These days you ca n’t move without getting hit over the head with a Mac product announcement . We catch a newM4 iMacon Monday , a newMac minion Tuesday , and a new MacBook Pro today . Apple was n’t kidding when it relate to this as an‘exciting week ’ .
The problem with densely carpeted info - bomb is that it ’s easy to miss important tidbits . Hidden at the bottom of the MacBook Pro pressure release , for example , Apple slipped in the welcome news program that the MacBook Air is getting a moderately big rise of its own . And we ’d be surprised if most people even noticed .
It might not be the most thrilling of announcements — there ’s no newfangled manikin ; the Air will have to waitress until next class to get access to the new M4 chipsets and upgrade television camera — so we empathise why Apple did n’t feel the news was worthy of its own press release . But the average laptop buyer will be pleased to hear that the M2 and M3 MacBook Air models now start at a baseline of 16 GB of RAM rather than 8 gibibyte , yet the unveiling - tier price remain the same , starting at $ 999/£999 .
In our scout tooptimal Mac specification , we explain that 8 GB of unified memory is enough “ if you ’re doing world-wide productivity oeuvre , internet access media streaming , and easy media yield . ” But even then , your Mac may have to use the SSD as virtual computer storage , which impacts performance . “ Even for people who do n’t do central processing unit - intensive work , ” we excuse , “ [ 16 GB ] is a better fit . ” And as anyone can attest , more for the same price is always better .
So it ’s safe news to hear that you’re able to get 16 GB without having to ante up extra .
Apple 13-inch MacBook Air (M2, 2022)
