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Apple MacBook Air 15-inch (M2, 2023)
Apple MacBook Air 15-inch (M2, 2023)
Product Brand: Apple
Editor's Rating:
9
9
Pros
- Impressive performance with Apple's M2 chip
- Improved camera module and audio hardware
- Larger 15 inch display with stunning colours
- Comfortable backlit Magic Keyboard with Touch ID sensor
- Improved sound quality with stereo speakers and wide stereo sound.
- Better battery performance
- MacOS software provides a streamlined and user-friendly experience.
- Solid build quality with an aluminum body.
- Runs cool and quiet due to the efficient M2 chip design.
- Thinner and lighter
- 1080p webcam
Cons
- Limited port selection
- Limited upgradeability
- No built-in SD card reader
- No water resistance rating.
- Only supports one external screen
- Notch display design won't be to everyone's liking
- More expensive than M1 model
- No ProMotion display
- Fast charging costs extra
- Gets warm and throttles aggressively under intense workloads
Apple MacBook Air 15-inch (M2, 2023) Laptop Specifications Summary
What are the MacBook Air 15-inch (M2, 2023) laptop specifications?
Below is a summary of the technical specifications for the MacBook Air (15-inch, M2, 2023) laptop:
- Processor: 8-core M2 CPU
- Memory: 8GB, 16GB or 24GB of 6400MHz LPDDR5 onboard memory
- Storage: 256GB, 512GB, 1TB or 2TB SSD
- Display: 15.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2880-by-1864 native resolution at 225 pixels per inch
- Graphics: Apple custom-made M2 GPU with 10 cores
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3
- Camera: FaceTime HD camera
- Colours: Silver, Starlight, Space Gray, Midnight
Full Technical Specifications
General
| Device Type | Laptop Computer |
| Released | 05 June, 2023 |
| Status | Available |
| External Buttons and Connectors |
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) MagSafe 3 charging port 3.5 mm headphone jack |
Processor (CPU)
| Processor Type | Apple M2 chip |
| Processor Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| Processor Cores | Octa Core |
| Base frequency | 3.5 GHz |
| Threads | 8 |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm |
| 64-bit Computing | |
| Processor Details |
8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores 8-core GPU 16-core Neural Engine 100GB/s memory bandwidth Configurable to M2 with 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU |
| Benchmarks |
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) 2393 Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) 9383 Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) 1447 Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) 7994 |
Memory (RAM)
| RAM |
8GB 16GB 24GB |
| RAM Type | LPDDR5 |
| RAM Speed | 6400 MHz |
| RAM Max | upto 24 GB |
| User Upgradable | No |
| Channels | 2x8 GB |
Storage
| Storage Type | Solid State Drive (SSD) |
| Storage Capacity |
256GB 512GB 1024GB (1TB) 2048GB (2TB) |
| Technology | PCIe |
| Channels | 1x256 GB |
| User Upgradable | No |
Display Info
| Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) | Retina display LED-backlit display with IPS technology |
| Size | 13.3 inch |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1664 pixels |
| Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others. | 1 billion colors |
| Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality. | 225 pixels per inch |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:10 |
| Contrast | 1384:1 |
| sRGB color space | 99.9% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 87.6% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 98.4% |
| Response time | 29 ms |
| Max. brightness | 500 nits |
| Extras |
500 nits brightness Wide color (P3) True Tone technology HDR10 |
Case
| Height | 0.44 inch (1.13 cm) |
| Width | 11.97 inches (30.41 cm) |
| Depth | 8.46 inches (21.5 cm) |
| Weight | 1.24 kg (2.73 lbs) |
| Colors |
Silver Gold Gray Blue |
| Area | 654 cm2 (101.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82% |
| Side bezels | 5.6 mm |
| Opening angle | 130° |
| Transformer | No |
| Touch Screen | No |
| Cooling system | Passive |
| Material | Aluminum |
Graphics Card
| GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. | Apple M2 GPU (8 or 10-core) |
| GPU Type | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm |
| TGP | 15 W |
| GPU base clock | 500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1456 MHz |
| FLOPS | 3 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1024 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 |
| GPU performance | 3 TFLOPS |
Operating System
| Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. | macOS |
Battery or Power Info
| Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. | Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer) |
| Capacity Battery Capacity is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions. | 66.5 Wh |
| Placement | Non-removable |
| Weight of AC adapter | 116 / 165 grams |
| Cable length | 2 meters |
| Charge power | 35 / 70 W |
| Charging port position | Left |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes |
| Full charging time | 2:50 hr |
Multimedia Features
| Audio Features |
Stereo speakers Four-speaker sound system Wide stereo sound Support for Spatial Audio Three-mic array with directional beamforming 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones |
| Audio File Formats |
AAC MP3 Apple Lossless FLAC Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos |
| Video File Formats |
HEVC H.264, and ProRes HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG |
| Display Support |
Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors 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) |
| Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes |
| Loudness | ~82.7 dB |
| Microphone | 3 |
Connectivity Info
| Bluetooth Features Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. | v5.3 |
| Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. | 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 wireless networking IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible |
| Fingerprint | Yes |
| Optical drive | No |
Input and Output
| Keyboard and Trackpad |
Backlit Magic Keyboard with: 78 (U.S.) 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 |
| USB-A | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 3 |
| HDMI HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant source device to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. | No |
| 3.5mm Audio jack | Yes |
| Display Port | No |
| VGA | No |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No |
| SD card reader | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No |
| Keyboard type | Island |
| Numpad | No |
| Backlight | Yes |
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