Apple MacBook Air 2023 15.3in M2 8GB 500GB - Silver

SKU: MQKT3B/A
Regular price £1,388.66 inc. VAT
  • Laptop Clamshell Silver
  • Apple M M2
  • 38.9 cm (15.3") 2880 x 1864 pixels IPS LED backlight
  • 8 GB
  • 512 GB SSD
  • Apple GPU
  • Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Bluetooth 5.3
  • Lithium Polymer (LiPo) 66.5 Wh 35 W
  • macOS Ventura

Impressively big.

Impossibly thin.

The new 15‑inch MacBook Air makes room for more of what you love with a spacious Liquid Retina display. And with the 13‑inch model, you have more reasons than ever to choose Air. Supercharged by the M2 chip — and with up to 18 hours of battery life1 — both laptops deliver blazing-fast performance in an ultraportable design.

Design
Introduction year 2023
Housing material Aluminium, Glass
Form factor Clamshell
Product colour Silver
Product type Laptop
Display
High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology Dolby Vision, High Dynamic Range 10 (HDR10), Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG)
High Dynamic Range (HDR) supported Yes
RGB colour space DCI-P3
True Tone technology Yes
Pixel density 224 ppi
Display brightness 500 cd/m²
LED backlight Yes
Panel type IPS
Touchscreen No
Display resolution 2880 x 1864 pixels
Display diagonal 38.9 cm (15.3")
Processor
Coprocessor cores 16
Coprocessor model Neural Engine
Efficient cores 4
Performance cores 4
Processor cores 8
Processor model M2
Processor generation Apple M 2nd Gen
Processor family Apple M
Processor manufacturer Apple
Memory
Memory form factor On-board
Internal memory 8 GB
Storage
Optical drive type No
SSD capacity 512 GB
Number of SSDs installed 1
Total SSDs capacity 512 GB
Storage media SSD
Total storage capacity 512 GB
Graphics
Memory bandwidth (max) 100 GB/s
On-board graphics card 6K support Yes
On-board graphics card cores 10
On-board graphics card model Apple GPU
On-board graphics card family Apple
On-board GPU manufacturer Apple
Discrete graphics card model Not available
Discrete graphics card No
On-board graphics card Yes
Audio
Audio formats supported AAC, ALAC, FLAC, MP3
Audio decoders Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus
Built-in microphone Yes
Number of microphones 3
Number of built-in speakers 6
Audio system Dolby Atmos
Camera
Front camera HD type Full HD
Front camera Yes
Network
Bluetooth version 5.3
Bluetooth Yes
Top Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Mobile network connection No
Ports & interfaces
Charging port type MagSafe 3
Headphone outputs 1
Thunderbolt 3 ports quantity 2
Performance
Voice control Yes
Ambient light sensor Yes
Keyboard
Numeric keypad No
Keyboard backlit Yes
Physical layout ISO
Pointing device Trackpad
Brand-specific features
Accessibility features Increase Contrast, Reduce Motion, Siri and Dictation, Switch Control, VoiceOver, Zoom
Battery
Fast charging Yes
Browsing time (Wi-Fi) 15 h
Continuous video playback time 18 h
Battery capacity 66.5 Wh
Battery technology Lithium Polymer (LiPo)
Power
AC adapter input voltage 100 - 240 V
AC adapter frequency 50 - 60 Hz
AC adapter power 35 W
Security
Fingerprint reader Yes
Operational conditions
Maximum shipping altitude 10500 m
Non-operating altitude 0 - 4500 m
Operating altitude 0 - 3000 m
Operating relative humidity (H-H) 0 - 90%
Storage temperature (T-T) -25 - 45 °C
Operating temperature (T-T) 10 - 35 °C
Sustainability
Sustainability compliance Yes
Doesn't contain Arsenic, Beryllium, Mercury, PVC/BFR
Sustainability certificates ENERGY STAR
Weight & dimensions
Height 11.5 mm
Depth 237.6 mm
Width 340.4 mm
Weight 1.51 kg
General
Product family MacBook Air
Product series (M2, 2023)
Packaging content
Cables included USB Type-C to MagSafe 3
Other features
Video compression formats H.264, HEVC