MacBook Air 15.3" Apple M2 (8C CPU/10C GPU), 8 GB, 512 GB, Space Gray Eng/RUS Keyboard

Apple MQKW3LL/A MacBook Air 15.3" Space Gray Notebook Apple M2 Chip 8GB Unified RAM 512GB SSD (Mid 2023)

MacBook Air 15". Impressively big. Impossibly thin.

The MacBook Air with M2 Chip is the next-generation laptop from Apple, designed to meet the needs of both everyday users and professionals. It comes equipped with an ultrafast, ultracapable chip engineered to help you zip through everyday tasks and take on more intensive workflows. With a 10-core GPU, up to 24GB of unified memory, and up to 2TB of storage, the MacBook Air with M2 Chip is the perfect choice for users who need a high-performance laptop for work or entertainment.

Key Features

• M2 chip for incredible performance
• 8-core CPU and up to 10-core GPU to power through complex tasks
• 16-core Neural Engine for advanced machine learning tasks
• Up to 24GB of unified memory makes everything you do fast and fluid
• Up to 20 percent faster for applying image filters and effects²
• Up to 40 percent faster for editing complex video timelines²
• Go all day with up to 18 hours of battery life¹
• Fanless design for silent operation
• 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display with 500 nits of brightness and P3 wide color for vibrant images and incredible detail³
• 1080p FaceTime HD camera
• Three-microphone array focuses on your voice instead of what’s going on around you
• Six-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio for an immersive listening experience
• MagSafe 3 port, two Thunderbolt ports, and headphone jack
• Backlit Magic Keyboard and Touch ID for secure unlock and payments
• Fast Wi-Fi 6 wireless connectivity
• Superfast SSD storage launches apps and opens files in an instant
• macOS Ventura gives you powerful ways to get more done, share, and collaborate—and works great with iPhone and iPad⁴
• Available in Midnight, Starlight, Space Gray, and Silver

Features

Portable Design

• Built around M2, the strikingly thin design is just .45 inches
• The most portable Mac notebook, weighing just 3.3 pounds
• Fanless design delivers completely silent operation
• Available in midnight, starlight, space gray, and silver

Apple M2 Chip

• 8-core CPU speeds through tasks like exporting a video for the web
• Up to a 10-core GPU delivers a big boost in graphics performance
• 16-core Neural Engine can process up to 15.8 trillion operations per second, over 40 percent more than M1
• SSD storage speeds are blazing fast, so tasks like previewing massive, high-res images are quick and fluid
• Supports 8GB, 16GB, and 24GB of fast unified memory that can be accessed by the CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine
• Next-generation media engine supports ProRes, so you can play back up to 11 streams of 4K or up to two streams of 8K ProRes video
• Applying filters and effects in apps like Photoshop is up to 20 percent faster than before, and a massive five times faster for users who haven’t upgraded to Apple silicon¹
• Intensive workloads like editing complex timelines in Final Cut Pro are nearly 40 percent faster than on MacBook Air with M1²

All-Day Battery Life

• Get up to 15 hours of wireless web to power through your day, and up to 18 hours of Apple TV app movie playback³
• Fast-charge up to 50 percent in just 30 minutes⁴

Liquid Retina Display

• 15.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology¹
• 2880-by-1864 native resolution at 224 pixels per inch with support for 1 billion colors
• 500 nits brightness
• Wide color (P3)
• True Tone technology

1080p FaceTime HD Camera

• Get twice the resolution and low-light performance of the previous generation MacBook Air
• M2 brings Apple’s most advanced image signal processor to MacBook Air, so you’ll look great on video calls

Immersive Six-Speaker Sound System

• Six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers
• Wide stereo sound
• Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers
• Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max
• Three-mic array with directional beamforming
• 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones

Magic Keyboard and Touch ID

• 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

Powerful and Versatile Connectivity

• MagSafe 3 port for charging with quick-release magnetic connection, and cables match the color of the finish
• With two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports, you get charging, data transfer, and video out on a single connector
• Supports one external display with up to 6K resolution

Best-In Class Secuirty

• Enables secure boot and automatic encryption, so everything stored on MacBook Air stays safe

Charging and Expansion

• MagSafe 3 charging port
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• 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)

Footnotes:

• ¹ Testing conducted by Apple in May 2022 using preproduction MacBook Air systems with Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and 24GB of RAM, as well as production MacBook Air systems with Apple M1, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, and 16GB of RAM, all configured with 2TB SSD, as well as production 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5-based MacBook Air systems with Intel UHD Graphics 617, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD. Adobe Photoshop 23.3.1 tested using the following filters and functions: Emboss, Minimum, Sharpen Edges, Rotate Image, and Ripple. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Air.
• ² Testing conducted by Apple in May 2022 using preproduction MacBook Air systems with Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and 24GB of RAM, as well as production MacBook Air systems with Apple M1, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, and 16GB of RAM, all configured with 2TB SSD. Final Cut Pro 10.6.2 tested using a complex 2-minute project with 4K ProRes 422 media. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Air
• ³ Battery life varies by use and configuration. See apple.com/batteries for more information.
• ⁴ Testing conducted by Apple in May 2022 using preproduction MacBook Air systems with Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB SSD. MacBook Air systems tested with Apple 67W USB-C Power Adapter (Model A2518) and USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable (Model A2363). Fast-charge testing conducted with drained MacBook Air units. Charge time varies with settings and environmental factors; actual results will vary.
• ⁵ Compared with previous generation.
• ⁶ Screen size is measured diagonally. The displays on the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air with M2 chip have rounded corners at the top. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screens are 13.6 inches and 15.3 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).