Apple's MacBook Air 15-inch with M3 available in Nepal!
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PublishedMay 1, 2025
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Apple discreetly announced refreshes to the 13 and 15-inch MacBook Airs with its M3 silicon a couple of weeks ago. These do not deviate a lot from their predecessors in terms of design or much else but they do bring more power and efficiency to the table. The best part, though, is that these MacBooks are already available in Nepal! Let’s take a quick look into the Apple MacBook Air 15 with M3, its specifications, upgrades, and expected price in Nepal alongside availability details.
MacBook Air 15 (M3) Overview:
M3 Magic
One of the main highlights is the 8-core M3 chip fabbed under a 3nm process. According to the company, the new MacBook Airs should be up to 60% faster than the M1 models. You also get better GPU performance with support for hardware-accelerated mesh shading and raytracing alongside a dedicated AV1 decode engine for efficient video streaming and playback.
Thanks to the magic of the M3, now you can drive dual external displays from the MacBook Air 15 (2024). Alongside there, there’s up to 24 GB of unified memory and up to 2TB of storage.
Form Factor stays
You’d be forgiven if you couldn’t tell the difference between the MacBook Air 15 with M2 and the newer one because…there’s none. Apple has gone with the same recycled aluminum chassis, so the claim of “the thinnest 15-inch laptop” at 11.5mm stays. It weighs 1.51 kg and comes in the same Silver, Space Grey, Midnight, and Starlight color options.
On the display end, you get a 15.3” Liquid Retina display (LED) with up to 500 nits of brightness and True Tone support. It features a resolution of 2880 by 1864 pixels that equates to a pixel density of 224 ppi.
Meanwhile, check out all the prices and specs of MacBooks here
18 hours of battery life
Despite the more efficient M3 silicon, the MacBook Air 15 (2024) is quoted to have the same 18 hours of battery life. It houses the same 66.5Wh battery with support for up to 70W fast chargers. Unfortunately, you’ll have to make do with a 35W dual port charger out of the box.
The port story plays out the same at 2 Thunderbolts, the MagSafe port, and a 3.5mm audio jack.
Not much new
Since the chassis is unchanged, it only makes sense for the keyboard, trackpad, and others to follow suit. As such, the 6 speaker setup and three-mic array are the same as before alongside the backlit magic keyboard and large trackpad. You do get newer WiFi 6E on the 2024 model, but Bluetooth is still the same. 15-inch Apple MacBook Air with M3 boots on macOS 14 Sonoma.
Apple MacBook Air 15 (M3) Specifications:
Design & Build: All-aluminum unibody build (100% recycled aluminum), 13.40 x 9.35 x 0.45-inches (W x D x H), 1.51 kg
Color Options: Silver, Starlight, Space Gray, Midnight
Display: 15.3″ Liquid Retina display (LED), 60Hz refresh rate, Wide Color (P3), 500 nits brightness, True Tone
Resolution: 2880×1864 resolution, 16:10 aspect ratio, 224 PPI
Keyboard: Backlit Magic Keyboard
Trackpad: Force Touch trackpad
Security: Touch ID (fingerprint sensor)
Processor: Apple M3 chip (3nm), 8-core CPU (4 performance, 4 efficiency), 8/10-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine, 100GB/s memory bandwidth
RAM: 8/16/24GB Unified Memory
Storage: 256GB to 2TB SSD
Audio: Six-speaker sound system with Force-canceling woofers
Battery: 66.5 Watt-hours Li-Po battery
Power Supply: Up to 70W fast charging support
35W Dual USB-C Adapter
70W USB-C Adapter
Webcam: 1080p FaceTime HD camera
Connectivity: WiFi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 5.0
I/O Ports: 2x Thunderbolt 3 / USB 4 (Up to 40Gb/s), 1x MagSafe 3 charging, 1x 3.5mm headphone jack (high-impedance)
What’s Inside The Box: Laptop, 35W Dual USB-C / 70W Dual power adapter, USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable (braided), Apple stickers, User manual, and other documents
MacBook Air 15 (M3) Price in Nepal and Availability
The official price of MacBook Air 15 M3 in Nepal is NPR 177,999 for the base 16/256GB variant, while the 16/512GB model goes for NPR 201,999. You can purchase it via the Hukut Store.