The MacBook Air M5 is the rare refresh that improves the two things people actually care about — speed and battery — without touching the price.
In our looping-video test, the Air cleared 20 hours, a first for the line. The M5 chip also shaves noticeable time off photo exports and code builds.
Who it’s for
If you’re on an M1 or M2 Air, the upgrade is easy to justify. On an M4, it’s harder.
For most people, this is the laptop to buy this year.
Everything else — the keyboard, the display, the port layout — is unchanged, and that’s fine.