M5 MacBook Air Review: Not just more of the same–the same, but more
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- The M5 MacBook Air is positioned as the middle sibling in Apple's lineup, now undercut in price by the MacBook Neo.
- Performance improvements include 11% better single and multicore performance over the M4 Air and 31% better GPU performance.
- Storage starts at 512GB, double the previous generation, with speeds up to twice as fast.
- Wireless updates include Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 support via Apple's N1 chip.
- Keyboard changes include replacing text labels with glyphs for certain keys, aligning with international standards.
- A new 40W power adapter is included, capable of fast charging various Apple devices.
- The MacBook Air remains the best Mac for most people, balancing performance and price between the Neo and Pro models.