15-inch MacBook Air M3
AppleReleased Mar 1, 2024 · Analysis updated Sep 28, 2026
The lightweight MacBook Air offers strong performance and long battery life in a premium design. The Apple 15-inch MacBook Air M3 scores 87/100 based on 15 expert reviews in the apple laptops category. Coverage includes reviews from Thedisconnekt, Magzter, Macworld, and Thurrott.
Critic Score
What's this?based on 15 expert reviews
Critics are split: our scores run from 72 (Smbtech) to 95 (Thedisconnekt) — a 23-point spread. Thedisconnekt tends to score generously across our dataset.
Average of 15 publication reviews, each normalized to a 0–100 scale. How we score
Pros
- Long battery life(13)
- Lightweight design(7)
- Good value(6)
- Premium build quality(5)
- Strong performance(4)
Cons
- Limited ports(9)
- High price(4)
- Display notch(3)
- Poor sound quality(2)
- Lower pixel density(2)
15 Publication Reviews
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The MacBook Air (M3) is a fantastic everyday laptop, offering an excellent blend of portability and performance.
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The M3 update to Apple's most popular laptop line improves on greatness.
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The M3 MacBook Air succeeds in continuing in its role as the laptop for everyone, offering a nice performance boost and welcome dual external display support.
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The Apple MacBook Air 15-inch M3 is a near-perfect combination of silent and effortless performance, epic battery life, and elegant design.
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The MacBook Air 15 M3 is among the best laptops on the market, offering excellent performance, battery life, and display in a thin-and-light design.
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The 15-inch M3 MacBook Air is the best laptop I've used in years, offering an ideal balance of screen size and portability.
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The Apple MacBook Air 13 M3 offers excellent performance, long battery life, and a lightweight design, making it a top choice for most users despite some limitations.
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The 15-inch MacBook Air M3 taught me that I'm not a MacBook Pro user anymore, as it's lighter, has great battery life, and is hundreds less while still being fast enough for my needs.
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The Apple MacBook Air 15-inch delivers fantastic performance from its M3 chip along with class-leading battery life, plus faster Wi-Fi 6E and the ability to power two monitors.
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The M3 15-inch MacBook Air is a solid spec bump for what was already one of Apple's finest laptops.
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Apple's 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air are portable, thin, attractive laptops with great efficiency and performance.
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The M3 MacBook Air is 20% more powerful than its M2 predecessor while maintaining the same design, making it the most powerful laptop in its weight class.
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The 13-inch and 15-inch Air are better than ever, but Apple needs to do something about the upgrade funnel.
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The 15-inch MacBook Air M3 is a refined, portable productivity laptop with a great screen and battery, though it is held back by poor base-model value and limited ports.
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The MacBook Air M3 15-inch is a stylish and highly polished ultraportable that excels in build quality and battery life, though it is hindered by limited ports and poor gaming capabilities.
Publisher score: 4.1
