Within a month of formally unveiling the new Apple Macbook Air which is driven by the latest Intel Haswell processors, the manufacturer has put the 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch models up for sale in retail stores across India. Apple has displayed both units on its official website and they are currently out to be seized in 128GB and 256GB variants.
One of the most significant developments to have taken place is with respect to battery life which now sums up to 9 hours for the 11.6-inch device and 12 hours for the larger notebook. This operation time however, can be derived when employing the notebook solely for browsing the web over Wi-Fi, while users could also hope to seek 30 days of standby.
Speaking of Wi-Fi reminds us that the Apple Macbook Air comes with support for new 802.11ac technology. While the global variant is configurable to a 1.7GHz dual core i7 chipset, the country-specific unit leaves users with no choice, but to settle for an Intel Core i5 processor clocked at 1.3GHz. Accompanied by an HD Graphics 5000 GPU, the CPU is backed by 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM.
The 11.6-inch new Macbook Air with 16GB storage configuration has been pegged at Rs 67,900, while its 256GB sibling can be bought for Rs 81,900. As for the price of the 13.3-inch laptop, its 16GB and 256GB units have gone on sale at Rs 74,900 and Rs 88,900, respectively. A post on NDTV Gadgets points out that students and teachers are entitled to benefit from Back to School discount scheme. This offer will fetch them subsidies of up to Rs 11,000 on each purchase.
Listed below are the specifications running common in both devices:
– LED-backlit glossy widescreen display
– 1.3GHz dual core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 2.6GHz)
– Intel HD Graphics 5000 GPU
– 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM
– 128GB or 256GB SSD storage
– 720p FaceTime HD camera
– Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac and Bluetooth 4.0
