MacBook Air updated with changes we’ve been waiting for years

Apple made a very interesting announcement during the presentation of the new MacBook Pro with M4, and it has to do with MacBook Air. The company announced that its lightest laptops now include a basic configuration 16 GB RAM. And all this without increasing the price.

Until now, Apple included 8GB of base memory in the MacBook Air.; the quantity may not be sufficient for some more complex tasks. Users could increase the unified memory by 16 GB, but by paying an additional 230 euros.

However, starting today, anyone who purchases a 13- or 15-inch MacBook Air through Apple’s website You can choose at least 16GB of RAM. In fact, the 13-inch version with M4 processor and eight-core GPU comes with this quantity and a 256 GB SSD for the same price of 1,299 euros. In the case of the variant with 8-core processor, 10-core GPU and 512 GB SSD, which also expands the RAM to 16 GB, it also maintains its price at 1,529 euros.

The base model Macbook Air with M3 also increases the amount of RAM.

On the other hand, Apple is selling an 8-core and 10-core variant with 512GB SSD and 24GB of internal storage. 1759 euros. Exactly the same thing happens with 15-inch models, which maintain the same price 1599 euros for 256 GB SSD option1829 euros for the 512 GB version and 2059 euros for the version with 24 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD.

The MacBook Air with the M3 chip also increased the base RAM to 16GB while maintaining the same price 1199 eurosWith. In all cases, increasing the RAM to 24 GB requires an additional price of 230 euros.

This is a very welcome change, especially considering that the devices are designed to work with Apple Intelligencethe company’s artificial intelligence toolkit. Increasing RAM can improve and speed up features and allow you to perform other resource-intensive tasks more smoothly. The change in base RAM affects all Apple devices, including the 24-inch iMac and the updated Mac mini.