New MacBook Air M5 Arrives With Wi-Fi 7, A Faster SSD And Twice The Storage

It's been a busy week for Apple, which has seen the launch of new M5 Pro and M5 Max silicon along refreshed MacBook Pro laptops that incorporate the latest M-series chips, an iPhone 17e, and a few other products. Yet one more to add to the pile is a retooled MacBook Air powered by Apple's regular M5 chip and the double the storage as the previous generation model.

Not to be overlooked, the upgrade from 256GB to 512GB of storage on the base model is a big deal, considering the industry at large is reeling from an AI-driven shortage of memory and storage chips. Notably, Apple also doubled the storage of its entry-level iPhone 17e SKU, which boasts 256GB versus 128GB on the iPhone 16e while sticking with the same $599 launch MSRP.

As for the MacBook Air, Apple increased the starting price from $999 (M4 model) to ...