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The Apple MacBook Air 15-inch with M5 chip is the larger-screen version of Apple’s mainstream consumer laptop, the model aimed at users who want a bigger display than the 13-inch Air but don’t need the higher brightness, ProMotion refresh rate, or extra ports of the MacBook Pro line. You get a 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display, Apple’s new M5 chip with significant AI performance gains over the M4, a fanless design that runs completely silent under load, and up to 18 hours of battery life per charge. Base configuration ships with 16 GB of unified memory and a 256 GB SSD, both of which are double the previous-generation Air models’ starting amounts.
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Apple has greatly improved the Neural Engine in the M5, enabling on-device AI functions to run about 3.5 times faster than on the M4. On-device AI-related functionality, such as image generation in Pixelmator Pro, responses from Apple-intelligence AI-based applications, and AI-assisted photo editing in Photos, is now much faster than before. In addition, CPU and GPU performance have been improved by 15-20% over the M4, resulting in faster video export and less lag while playing games built specifically for macOS.
