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around $999 at the time of writingApple MacBook Air 13-inch (M4, 2025)
The M4 refresh makes 16GB memory the baseline at a $999 starting price — a fanless, 2.7-pound daily driver built for students and developers.
- Brand:Apple
- Model:MacBook Air 13-inch (M4, 2025)
- Chip:Apple M4, 10-core CPU (4 performance + 6 efficiency)
- GPU:8-core (configurable to 10-core)
- 16GB unified memory as the new baseline is a genuine value bump at the same starting price
- Silent, fanless operation even under sustained multi-app load
- Apple-rated up to 18 hours of video-streaming battery life
- Only two Thunderbolt 4 ports limits wired expansion
- 256GB base SSD fills quickly for large media or code workloads