PRICE As reviewed, £1,249 (£1,499 inc VAT) from apple.com/uk
Apple’s third-generation M3 processor debuted in last year’s MacBook Pro and iMac computers; now it comes to the MacBook Air, making this the most powerful thin and light laptop the company has ever offered. Even better, the new entry-level model costs £150 less than the 2022 M2-powered version. That older model remains on sale, now at a more tempting £999, while the original 2020 M1 Air has been discontinued.
While the base M3 model’s price is a nice surprise, what’s less welcome is the fact that it still only bags you 8GB of memory and 256GB of storage. In 2024 that is tight: even if it suits your needs for now, it’s hard to feel confident that it will remain adequate for the lifetime of the laptop. And one of the MacBook’s major limitations is that you can’t upgrade the hardware after the point of purchase.
Upgrades are also expensive. You’ll pay an extra
