Apple continues with its new product launches this week and they have just unveiled its new MacBook Air 2026 which now runs on the Apple M5 chip.
The starting price for the MacBook Air 13″ has increased slightly by RM200 but it now comes with double the base storage of 512GB. Interestingly, the base MacBook Air 15″ still retains the same starting price of RM5,499 as the M4 version.
Besides the new Apple Silicon upgrade, the new MacBook Air features Apple’s latest wireless chip that offers faster and seamless connectivity on the go.
Apple MacBook Air (M5) 2026 Malaysia Pricing
The MacBook Air 2026 still comes in 13″ and 15″ sizes. For the base MacBook Air 13, Apple is offering a 10-core CPU and 8-core GPU variant of the M5, while the other specs come with the 10-core GPU version.
As usual, you can configure your own MacBook with various options including 16GB to 32GB of RAM and storage options from 512GB to 4TB.
Here’s the official pricing for several configurations:
MacBook Air 13 (M5) 2026
- 10-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16GB+512GB – RM4,699
- 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16GB+512GB – RM5,124
- 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 24GB+512GB – RM5,549
- 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 32GB+1TB – RM7,249
- 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 32GB+2TB – RM8,949
- 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 32GB+4TB – RM11,499
MacBook Air 15 (M5) 2026
- 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16GB+512GB – RM5,499
- 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 24GB+512GB – RM6,349
- 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 32GB+1TB – RM8,049
- 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 32GB+2TB – RM9,749
- 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 32GB+4TB – RM12,299
Apple Malaysia is also offering Education pricing for the MacBook Air with the 13″ version priced from RM4,299 while the 15″ version starts from RM5,099.
The MacBook Air 2026 comes in 4 colour choices – Sky Blue, Silver, Starlight and Midnight. At the time or writing, the M5-powered MacBook Air is still listed as coming soon for Malaysia.
What’s new for MacBook Air in 2026?
The M5-powered MacBook Air is essentially a minor incremental upgrade as the hardware remains mostly unchanged from the M4-powered version which was released last year.
The 13″ version gets a 13.6″ Liquid Retina Display pushing 2560×1664 pixels, while the 15″ version gets a 15.3″ Liquid Retina Display that does 2880×1864 pixels. Both screens offer 500 nits of brightness, Wide Colour (P3) gamut and True Tone technology.
Under the hood, the new M5 chip boasts superior performance up to 4x faster for AI tasks compared to the M4-powered model. The new MacBook Air also offers faster unified memory with 153GB/s of bandwidth versus 120GB/s for last year’s model.
Apple has also discontinued the base 256GB storage, which makes 512GB the new minimal storage option. Apple still offers a total of four storage choices with the introduction of a larger 4TB option, a first for the MacBook Air.
Also new is Apple’s N1 connectivity chip which enables support for WiFi 7 (802.11be) and Bluetooth 6.0.
The rest of the MacBook Air looks the same as before and it still offers up to 18 hours of battery life. Also retained is a 12MP Centre Stage camera that supports 1080p HD video recording, four-speaker sound system (six-speaker for 15″), three-mic array with directional beamforming, 3.5mm headphone jack, backlit Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and a Force Touch trackpad.
The MacBook Air still comes with two Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports and a MagSafe 3 charging port.
