Apple announced a refreshed version of their Macbook Air for 2013. There were no improvements on the design for the last 3 years although they’ve now introduced Intel’s lastest Haswell chips.
Probably the most disappointing is that the 11.6-inch Macbook Air remained with the same paltry 1366×768-pixel resolution (as opposed to full HD 1080p 1920x1080pixels from other brands since last year).
New 2013 Macbook Air specs:
Intel Core i5 Haswell 1.3GHz dual-core
Intel HD 5000 Graphics
4GB or 8GB DDR3 RAM
128GB, 256GB SATA SSD
2 x USB 3.0 ports
720p Facetime camera
WiFi 802.11 a/c
Bluetooth 4.0
Thunderbolt
Mac OS X Mountain Lion
The 11-inch model can be upgraded to an Intel Core i7 1.7GHz CPU, 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD.
Here are the prices for each model/variant:
11-inch, 128GB SSD, 4GB RAM: Php46,990
11-inch, 128GB SSD, 8GB RAM: Php51,990
11-inch, 256GB SSD, 4GB RAM: Php55,990
11-inch, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM: Php60,990
11-inch, 512GB SSD, 8GB RAM: Php75,990
11-inch, 256GB SSD, 4GB RAM, Core i7: Php63,490
11-inch, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM, Core i7: Php68,490
11-inch, 512GB SSD, 8GB RAM, Core i7: Php83,490
13-inch, 128GB SSD, 4GB RAM: Php51,990
13-inch, 128GB SSD, 8GB RAM: Php56,990
13-inch, 256GB SSD, 4GB RAM: Php60,990
13-inch, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM: Php65,990
13-inch, 512GB SSD, 8GB RAM: Php80,990
13-inch, 256GB SSD, 4GB RAM, Core i7: Php68,490
13-inch, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM, Core i7: Php73,490
13-inch, 512GB SSD, 8GB RAM, Core i7: Php88,490
Battery life has improved though and the 11-inch Air is now rated up to 9 hours while the 13-inch Air can go up to 12 hours. This is mostly the benefit of the more efficient Haswell chips from Intel.
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