Macbook Air With Haswell Processor Now Available In India - Prices Revealed
Apple Inc. has now brought the new Macbook Air powered by Intel's 4th generation Haswell processor in India. Last month, the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2013 witnessed the <a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/apple-updates-macbook-air-with-haswell-promises-up-to-12-hour-battery-life.68454">Apple Updates Macbook Air With Haswell; Promises Up To 12 Hour Battery Life</a> that run over OS X Mountain Lion. Now available in retail stores across India, the 11-inch and 13-inch models of the Macbook Air, that are capable of up to 9 hours and 12 hours of battery life respectively thanks to the built-in lithium-polymer battery, will start selling like hot cakes. The fourth-generation 1.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.6GHz) processor that runs these Macbooks is coupled with 3 MB shared L3 cache alongside 4GB RAM, and boast dual-microphones, a faster 802.11ac Wi-Fi for improved performance and support for Bluetooth 4.0.
The common features that stick to both of these models include the LED backlit display, a Backlit keyboard, a multi-touch trackpad, a 720p FaceTime HD camera and the Intel HD Graphics 5000 engine, which is 40 percent more faster than the current notebook models. Therer are two USB 3.0 ports and 1 Thunderbolt port included in all variants, with the 13-inch MacBook Air also coming with a SDXC card slot.
Though a lot of speculation has been going on with the pricing front, now we have the official figures in hand. We took a peek at the pricing details of these Macbook Air, and found that he 11-inch MacBook Air with 128GB SSD storage (an improvement on the 64 GB of its predecessor) is priced at Rs. 67,900 and the one with 256 GB storage is priced at Rs. 81,900. While, the 13-inch MacBook Air with 128 GB storage is available for Rs. 74,900 and Rs. 88,900 for the 256 GB one. Interestingly, these MacBook Air models are also available under the Back to School discounts that Apple announced on some of the other Mac desktops and laptops earlier. The Back to School discounts for eligible students and teachers are Rs. 8,000 on the 11-inch base model, and go up to Rs. 11,000 on pricier models.
It was only a few days ago that the Haswell processor, the successor to Ivy Bridge processors, was launched in India. For consumers who assemble their own systems, Intel will sell boxed Haswell processor. The top end chips, dubbed Core i7 4770 and Core i7 4770K, are already available in the Indian market with a price of around Rs 20,000. Core i5 4430, which is a mainstream processor, is more affordable with a price of around Rs 12,500.
