Mar 19, 2020 12:36:00

The new MacBook Air is equipped with the 10th generation Intel Core and the price starts from 104,800 yen, a new model of Mac mini also appears quietly

Apple announced the new MacBook Air, which emphasizes thinness and light weight, on March 18, 2020 (Wednesday). It is equipped with the 10th generation Intel Core i3 / Core i5 / Core i7 to improve processing performance, and is a model equipped with a scissor type Magic Keyboard, and the price will be 104,800 yen excluding tax. Also announced was a new model of Mac mini with more storage.

New MacBook Air gets even more appealing, priced as low as ¥ 104,800-Apple (Japan)

https://www.apple.com/jp/newsroom/2020/03/new-macbook-air-has-more-to-love-and-is-now-just-999/

The new MacBook Air has doubled the base storage from the 128GB model and 256GB model of the MacBook Air released in 2018 and 2019, the model with 256GB PCIe connection SSD, and the model with 512GB PCIe connection SSD Are available. Both models can optionally add up to 2TB of storage. The OS installed by default is macOS Catalina, which is the latest at the time of article creation.

As for CPU, 256GB model is equipped with 1.1GHz dual core Intel Core i3 as standard. As an option, it can be changed to 1.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 and 1.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7.

The 512GB model is equipped with a 1.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 as standard. Optional change to 1.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7. Both models have 8GB of LPDDR4X on-board memory, and can be expanded to 16GB as an option.

The graphics adopt

Intel Iris Plus Graphics with a built-in CPU. Also, the MacBook Air has two USB-C ports that support charging, Thunderbolt 3, USB3.1 Gen 2, and DisplayPort, so it supports external video accelerators (eGPUs).

Both displays are 13.3-inch Retina displays with 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution and 227 ppi. The corresponding scaling resolution is 1680 x 1050 pixels, 1440 x 900 pixels, 1024 x 640 pixels. In addition, a True Tone function that automatically adjusts the color of the display according to the light of the usage environment is also implemented.

And the keyboard is Magic Keyboard with backlight. Many bugs have been reported on the butterfly keyboard used in the previous model, and it has developed into a

class action lawsuit . In July 2019, it was leaked when the keyboard design was fundamentally reviewed. The new model announced in 2020 is not a butterfly type but a new scissor type .

The battery has a built-in 49.9Wh lithium polymer battery, and it can be used continuously for up to 11 hours on the Internet using Wi-Fi and up to 12 hours when playing movies on the Apple TV application. The power port is USB-C and uses a 30W adapter. Wi-Fi is 'compatible with EEE 802.11a / b / g / n', and unlike the new iPad Pro announced on the same day, it does not seem to support Wi-Fi 6 .

Like the previous model, it has a 720p FaceTime HD camera on the front. The nominal size is 0.41cm to 1.61cm in height, 30.41cm in width, 21.24cm in depth and 1.29kg in weight, and the size and weight are almost the same as the previous model. As for the previous model, three colors, gold, space gray and silver, are available.

The price starts at 104,800 yen for tax for the 256GB model and 134,800 yen for the 512GB model. The online store has already accepted orders, and it is said that sales at stores will begin in late March 2020.

Also, the upgrade of the small PC Mac mini was quietly announced, but there is no major change in the design and specifications from the

previous model . The installed CPU remains the 8th generation Intel Core series, and the GPU does not change. However, there were two types of base storage, 128 GB and 256 GB, but it has been a minor change that only doubled to 256 GB and 512 GB. Prices start at 82,800 yen for the 256GB model and 112,800 yen for the 512GB model, and you can already order online.