Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M5)
Light macOS laptop for daily work
$1,299Checked November 1, 2026
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My short take
The 13.6-inch Air weighs 1.23 kg and carries a 53.8 Wh battery, which Apple rates at up to 18 hours of video. Apple lists it from $1,299 with 16GB and 512GB, and that base model has an 8-core GPU. The 10-core GPU version is $1,399.
The specs
- Display size
- 13.6 in
- Weight
- 1.23 kg
- Chip
- Apple M5, 10-core CPU
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 512 GB
- Battery capacity
- 53.8 Wh
- Graphics
- 8-core GPU (10-core optional)
- Operating system
- macOS
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