MacBook Air 2020 Announced: 10th-Gen Intel Quad-Core, Scissor Keyboard, Priced At Rs. 92,990

Karamchand Rameshwar - Mar 19, 2020

The 16-inch MacBook Pro is no longer the only MacBook to use a new generation scissor keyboard as Apple finally gets rid of the butterfly keyboard on the MacBook Air.

In addition to the iPad Pro 2020 with the all-new Magic Keyboard, Apple today announced the MacBook Air 2020 with a redesigned keyboard, as well as a significant performance and hardware configuration upgrade compared to the previous generation, while the price is also reduced by $100 (around Rs. 7,500).

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MacBook Air 2020: Price in India

The MacBook Air 2020 price in India is Rs. 92,990 for the base variant and that is all we know. You can get a one-year subscription to Apple TV Plus for free for purchasing the new machine.

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As for the US market, the new MacBook Air 2020 price starts at $999 (around Rs. 74,800) for the 256GB base variant, which is $200 (around Rs. 15,000) lower than the 2018 version and $100 (around Rs. 7,500) less expensive than the 2019 version. The machine will still have three color options, including Silver, Gray, and Gold.

MacBook Air 2020: Specifications & Features

The new MacBook Air 2020 is the next MacBook lineup that Apple removes the old-fashioned butterfly keyboard many people have complained about durability, and replace it with the newer scissor design similar to the keyboard of the new 16-inch MacBook Pro debuted late last year (along with 1mm key travel and an inverted T-shaped arrow key).

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The new MacBookAir model is also significantly improved in terms of performance when Apple equips it with the 10th-gen Intel Ice Lake processors, which, according to Apple, promises to bring twice the performance of the old generation. The most advanced version that users can choose will come with a quad-core Core i7 clocked at 1.2GHz and 16GB of RAM. In addition, Apple has begun to equip Iris Plus Graphics integrated graphics card for this year's MacBook Air lineup, delivering 80 percent improved graphics performance.

Apple also gets rids of the 128GB memory version, meaning the base variant will have 256GB of storage, and users can upgrade up to 2TB of memory for the new machine. Of course, you need to be prepared to pay a larger sum of money when choosing those upgrades.