Apple Refreshes MacBook Air Lineup with M3 Chip, Minor Improvements Over M2 Models
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The new M3 MacBook Air 13-inch and 15-inch look identical to their M2 predecessors, with the same dimensions and weight. You'd need to run benchmarks to see the performance difference.
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The M3 chips offer hardware ray tracing support, AV1 video decoding, and Wi-Fi 6E over the M2 versions. They can also drive 2 external displays when closed.
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The 15-inch model has better sound with its 6-speaker system compared to the 13-inch's 4 speakers. But the 14-inch MacBook Pro M3 sounds just as good.
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With similarly thin designs across Apple's laptop lineup now, it's unclear what still defines the "Air" models compared to the "Pros" beyond minor spec differences.
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More performance testing is still needed between M2 vs M3 Airs and how they compare to the new 14-inch Pro M3 model, which muddles Apple's laptop lineup.