Apple's New MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Have New Chips, More Storage, and Higher Prices

Alongside its price-friendly iPhone 17e and M4 iPad Air yesterday, Apple just announced a few updates to the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and its rarely-refreshed desktop display line.

The MacBook Air has now been updated to the latest M5 chip. It's a fairly modest upgrade, but it brings it up to speed with Apple's latest processor that debuted in the MacBook Pro last fall. There are no other major hardware changes—it now comes with 512 GB of starting storage with “faster SSD technology”—but you can still get the Air in either a 13- or 15-inch screen size.

This laptop also features Apple's N1 wireless chip, which includes Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 for the latest connectivity standards. It still comes with the standard 16 GB of RAM, and sadly, there's a $100 price bump to account for the extra storage. It now starts at ...