Apple MacBook Air (2023), 15.3 inch, M2 Chip With 8 Core CPU & 10 Core GPU, 256GB SSD, Midnight - MQKW3 1 Year Warranty

Chip

Apple M2 chip

• 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores

• 10-core GPU

• 16-core Neural Engine

• 100GB/s memory bandwidth

Media engine

• Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW

• Video decode engine

• Video encode engine

• ProRes encode and decode engine

Display

Liquid Retina display

• 15.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology;¹ 2880x1864 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch

• 500 nits brightness

• Wide colour (P3)

• True Tone technology

Battery and Power¹²

• Up to 18 hours Apple TV app movie playback

• Up to 15 hours wireless web

• 66.5-watt‑hour lithium‑polymer battery

• 35W Dual USB‑C Port Power Adapter

• USB‑C to MagSafe 3 Cable

• Fast-charge capable with 70W USB‑C Power Adapter

• MagSafe 3 charging port

• 3.5mm headphone jack

• Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:

• Charging

• DisplayPort

• Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)

• USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

• USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)

Memory

• 16GB unified memory

• Configurable to:

• 24GB

• 8GB unified memory

• Configurable to:

• 16GB or 24GB

Storage²

• 256GB SSD

• Configurable to:

• 512GB, 1TB or 2TB

Keyboard and Trackpad

Backlit Magic Keyboard with:

• 78 (US) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted “T” arrangement

• Touch ID

• Ambient light sensor

• Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing and Multi-Touch gestures

Wireless

Wi‑Fi

• Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax)

Bluetooth

• Bluetooth 5.3

Camera

• 1080p FaceTime HD camera

• Advanced image signal processor with computational video

Audio

• Six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers

• Wide stereo sound

• Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers

• Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro and AirPods Max

• Three-mic array with directional beamforming

• 3.5mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones

Display Support

Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colours and:

• One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz

Thunderbolt 3 digital video output

• Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C

• VGA, HDMI, DVI and Thunderbolt 2 output supported using adapters (sold separately)

Video Playback

• Supported formats include HEVC, H.264 and ProRes

• HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG

Audio Playback

• Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos

Operating Requirements

• Line voltage: 100V to 240V AC

• Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz

• Operating temperature: 10° to 35° C (50° to 95° F)

• Storage temperature: –25° to 45° C (–13° to 113° F)

• Relative humidity: 0% to 90% non‑condensing

• Operating altitude: tested up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet)

• Maximum storage altitude: 4,500 metres (15,000 feet)

• Maximum shipping altitude: 10,500 metres (35,000 feet)

Size and Weight

• Height: 1.15 cm (0.45 inches)

• Width: 34.04 cm (13.40 inches)

• Depth: 23.76 cm (9.35 inches)

• Weight: 1.51 kg (3.3 pounds)³

Operating System

macOS

macOS is the most advanced desktop operating system in the world. macOS Sequoia helps you be productive and creative in new ways — with Apple In­telli­gence,¹⁵ iPhone Mirroring, window tiling, major updates to Safari and more.