The 15-inch M4 MacBook Air
Ben Sin
Apple’s been releasing new silicon at a breakneck pace, sometimes shorter than the usual one year period. The M4, for example, debuted just 10 months after the M3. As a result, Apple’s computing products are also seeing more frequent updates, because selling a laptop with a chip that is not the newest version out isn’t a good look.
And so, just barely 12 months after the last update comes a new MacBook Air—this time powered by Apple’s latest M4 chip. This update is purely a silicon bump (unless you count the new Sky Blue colorway), meaning the only physical change is the chip inside. Otherwise, from the display resolution to the memory used; chassis design to the number of ports, everything remains the same from the M3 and M2…