The M5 MacBook Air maintains its position as Apple's best laptop for most users, featuring a price increase but with doubled base storage to 512GB. While the 13-inch model now starts at $1,099 and the 15-inch at $1,299, the storage upgrade offsets some of the cost increase. The review notes it continues Apple's refinement of the mass-market laptop formula established since the early iBooks.
Background
Apple recently refreshed its MacBook lineup with M5-series chips, including new MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro/Max and an affordable MacBook Neo. The MacBook Air has been Apple's mainstream laptop offering since transitioning to Apple Silicon.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Mar 14, 2026 at 12:31 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10