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Apple MacBook Air (M2, 13-inch)
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Key specs
Battery
- Capacity Wh
- 52.6 Wh
- Charging Method
- MagSafe
- Fast Charging
- Yes
- Life Hours Video Playback
- 18 h
- Life Hours Web Browsing
- 15 h
Build
- Color Options
- Midnight, Silver, Space Gray, Starlight
- Material Chassis Primary
- Aluminum
Camera
- Front Megapixels
- 2 MP
- Privacy Shutter
- No
Connectivity
- Bluetooth Version
- 5.3
- Ethernet
- 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
- 11.3 mm
- Dimensions Height
- 304.1 mm
- Dimensions Width
- 215 mm
- Weight
- 1240 g
Display
- Brightness Peak Nits
- 500 nits
- Color Gamut Dci P3
- 100 %
- Glossy Finish
- No
- HDR
- No
- Touchscreen
- No
- Panel Type
- IPS
- Refresh Rate Hz Max
- 60 Hz
- Resolution Px
- 2560×1664
- Size In
- 13.6 in
Features
- 2in1 Convertible
- No
- Biometric Login
- Yes
- Face Unlock
- No
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Yes
- Kensington Lock
- No
- Tpm
- Yes
Gpu
- Brand
- Apple
- Is Discrete
- No
- Model
- M2 8-core GPU
Identity
- Model Number
- MacBook Air (M2, 2022)
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
- M2
- Cores
- 8
- Max Clock
- 3.5 GHz
Release
- Date
- 2022-07-15
- Year
- 2022
Software
- Operating System
- MacOS
- OS Version At Launch
- Monterey
Sound
- Dolby Atmos
- Yes
- Speaker Count
- 4
Trackpad
- Haptic
- Yes
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