MacBook Air

Apple launched two new additions to the Mac lineup, with a new MacBook Air, and Mac mini. The Macbook Air sits about halfway between the old MacBook Air and the 12-inch MacBook. It features a 13.3-inch retina display with a stellar 4 million pixels, and packs in Intel's 8th Gen dual-core chipset. It supports up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1.5TB in SSD storage, all similar to the MacBook Pro. The aluminium unibody design is also, part of Apple's new green Mac project, all 100 percent recycled aluminium.

Most importantly, the MacBook Air also brings in TouchID, but without the awful Touch Bar. it's on the top right corner of the keyboard, where the power button used to be. The device also features a headphone jack thankfully, as well as two Thunderbolt 3 (with USB Type-C). And all of that in a body just 15.6mm thick, and weighing in at 1.25 kg.

You can preorder today for $1199 (approximately Rs 88,200) and will be available Nov 7.

Mac mini

The Mac mini seems to have much the same form as the old version, except it's now in a Space Grey colour. However, don't underestimate it, this thing is powerful. While the base version has a dual-core 8th gen CPU, it can go up to 6, and is 5X faster than before. They can go up to 64GB of RAM (SO-DIMMS), up to 2TB SSD, and has a Gigabit ethernetport, 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports, HDMI, and two USB-A. Oh yeah, and a headphone jack here too.

The entry configuration of 8GB RAM, 3.2GHz quad core processor, and 128GB SSD will start at $799 (approximately Rs 58,800). You can preorder today, it'll be available Nov 7.

Unfortunately for us, that November 7 release date doesn't include India, so we'll likely have to wait till closer to December for the devices. The prices are also likely to change, though it's unsure how much.

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