Apple Adds M3 Chip to MacBook Air, Old Model Gets $100 Price Cut
- Upgrade may help continue recent momentum for Mac line
- M3 chip makes 13-inch model 1.6 times faster than M1 version
The new MacBook Air.
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Apple Inc. on Monday refreshed its 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models, adding slightly faster M3 processors and cutting the price of the prior versions.
The company said the M3 chip in the MacBook Air makes the 13-inch model 1.6 times faster than the M1 version released in 2020, adding that the computer is 13 times faster than the latest Intel Corp. variations from a few years ago. The new machines run a third-generation Apple-designed Mac processor.