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(on Wikipedia – Apple silicon)
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/macbook-air/welcome/mac
https://support.apple.com/en-us/111883

A laptop that’s light and thin, with a long battery lifespan, quality display, and running a custom CPU and completely rewritten and optimized operating system.

You know, I’m fucking tired of the accordion of modifier keys; returning it and never trying macOS / Apple again.

• 2025-09-03 – Replaced my Apple Macbook Pro A1278 – 13″ Laptop

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• Model Identifier: MacBookAir10,1

• Part Numbers: MGN63xx/A, MGN93xx/A, MGND3xx/A, MGN73xx/A, MGNA3xx/A, MGNE3xx/A

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Notes ∞

I bought this because the M1 is a major step up, and Apple is definitely going to abandon the Intel laptops soon. It’s likely an OpenCore Legacy Patcher-like project will keep this laptop working for some time.

Attributes ∞

• Display: 13.3″ diagonal, 2560×1600, Retina display.

• CPU: Apple M1

  • 8-core CPU with 4 perform­ance cores and 4 efficiency cores
  • 7-core GPU, 8-core GPU
  • 16-core Neural Engine

• Memory: 8GB

  • Not upgradable.

• 256GB SSD

  • Not upgradable.
• A good 12 hours of battery life.
• 30W USB-C charging.

• Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:

  • Charging
  • DisplayPort
  • Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)
  • USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
  • USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)
  • 3.5 mm headphone jack

• Wi-Fi:

  • 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 wireless networking
  • IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible
• Bluetooth 5.0
• Webcam: 720p FaceTime camera.

• External display capability:

  • One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz
  • Thunderbolt 3 digital video output
  • – Native DisplayPort output over USB-C
  • – VGA, HDMI, DVI, and Thunderbolt 2 output supported using adapters (sold separately)

• Three-mic array with directional beamforming

TODO ∞

• Check macOS for software to purchase.
• Keep an eye on https://ladybird.org/

• Note the macOS version.

  • Also update the notes for Apple Macbook Pro A1278 – 13″ Laptop.