Apple MacBook Air 2023 15.3in M2 8GB 500GB – Silver
- 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 |
| True Tone technology | Yes |
| RGB colour space | DCI-P3 |
| 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 decoders | Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus |
| Audio formats supported | AAC, ALAC, FLAC, MP3 |
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Ambient light sensor | Yes |
| Voice control | Yes |
| Keyboard | |
|---|---|
| Numeric keypad | No |
| Keyboard backlit | Yes |
| Physical layout | ISO |
| Pointing device | Trackpad |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| Pre-installed software | App Store, Books, Calendar, Contacts, FaceTime, Find My,Freeform, GarageBand, Home, iMovie, Keynote, Mail, Maps, Messages, Music, News, Notes, Numbers, Pages, Photo Booth, Photos, Podcasts, Preview, QuickTime Player, Reminders, Safari, Shortcuts, Siri, Stocks, Time Machine, TV, Voice Memos |
| Operating system installed | macOS Ventura |
| Brand-specific features | |
|---|---|
| Accessibility features | Increase Contrast, Reduce Motion, Siri and Dictation, Switch Control, VoiceOver, Zoom |
| Battery | |
|---|---|
| Fast charging | Yes |
| Continuous video playback time | 18 h |
| Browsing time (Wi-Fi) | 15 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 |
- Introducing MacBook Air 15” | Apple
