MacBook Air 2013 upgraded Intel Haswell chip, battery all day

Apple's new ultra-thin notebooks still retain the same design with two 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch screen options, but the battery life is up to 9 and 12 hours respectively.

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The new MacBook Air only upgraded the configuration.

Just like a series of recent rumors, Apple announced the new generation of MacBook Air at the WWDC 2013 conference . However, the exterior design remains the same as the first release of a completely new version in 2010 with two options. choose 11.6 and 13.3 inch screens . The biggest change is that Intel Haswell processor platform promises to significantly improve battery life and increase integrated graphics chip performance.

Thanks to new hardware, Apple promises a 12-hour battery for 13-inch machines and 9 hours for an 11-inch version. This upgrade is significant compared to the corresponding 7 hours and 5 hours of last year's versions. Particularly, Intel HD Graphics 5000 integrated graphics chip is also said to bring 40% more graphics performance. However, the company will not use integrated chips with high performance Iris but power consumption with Intel Haswell platform.

The new MacBook Air also has other changes, including standard 802.11ac Wi-Fi connectivity and flash storage drives, up to 45% faster than the previous generation . Unfortunately, Apple did not mention upgrading the screen resolution to the Retina standard.

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Battery life is the highlight on MacBook Air 2013.

Both new versions will be available to order today on the Apple website. It is worth noting that the new price is lower than the same screen version and capacity compared to last year.

Specifically, the MacBook Air 13 inch will cost from $ 1,099 with a capacity of 128 GB SSD and $ 1,299 for a 256 GB version. The 11-inch screen model will cost from 999 USD with 128 GB capacity and 1,199 USD for 256 GB capacity version.

All have processor speeds of 1.3 GHz and 4 GB RAM. Users can optionally add up to 8 GB, 512 GB of internal memory as well as Intel Core i7 processor.