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RAM Costs Are Sending Apple Prices Up, Amazon Sends the MacBook Air M5 the Other Way<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-06-20 15:35:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Apple warned this week that rising RAM costs would force it to raise prices on its Mac lineup. Amazon is moving in the opposite direction: the MacBook Air M5 13-inch with 16GB of unified memory and 512GB SSD<\/strong> is down to $949, off its $1,099 list price and at a record low on Amazon. Apple.com shows no discount at all, and with price increases on the horizon, the gap between what Amazon charges today and what Apple may charge tomorrow is only going to widen.<\/p>\n

See at Amazon<\/p>\n

M5 chip, Wi-Fi 7, and 18 hours of battery<\/h2>\n

The M5 chip brings a 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine to what remains the thinnest and lightest MacBook Apple makes. The performance jump over M4 is meaningful in sustained workloads: the faster CPU cores handle creative and productivity tasks with less thermal buildup, and the Neural Engine upgrade specifically targets Apple Intelligence features that run locally on device. The 16GB of unified memory on this configuration is the baseline that makes the M5 worthwhile over the M4 at this price point, as 8GB increasingly shows its limits with multiple browser tabs, video calls, and background apps running simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Battery life reaches up to 18 hours of video streaming and 15 hours of wireless web browsing, which covers a full workday and then some without reaching for a charger. Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 are handled by Apple\u2019s N1 wireless chip, the same dedicated networking silicon that debuted on the iPhone 16 lineup. The 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display runs at 2560-by-1664 resolution with True Tone, P3 wide color, and support for 1 billion colors, and the machine weighs 3.3 pounds.<\/p>\n

Two Thunderbolt 4 ports, MagSafe, and two external displays<\/h2>\n

Port selection on the MacBook Air M5 covers the essentials without requiring a hub for most users. Two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports handle data transfer at up to 40Gb\/s, charging, and DisplayPort output. MagSafe 3 handles dedicated charging so both Thunderbolt ports stay…<\/p>\n

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