Apple announced its Arm-based M1 silicon for Mac during November of 2020 which were available in the Nepalese Market as soon as early 2021. M1-powered MacBook Air too was announced at the same time.
Here, in this article, we have accessed you with information of Apple M1 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro along with their specs, official price and availability in Nepal.
M1 Silicon for Mac
Lets first discuss about M1 Silicon for Mac. It has the most notable difference in comparison to its sibling models. Apple claims that the new M1 chip is the company’s most powerful chip and the first one to be designed specifically for Mac. It is also the first mobile chip to be built using the 5nm process node.
Apple has fit in 16 billion transistors in the chipset. Furthermore, it is an octa-core processor with four high-performance and four high-efficiency cores. Apple claimed that it offered the world’s best CPU performance per watt and the eight-core GPU is has capacity of 25,000 threads alongside.
In addition, neural engine has 16 cores and can compute 11 trillion operations per second. It offers up to 15x faster machine learning performance with ML accelerators.
MacBook Air (M1) Overview:
The design along with dimension and weight of the MacBook Air had no changes alike its predecessor. The biggest difference between the two is the use of M1 silicon in the MacBook Air 2020. This was to give 3.5x faster performance, up to 5x faster graphics, and up to 9x faster Machine learning tasks.
The storage controller and the latest flash technology in the M1 also result in 2x SSD performance. Likewise, MacBook Air has a fan-less design. The MacBook Air has better noise reduction, greater dynamic range, improved auto white balance and ML-enhanced face detection with M1’s latest ISP.
As far as memory is concerned, Apple is offering up to 16GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD. Its 13.3″ Retina display supports P3 wide color and offers up to 400nits of brightness. The new MacBook Air 2020 supports Wi-Fi 6 along with Bluetooth 5.0. Users also get three USB Type-C ports (including one Thunderbolt 3 port) and a headphone jack.
M1’s Secure Enclave powers the Touch ID which can be used to unlock the device and even online payment using Apple Pay. The battery endurance is now improved to offer up to 18 hours of battery life.
MacBook Air 2020 (M1) Specifications:
- Display: 13.3-inch Retina IPS display; True Tone technology; P3 Wide Color; 400 nits
- Dimension: 0.16-0.63H x 11.97W x 8.36D-inches, 1.29kg
- Resolution: 2560 x 1600 pixels; 16:10 aspect ratio
- CPU: Apple M1 chip (5nm)
- RAM: 8/16GB
- Storage: up to 2TB SSD
- OS: macOS Big Sur
- Keyboard: Backlit Magic Keyboard
- Camera: 720p FaceTime HD camera
- Ports: 2x USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports, 3.5mm headphone jack
- Connectivity: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0
- Battery: 49.9Whr LiPo Battey; 30W USB-C power adapter
- Color options: Space Grey, Silver, and Gold
Apple MacBook Air M1 (2020) Price in Nepal
Apple MacBook Air with M1 chip is available in Rs. 155,000 for the base 8/256GB variant. Apple M1 chip-powered MacBook Air 13 can be bought from Hukut Store in Nepal.
| Apple MacBook Air (M1) Model | Price in Nepal | Available at |
| 8/256GB | Rs 155,000 | Hukut Store |
| 8/512GB | Rs. 198,000 | |
| 16/256GB | Rs. 190,000 | |
| 16/512GB | Rs. 225,000 |
MacBook Pro 13 (M1) Overview:
It is powered by the new M1 silicon. The new 13-inch MacBook Pro is now 2.8x times faster than its predecessor and offers up to 5x better graphics. It has a 13.3-inch Retina display with P3 wide color. The touch bar remains just above the Magic Keyboard.
MacBook Pro still features an active cooling system. It also has studio-quality mics. Other features are Wi-Fi 6 support, Secure Enclave-powered Touch ID. It has the storage capacity of 16GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD. The 13-inch MacBook Pro features only two Thunderbolt ports with USB 4. It is said to have battery endurance to 20 hours.
MacBook Pro 13 (M1) Specifications:
- Dimension: 0.61H x 11.97W x 8.36D-inches, 1.4kg
- Display: 13.3-inch Retina IPS display; True Tone technology; P3 Wide Color; 500 nits
- Resolution: 2560 x 1600 pixels; 16:10 aspect ratio
- CPU: Apple M1 chip (5nm)
- RAM: 8/16GB
- Storage: up to 2TB SSD
- OS: macOS Big Sur
- Keyboard: Backlit Magic Keyboard with Touch Bar
- Camera: 720p FaceTime HD camera
- Ports: 2x USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports, 3.5mm headphone jack
- Connectivity: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0
- Battery: 58.2Whr LiPo Battey; 61W USB-C power adapter
- Color options: Space Grey and Silver
Price and Availability
| Apple MacBook Pro 13 (M1) Model | Price in Nepal | Available at |
| 8/256GB | Rs. 205,000 | Hukut Store |
| 8/512GB | Rs. 240,000 | |
| 16/256GB | Rs. 240,000 | |
| 16/512GB | Rs. 275,000 | |
| 16/1TB | Rs. 305,000 |
