--- title: Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5 | daily.dev description: Apple has announced the MacBook Air with M5, available for pre-order March 4 and shipping March 11. The M5 chip delivers up to 4x faster AI task performance... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-introduces-the-new-macbook-air-with-m5-msytm4evv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5 | daily.dev og:description: Apple has announced the MacBook Air with M5, available for pre-order March 4 and shipping March 11. The M5 chip delivers up to 4x faster AI task performance... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-introduces-the-new-macbook-air-with-m5-msytm4evv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/msytm4EvV.png og:image:alt: Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5 **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apple has announced the MacBook Air with M5, available for pre-order March 4 and shipping March 11. The M5 chip delivers up to 4x faster AI task performance versus M4 and up to 9.5x versus M1, with a Neural Accelerator in each GPU core. Starting storage doubles to 512GB with faster SSD technology, configurable up to 4TB. The new N1 wireless chip brings Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6. Both 13-inch ($1,099) and 15-inch ($1,299) models retain the fanless aluminum design, Liquid Retina display, 18-hour battery life, and two Thunderbolt 4 ports. macOS Tahoe and Apple Intelligence add Live Translation, smarter Reminders, and enhanced Shortcuts automation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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