Mac · MacBook Air
2018
MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018)
The 2018 MacBook Air combined a Retina display, Touch ID, and Thunderbolt 3 in a thinner recycled-aluminum notebook design.
- Announced
- 2018-10-30
- Family
- Mac
- Branch
- MacBook Air
- Historical weight
- Major evolution
Key specifications
Apple verification ↗- Display
- 13.3" Retina, 2560×1600
- Chip / CPU
- Intel Core i5 · 1.60 GHz
- Memory
- 8 GB (up to 16 GB)
- Base storage
- 128 GB
- Ports & charging
- 2× Thunderbolt 3, headphone
- Weight
- 1.25 kg
- Dimensions
- Tapered wedge
- Original OS
- macOS 10.14 Mojave
- Launch price
- $1,199
- Released
- November 7, 2018
- Discontinued
- March 2020
- Graphics
- Intel UHD 617
- CPU cores
- 2
Generation delta
What changed?
Introduced
3- Display
13.3-inch Retina display with over four million pixels and support for 48 percent more…
13.3-inch Retina display with over four million pixels and support for 48 percent more color.
- Silicon
Touch ID integrated with the Apple T2 Security Chip
Touch ID integrated with the Apple T2 Security Chip.
- Ports
Two Thunderbolt 3 ports
Two Thunderbolt 3 ports.
Changed
2- Design
A thinner and lighter aluminum enclosure made from 100 percent recycled aluminum
A thinner and lighter aluminum enclosure made from 100 percent recycled aluminum.
- Input
Third-generation butterfly keyboard and a Force Touch trackpad
Third-generation butterfly keyboard and a Force Touch trackpad.
Canonical predecessor
MacBook Air (11-inch and 13-inch, Late 2010) MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018)