Engadget - Apple March 3, 2026

The MacBook Air M5 starts at $1,099, up $100 from the M4

Reports had suggested that Apple wasn’t going to reveal a refreshed MacBook Air with an M5 chip during its week of announcements, but whaddyaknow? Apple just went ahead and did that exact thing. Let’s deal with the bad news first: Apple is reverting a price cut from last year. It dropped the M4-powe…

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