Introduction Date: March 9, 2015 - Discontinued Date: June 5, 2017
AC Adapter Included
5th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-5250U Processor, 3M Cache, up to 2.70 GHz
The Apple MacBook Air "Core i5" 1.6 13-Inch (Early 2015/Broadwell) features a 14-nm "Broadwell ULT" 1.6 GHz Intel "Core i5" processor (5250U) with two independent processor "cores" on a single chip, a 3 MB shared level 3 cache, 8 GB of onboard 1600 MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 256 GB of 4 Lane PCIe-based flash storage, and an "integrated" Intel HD Graphics 6000 graphics processor that shares system memory.
This all is packed in a razor thin 0.11-0.68 inch, 2.96 pound, aluminum case with an integrated 720p "FaceTime HD" webcam, a backlit full-size keyboard and a 13.3" widescreen TFT LED backlit active-matrix "glossy" display (1440x900 native resolution).
Connectivity includes 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, analog audio out, a single "Thunderbolt" 2 port, two USB 3.0 ports, and an SDXC-capable SD card slot.
Compared to its predecessor, this model looks effectively identical, - but has a more advanced processor and architecture, - more advanced graphics, - "twice as fast" 4x PCIe storage and - Thunderbolt 2 support.
