At 8 pm Beijing time on March 18th, Apple finally launched the new MacBook Air and Mac mini on the official website. . Since the Mac mini only upgraded storage, let ’s focus on the MBA.

Compared with the 2019 model, the new MacBook Air mainly has the following six major improvements .

  • Replaced with a scissors keyboard like the 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro.

  • The trackpad area is increased by 20%.

  • Replaced with the new 10th-generation Core low-voltage processor, the highest performance is increased by 2 times compared to the previous generation, and the 80% performance improvement.

  • The memory is upgraded to 3733MHz LPDDR4X, with a maximum optional 16GB.

  • Storage starts at 256GB, with up to 2TB solids optional.

  • The i3 version sells for 7,999 yuan, and the i5 version sells for 9999 yuan.

    We will take a closer look at what these changes will bring.

    The appearance remains the same, but the keyboard feels a huge upgrade

    The appearance of this year’s new MacBook Air is exactly the same as the 19 models, or 13 inches in size, and the three-dimensional weight remains the same. Without turning the screen on, you can never see the difference between it and the 2019 MBA.

    ▲ still dual lightning + 3.5mm headphone connection

    However, there are still some changes on the C side. Touch ID has been changed to a matte surface (not easy to stain fingerprints) and placed separately. In the upper right corner. Touchpad area has also increased by 20%.

    ▲ The touchpad is a full circle, almost full palm rest height

    In addition to the changes visible to the naked eye, when you press the keyboard, there will be even greater surprises. Apple finally gave up the “butterfly keyboard” with short key strokes and problems, and moved the “scissors” smart keyboard that returned on the 16-inch MBP last year to the MBA.

    ▲ Scissor keyboard on the left and butterfly keyboard on the right

    This is definitely an important reason why target MacBook Air users choose it. The optimized scissor keyboard has a 1mm key travel. Compared with the “zero key travel” butterfly keyboard, it has a longer key travel, more obvious feedback, and easier typing.

    ▲ Scissor keyboard that returns in 16 inches

    The significance of the existence of MacBook Air is to make mobile office more convenient and comfortable, and its thin positioning makes it a “word worker” First choice. Comfortable key feedback, easy typing and less troublesome scissors-type keyboard are what users need.

    Upgrade 10th generation Core, dual upgrade of CPU cores

    Of course, in addition to the keyboard, text workers also need more powerful performance. After all, no one wants to open more web pages. Caton. So Apple upgraded the MacBook Air to a new tenth-generation Core processor.

    ▲ For the positioning crowd of MacBook Air, the tenth-generation Core display is completely enough, and it’s no problem to play a casual game.

    According to the thin positioning of the MacBook Air and the ultra-low fundamental frequency, we can infer that this time Apple uses a 10nm process, Sunny Cove-based tenth-generation Y-series processors, the specific model is unknown (may be Apple’s customized version).

    The tenth-generation low-voltage processor of the new architecture has an IPC improvement of 18% compared to the previous generation, and natively supports the Thunderbolt 3 interface to handle The base frequency is 1.1 GHz (optional i7 is 1.2GHz), Turbo Boost (also known as Turbo Frequency) reaches 3.2GHz, 3.5GHz, and 3.8GHz on i3, i5 and i7 respectively. The performance of i7 version of the new MBA is similar. Up to 2 times the previous generation i5 version, its battery life may be further increased with the addition of 10th generation processorsStep up.

    In addition to the CPU performance improvement, the 10th generation Core has been replaced with Iris Plus Graphics, and graphics performance has also improved by nearly 80 %. With optional 16GB of memory, the MacBook Air can now handle simple video editing tasks.

    In addition, the memory frequency has been further increased to 3733MHz (still LPDDR4X).

    ▲ color is still onlyThere are three

    Considering the increase in users’ demand for storage space, the MacBook Air also provides 2TB of optional storage space this time. The low-profile version of i3 also starts at 256GB.

    Increase the amount and reduce the price, MBA is really sweet

    As for the price, the i3 256GB is only priced at 7,999 yuan, which is even more than the starting price of the MacBook Air at 8,999 yuan for the 2019 version. 1,000 yuan cheaper, i5 512GB for only 9999 yuan, is currently the cheapest Mac computer. (MacBook Air is really sweet)

    ▲ Mac mini only has storage configuration updates

    In addition to the MacBook Air, Apple has also updated the Mac mini. The storage capacity has been increased without changing the price. Doubled. There is no change in other aspects. It is still the eighth-generation Core processor of the year. Mac mini diehard fans with storage capacity requirements can be considered.