Mac · MacBook Air
2020
MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
The 2020 MacBook Air made Apple silicon available in a fanless notebook, using M1’s integrated architecture in the Air form factor.
- Announced
- 2020-11-10
- Family
- Mac
- Branch
- MacBook Air
- Historical weight
- Major evolution
Key specifications
Apple verification ↗- Display
- 13.3" Retina, 2560×1600
- Chip / CPU
- Apple M1 (8-core) · 3.20 GHz
- Memory
- 8 GB (up to 16 GB)
- Base storage
- 256 GB
- Ports & charging
- 2× Thunderbolt / USB 4
- Weight
- 1.29 kg
- Dimensions
- Tapered wedge, fanless
- Original OS
- macOS 11 Big Sur
- Launch price
- $999
- Released
- November 17, 2020
- Discontinued
- March 2024
- Graphics
- Apple 7/8-core GPU
- CPU cores
- 8
Generation delta
What changed?
Introduced
2- Silicon
Apple M1 chip with an 8-core CPU, up to 8-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine
Apple M1 chip with an 8-core CPU, up to 8-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine.
- Silicon
Fanless thermal design for the M1 MacBook Air
Fanless thermal design for the M1 MacBook Air.
Changed
1- Ports
Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports
Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports.
Canonical predecessor
MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018) MacBook Air (M1, 2020)