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Apple MacBook Air (M1, 13-inch)
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Key specs
Battery
- Capacity Wh
- 49.9 Wh
- Charging Method
- USB-C PD
- Life Hours Video Playback
- 18 h
- Life Hours Web Browsing
- 15 h
Build
- Color Options
- Gold, silver, space gray
- Material Chassis Primary
- Aluminum
- Warranty Months
- 12 months
Camera
- Front Megapixels
- 0.9 MP
- Privacy Shutter
- No
Connectivity
- Bluetooth Version
- 5.0
- Ethernet
- No
- HDMI
- No
- Headphone Jack
- Yes
- Sd Card Reader
- No
- Thunderbolt
- Yes
- Thunderbolt Version
- TB3
- USB C Ports
- 2
- Wifi Standard
- Wi-Fi 6
Design
- Dimensions Depth
- 16 mm
- Dimensions Height
- 212 mm
- Dimensions Width
- 304 mm
- Weight
- 1290 g
Display
- Brightness Peak Nits
- 400 nits
- Color Gamut Dci P3
- 100 %
- Touchscreen
- No
- Panel Type
- IPS
- Resolution Px
- 2560×1600
- Size In
- 13.3 in
Features
- 2in1 Convertible
- No
- Biometric Login
- Yes
- Face Unlock
- No
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Yes
- Kensington Lock
- No
- Tpm
- No
Gpu
- Brand
- Apple
- Is Discrete
- No
- Model
- M1 7-core GPU
Keyboard
- Backlight
- Yes
- Numpad
- No
- Layout
- Scissor-switch
Memory
- RAM
- 8 GB
- RAM Type
- Unified memory
- Storage
- 256 GB
- Storage Type
- NVMe SSD
Processor
- Chipset
- M1
- Cores
- 8
- Max Clock
- 3.2 GHz
Software
- Operating System
- MacOS
- OS Version At Launch
- Big Sur
Sound
- Dolby Atmos
- Yes
- Speaker Count
- 2
Trackpad
- Haptic
- Yes
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