--- description: The company is also promising better battery life for the new models. title: Apple’s MacBook Air Line Gets Cheaper and Faster image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cd993fe2a034cbc/69868cf0d0b6f29237304086/macbook-air.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Apple's MacBook Air Line Gets Cheaper and Faster by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2014 12:43 PM CUT  Apple's 11- and 13-inch MacBook Air laptops Apple's 11- and 13-inch MacBook Air laptopsApple by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2014 12:43 PM CUT Apple has updated its line of ultraportable MacBook Air notebooks, outfitting the machines with the latest-generation Intel processors and dropping the starting price by $100. The 11-inch model with 128 gigabytes of storage now starts at $899\. The entire line – two 11-inch models and two 13-inch models – starts with 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processors and four gigabytes of RAM, with base prices topping out at $1,199 for the top-of-the-line 13-inch model, which starts at 256 gigabytes of storage. Processors, RAM and storage can be upgraded before checkout. Apple [is also promising](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140429005703/en/Apple-Updates-MacBook-Air#.U1-dqfldV8E "undefined") better battery life when using the new models to watch iTunes movies, with the company claiming that the 13-inch versions are capable of up to 12 hours on a charge and the 11-inch versions are capable of up to nine hours on a charge. [MacBook Air](http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/macbook-air "undefined") \[Apple Store via [9to5Mac](http://9to5mac.com/2014/04/29/apples-macbook-air-lineup-updated-with-new-haswell-processors-now-starts-at-899/?utm%5Fsource=Triggermail&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=10%20Things%20In%20Tech%20You%20Need%20To%20Know&utm%5Fcampaign=Post%20Blast%20%28sai%29%3A%2010%20Things%20In%20Tech%20You%20Need%20To%20Know%20This%20Morning "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/80769/apples-macbook-air-line-gets-cheaper-and-faster/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/80769/apples-macbook-air-line-gets-cheaper-and-faster/"},"headline":"Apple's MacBook Air Line Gets Cheaper and Faster","datePublished":"2014-04-29T12:43:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:06.545Z","description":"The updated lineup of ultraportable notebooks is outfitted with the latest 1.4 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processors and priced between $899 for the 11-inch, 128-gigabyte model and $1,199 for the 13-inch, 256-gigabyte version","url":"https://time.com/80769/apples-macbook-air-line-gets-cheaper-and-faster/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Gadgets","Macbook","Computers","laptops","notebooks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cd993fe2a034cbc/69868cf0d0b6f29237304086/macbook-air.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Doug Aamoth","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/doug-aamoth/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cd993fe2a034cbc/69868cf0d0b6f29237304086/macbook-air.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MacBook Air","caption":"MacBook Air","creditText":"Apple","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/80769/apples-macbook-air-line-gets-cheaper-and-faster/","name":"Apple's MacBook Air Line Gets Cheaper and Faster"}}]}] ```