Apple has updated the ultra-thin notebooks to newer 1.4 GHz dual-core Intel Haswell processors (up to 2.7 Ghz Turbo Boost) and as a result improved battery life by up to an hour. Check out the new MacBook Airs online here.
“With MacBook Air starting at $999, there’s no reason to settle for anything less than a Mac,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Macs have never been more popular, and today we’ve boosted the performance of MacBook Air so even more people can experience the perfect everyday notebook.”
With OS X Mavericks to give the 13-inch MacBook Air up to 12 hours of battery life and the 11-inch MacBook Air up to 9 hours of battery life. iTunes movie playback times increase to 12 hours on the 13-inch notebook and 9 hours on the 11-inch notebook, adding up to two hours of playback time to the updated MacBook Air