , which was introduced last year, can be counted as a successor due to its size and appearance.
On June 5, 2017, the MacBook Air received a small facelift for WWDC, in which a slightly faster processor was installed, which, however, was still part of the now 2-year-old Broadwell architecture.
When the new generation of the MacBook Pro was released in 2016, Apple advertised the model without a Touch Bar and with only 2 connections as the successor. In the period that followed, however, Apple's notebook product line underwent various changes. In 2018, the MacBook Air with Retina display was released at a higher price of € 1349. At the time, the MacBook Air 2017 was a cheaper alternative for the same price.
In 2019, the cheapest MacBook Air Retina was reduced by € 100 to € 1249 as part of a model upgrade. For the model with 256 GB SSD storage, this means a price of 1499 €, which means that it now costs as much as the MacBook Retina , whose cheapest version also has 256 GB of storage. It was discontinued together with the MacBook Air 2017, which is the successor to the MacBook Air Retina as the cheapest MacBook.
software
Mac OS X serves as the operating system for all devices . The first generation from early 2008 (MacBook Air 1.1) can run a maximum of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion . Generation 2 (MacBook Air 2.1) from late 2008 and including all generations thereafter, any MacBook Air can run Mac OS X El Capitan . Only for Mac OS Sierra and higher is at least a MacBook Air from the end of 2010 (MacBook Air 3.1) required.
OS X or Mac OS can be reinstalled completely without external data storage media using the "Internet recovery" function introduced at the same time as Lion , even if the SSD is completely formatted. With the previous devices, the system was delivered on a micro USB stick so that the operating system could be set up again without a DVD drive. The Remote Disc software is new . It enables wireless access to optical drives on other Macs or PCs and to install programs from them. Windows can be installed on the Macbook Air via Boot Camp . The corresponding drivers are saved beforehand by the Boot Camp program on a USB stick or on a CD / DVD so that the drivers can be installed under Windows.
Environmental sustainability
After the criticism of the lack of environmental compatibility, Apple installed a mercury- and arsenic-free LED-backlit display in the MacBook Air . This was previously available in the MacBook Pro . Continue to find PVC -free cable use.
In addition to " Energy Star ", the MacBook Air also meets the requirements for "EPEAT Gold".
Technical specifications
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| model | Early 2008 | Late 2008 | Mid-2009 |
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| Model name | MacBookAir1,1 (A1237) | MacBookAir2,1 (A1304) | |
| Model number | MB003LL / A | MB543LL / A, MB940LL / A | MC233LL / A, MC234LL / A |
| Display | 13.3 ", 1280 × 800
Brilliant LED-backlit TFT LCD - widescreen |
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Graphics card shared with system memory |
Intel GMA X3100 with 144 MB DDR2 ‑ SDRAM | Nvidia GeForce 9400M with 256 MB DDR3 ‑ SDRAM | |
| Front side bus | 800 MHz | 1066 MHz | |
| processor | 1.6 GHz (L7500) or 1.8 GHz (L7700) Intel Core 2 Duo with 6 MB on-chip L2 cache | 1.6 GHz (SL9300) or 1.86 GHz (SL9400) Intel Core 2 Duo with 6 MB on-chip L2 cache | 1.86 GHz (SL9400) or 2.13 GHz (SL9600) Intel Core 2 Duo with 6 MB on-chip L2 cache |
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Memory firmly soldered |
2 GB with 667 MHz DDR2 ‑ SDRAM | 2 GB with 1066 MHz DDR3 ‑ SDRAM | |
| Mass storage | 80 GB 1.8 ″ -ZIF ATA , 4200-rpm HDD or 64 GB SSD | 120 GB 1.8 ″ Serial ATA , 4200-rpm HDD or 128 GB SSD | |
| keyboard | white letters backlit | ||
| Radio links | Wi-Fi 4 | ||
| Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR | |||
| built-in infrared (IR) receiver for Apple Remote | |||
| connections | 1 × MagSafe | 1 × MagSafe
2 × USB 2.0 |
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| battery pack | 37 Wh lithium polymer, permanently installed (glued) 45 W MagSafe power pack included |
40 Wh lithium polymer, permanently installed (glued) 45 W MagSafe power pack included |
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| Dimensions (W × D × H) | 330 mm x 227 mm x 4.1-19.4 mm | ||
| Dimensions | 1.36 kg | ||
| model | Late 2010 | Mid 2011 | Mid 2012 | Mid 2013 | Early 2014 | Early 2015 | 2017 | |
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Model name |
11 ″ | MacBookAir3.1 (A1370) | MacBookAir4,1 (A1370) | MacBookAir5,1 (A1465) | MacBookAir6,1 (A1465) | MacBookAir7,1 (A1465) | ||
| 13 ″ | MacBookAir3.2 (A1369) | MacBookAir4.2 (A1369) | MacBookAir5.2 (A1466) | MacBookAir6.2 (A1466) | MacBookAir7.2 (A1466) | |||
| Model number | 11 ″ | MC505LL / A | MC968LL / A, MC969LL / A | MD223D, MD224D | MD711LL / A, MD712LL / A | MD711LL / B, MD712LL / B | MJVM2LL / A | |
| 13 ″ | MC503LL / A | MC965LL / A, MC966LL / A | MD231D, MD232D | MD760LL / A, MD761LL / A | MD760LL / B, MD761LL / B | MJVE2LL / A | MQD32LL / A (128 GB), MQD42LL / A (256 GB) | |
| Display | 11 ″ | 11.6 ", 1366 × 768
Brilliant LED-backlit TFT LCD - widescreen |
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| 13 ″ | 13.3 ", 1440 × 900
Brilliant LED-backlit TFT LCD - widescreen |
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Graphics card shared with system memory |
11 ″ | Nvidia GeForce 320M with 256 MB DDR3-SDRAM | Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 256 MB or 384 MB DDR3 ‑ SDRAM | Intel HD Graphics 4000 | Intel HD Graphics 5000 | Intel HD Graphics 6000 | ||
| 13 ″ | Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB DDR3 ‑ SDRAM | |||||||
| Front side bus | 11 ″ | 800 MHz | ||||||
| 13 ″ | 1066 MHz | |||||||
| processor | 11 ″ | 1.4 GHz (SU9400) Intel Core 2 Duo with 3 MB on-chip L2 cache optional 1.6 GHz (SU9600) Intel Core 2 Duo with 3 MB on-chip L2 cache |
1.6 GHz (2467M) dual-core i5 with 3 MB on-chip L3 cache optional 1.8 GHz (2677M) dual-core i7 with 4 MB on-chip L3 cache |
1.7 GHz (i5-3317U) dual-core i5 with 3 MB on-chip L3 cache, optionally 2.0 GHz (i7-3667U) dual-core i7 with 4 MB on-chip L3 cache |
Intel Core i5-4250U with 1.3 - 2.6 GHz and 3 MB L3
Optional: Intel Core i7-4650U with 1.7 - 3.3 GHz and 4 MB L3 |
Intel Core i5-4260U with 1.4 - 2.7 GHz and 3 MB L3
Optional: Intel Core i7-4650U with 1.7 - 3.3 GHz and 4 MB L3 |
Intel Core i5-5250U with 1.6 - 2.7 GHz and 3 MB L3
Optional: Intel Core i7-5650U with 2.2 - 3.2 GHz and 4 MB L3 |
Intel Core i5-5350U with 1.8 - 2.9 GHz and 4 MB L3
Optional: Intel Core i7-5650U with 2.2 - 3.2 GHz and 4 MB L3 |
| 13 ″ | 1.86 GHz (SL9400) Intel Core 2 Duo with 6 MB on-chip L2 cache optional 2.13 GHz (SL9600) Intel Core 2 Duo with 6 MB on-chip L2 cache |
1.7 GHz (2557M) dual-core i5 with 3 MB on-chip L3 cache optional 1.8 GHz (2677M) dual-core i7 with 4 MB on-chip L3 cache |
1.8 GHz (i5-3427U) dual-core i5 with 3 MB on-chip L3 cache optionally 2.0 GHz (i7-3667U) dual-core i7 with 4 MB on-chip L3 cache |
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Memory firmly soldered |
11 ″ | 2 GB with 1066 MHz DDR3 ‑ SDRAM Optional 4 GB |
2 GB with 1333 MHz DDR3 ‑ SDRAM optionally 4 GB |
4 GB with 1600 MHz DDR3L ‑ SDRAM optionally up to 8 GB | 4 GB with 1600 MHz LPDDR3 optionally up to 8 GB | 4 GB with 1600 MHz LPDDR3 optionally up to 8 GB (standard for the 13 "model since April 19, 2016) | 8 GB with 1600 MHz LPDDR3 | |
| 13 ″ | 4 GB with 1333 MHz DDR3 ‑ SDRAM | |||||||
| Mass storage | 11 ″ | 64 GB or optionally 128 GB SSD | 64 GB, 128 GB or optionally 256 GB SSD | 64 GB, 128 GB or optionally 256 GB or 512 GB SSD | 128 GB, 256 GB or optionally 512 GB SSD | |||
| 13 ″ | 128 GB or optionally 256 GB SSD | 128 GB, 256 GB or optionally 512 GB SSD | ||||||
| keyboard | gray letters not backlit | gray letters backlit | ||||||
| Radio links | Wi-Fi 4 | Wi-Fi 5 | ||||||
| Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR | Bluetooth 4.0 | |||||||
| connections | 11 ″ | 1 × MagSafe
2 × USB 2.0 |
1 × MagSafe
2 × USB 2.0
1 × Thunderbolt |
1 × MagSafe 2
2 × USB 3.0
1 × Thunderbolt |
1 × MagSafe 2 2 × USB 3.0 |
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| 13 ″ | 1 × MagSafe
2 × USB 2.0 |
1 × MagSafe
2 × USB 2.0
1 × Thunderbolt |
1 × MagSafe 2
2 × USB 3.0
1 × Thunderbolt |
1 × MagSafe 2
2 × USB 3.0 |
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| battery pack | 11 ″ | 35 Wh lithium polymer, permanently installed (glued) 45 W MagSafe power pack included |
35 Wh lithium polymer, permanently installed (glued) 45 W MagSafe 2 power pack included |
38 Wh lithium polymer, permanently installed (glued) 45 W MagSafe 2 power pack included |
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| 13 ″ | 50 Wh lithium polymer, permanently installed (glued) 45 W MagSafe power pack included |
50 Wh lithium polymer, permanently installed (glued) 45 W MagSafe 2 power pack included |
54 Wh lithium polymer, permanently installed (glued) 45 W MagSafe 2 power pack included |
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| Dimensions (W × D × H) | 11 ″ | 300 mm x 192 mm x 2.8-17 mm | 300 mm x 192 mm x 3-17 mm | |||||
| 13 ″ | 325 mm x 227 mm x 2.8-17 mm | 325 mm x 227 mm x 3-17 mm | ||||||
| Dimensions | 11 ″ | 1.04 kg | 1.08 kg | |||||
| 13 ″ | 1.32 kg | 1.35 kg | ||||||
MacBook Air Retina (from 2018)
On October 30, 2018, Apple presented a completely redesigned version of the MacBook Air in New York. After the previous model was sold for 3 years with technology that was still at the level of 2015, the new generation uses dual-core processors of the Amber Lake generation from Intel. Its average power consumption is given as 7 watts, which is 2 watts more than the MacBook . In contrast to this, the MacBook Air Retina uses a fan. The biggest revision was the display, which is now an IPS-LCD instead of a TN panel. It has the same resolution as the 13 ″ MacBook Pro display. By covering the entire sRBG color space, it can show 60% more colors than the old model. The maximum brightness has been increased to 300 cd / m². Thus, apart from the resolution, it has the same properties as the display of the MacBook with 12 ″. The trackpad is 20% larger than its predecessor and supports Force Touch with a Taptic Engine , as has been the case with the MacBook and MacBook Pro since 2015.
With the update to macOS 10.14.4, the brightness of the screen has been increased from 300 to 400 cd / m².
2019
On July 9, 2019, the MacBook Air was updated. The display now supports True Tone, the battery is marginally smaller and the starting price has been reduced by € 100. On this occasion, sales of the Retina MacBook and MacBook Air from 2017 were also discontinued. It is possible that the butterfly keyboard with modified materials from the MacBook Pro from 2019 will also be used in this model.
The new prices are € 1249 (previously € 1349) for the model with 128 GB SSD and € 1499 (previously € 1599) for the model with 256 GB. Furthermore, the prices of the SSD options with more than 256 GB have been reduced. In the course of this, the option with 1.5 TB was replaced by a cheaper one with 1 TB. The SSD of this model is 35% slower compared to its predecessor.
2020
On March 18, 2020, an improved MacBook Air was released. It uses 10th generation processors (Ice Lake) and is the first MacBook Air available with 4 cores. According to Apple, the processor performance is up to twice as high as its predecessor. In the course of this, the graphics unit was also renewed and should be 80% faster according to Apple. The "Butterfly Keyboard", known for its unreliability, was replaced by a "Magic Keyboard" with a conventional scissor mechanism. The latter is known from the 16 ″ MacBook Pro (2019) and the keyboard supplied with the iMac . Also new are Bluetooth 5.0 (previously 4.2) and LPDDR4X memory with 3733 MHz (previously LPDDR3 with 2133 MHz). The simplest version has 256 GB of hard disk space, twice as much as before. Nevertheless, the price of this device has been reduced to € 1199 (previously € 1249). The better standard version for 1499 € (unchanged) now offers 512 GB hard disk space (previously 256 GB) and an Intel Core i5 processor with 4 cores (previously no better processor than the cheaper variant). The new device is a bit thicker and heavier.
design
As with the predecessor, the housing is made of aluminum and becomes thinner towards the front. At the thickest point it is around 10% thinner than its predecessor. The volume of the case has been reduced by 17%.
Environmental sustainability
Like its predecessor, the Retina MacBook Air uses a mercury- and arsenic-free LED backlit display, PVC- free cables and, in addition to " Energy Star ", also meets the requirements for "EPEAT Gold".
In addition, like the Mac mini from 2018, the housing is made of 100% recycled aluminum, which is a by-product of the production of the 3rd generation iPad Pro. According to Apple, it shouldn't differ from its predecessor in terms of quality and texture. Compared to this, 47% fewer CO₂ emissions should occur during production.
Problems
The third generation of the butterfly keyboard was used in the MacBook Air until the 2020 update. This was already known to cause problems from previous versions. With the release of the MacBook Pro 2019, the MacBook Air was therefore included in the official repair program. The 2019 model has also been included in the program since it was published.
Another problem is the unchanged cooling of the MacBook Air 2020. Its architecture is designed for a dual core processor with less performance (lower heat generation). The previous models from 2019 and 2018 still had dual core processors from Intel installed, for which passive cooling was sufficient. Due to the lack of a heat conductor from the processor to the fan, this leads to a rapid increase in temperature in the quad core models and an uncomfortable volume of the fan.
Technical specifications
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- A blue point in front of a specification shows one of the various options available for the configuration.
Data written in italics and gray can only be optionally configured on the website. Devices with such special equipment are often referred to as built-to-order (BTO) because they are specially made for each order, which means that the delivery time is usually longer.
| model | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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| Model name | MacBookAir8,1 (A1932) | MacBookAir8,2 (A1932) | MacBookAir 9.1 |
| Model number | MRE82xx / A, MREA2xx / A, MREE2xx / A, MRE92xx / A, MREC2xx / A, MREF2xx / A, MUQT2xx / A, MUQU2xx / A, MUQV2xx / A | MVFH2xx / A, MVFJ2xx / A, MVFK2xx / A, MVFL2xx / A, MVFM2xx / A, MVFN2xx / A, MVH62xx / A, MVH82xx / A | MVH22xx / A, MVH42xx / A, MVH52xx / A, MWTJ2xx / A, MWTK2xx / A, MWTL2xx / A |
| Display |
13.3 ″, 2560 × 1600, retina display |
13.3 ″, 2560 × 1600, Retina display |
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| SoC | Amber Lake-Y | Ice Lake-Y | |
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2 cores
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2 cores
4 cores
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Hard disk ( flash ) |
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| permanently installed (soldered) | |||
| random access memory |
2133 MHz LPDDR3
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2133 MHz LPDDR3
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3733 MHz LPDDR4X
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| permanently installed (soldered) | |||
| Radio links | Wi-Fi 5 | ||
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 | ||
| camera | FaceTime HD camera ( 720p ) | ||
| connections |
2 × USB- C 3.1, 2nd generation (10 Gbit / s), support for Thunderbolt 3 (40 Gbit / s) |
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| Rechargeable battery ( lithium polymer ) |
50.3 Wh with up to 12 hours runtime |
49.9 Wh with a runtime of up to 12 hours
Permanently installed (glued) |
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| Current operating system | macOS Mojave 10.14 | ||
| Weight | 1.25 kg | 1.29 kg | |
| Dimensions (W × D × H) | 30.41 x 21.24 x 0.41-1.56 cm | 30.41 x 21.24 x 0.41-1.61 cm | |
| particularities | Force Touch - trackpad , unibody design , "butterfly" keyboard 3rd Generation, Touch ID , stereo - speakers , three microphones | Force Touch - trackpad , unibody design , illuminated "Magic Keyboard" Touch ID , stereo - speakers , three microphones | |
Web links
- Presentation of the Apple MacBook Air on the manufacturer's website (current generation)
- Current generation technical data on the manufacturer's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Donath: Apple receives comprehensive design patent for the Macbook Air . Golem.de. June 8, 2012, accessed on November 1, 2013: “Apple has been awarded a new design patent for the design of the Macbook Air in the USA. Unlike the older US patent D654,072, which only referred to the front feet of the notebook, the new patent D661,296 S goes much further. It describes the current version of the Air design. "
- ↑ Michael Kanellos: MacBook Air: Not the thinnest notebook ever . CNET January 15, 2008; accessed on November 1, 2013 (English): "The MacBook Air, unfurled today, might be the thinnest notebook on the market today, but it's not the thinnest of all time. That distinction belongs to the Pedion, an ill-fated notebook developed by Mitsubishi and Hewlett-Packard back in 1997. The Pedion measured 18.4 millimeters thick, which comes out to 0.7244 inch thick. "
- ↑ Dan Ackerman, Stefan Möllenhoff: Dell Adamo XPS: The thinnest 13.4-inch notebook in the world . CNET Germany, November 9, 2009; accessed on November 1, 2013: “For a long time the MacBook Air was the thinnest laptop in the world with a thickness of 1.9 centimeters. With the Adamo, Dell initially managed to overtake the flounder with the bitten apple by 0.3 centimeters. Now the successor with the addition of the name XPS is coming onto the market, which at 9.99 millimeters is even flatter than the iPhone. "
- ↑ Stefan Möllenhoff: IFA 2009: First photos of Sony's mini-notebook Vaio X with UMTS modem . CNET Germany, September 7, 2009; accessed on November 1, 2013: "Sony is showing its ultra-slim 11-inch Vaio X notebook at IFA 2009 in Berlin. The case is only 14 millimeters thick."
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- ↑ Jan Kluczniok: Apple Macbook Air: Thunderbolt, Sandy Bridge, illuminated keyboard . In: Netzwelt.de. July 20, 2011, accessed on November 1, 2013: “Apple updated its Macbook Air models just in time for the launch of Mac OS X Lion. The devices are now based on Intel Core i5 and Core i7 dual-core processors of the latest generation with the code name Sandy Bridge. "
- ↑ Nilay Patel: MacBook Air review (13-inch, 2013) . The Verge, June 17, 2013; Retrieved November 1, 2013.
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