Apple took advantage of its announcement week to switch the majority of its Macs to 16GB of unified memory by default. So the iMac M4, Mac mini M4 and fortunately the MacBook Pro M4 are not entry-level models with 8 GB of unified memory.
Dual unified memory at no extra cost
We thought we’d have to wait for the MacBook Air refresh with the M4 chip in April 2025 to hopefully push the most popular MacBook to 16 GB of unified memory by default.
After all, Apple is not waiting for 2025 and is already offering all MacBook Airs, whether M2 or M3, with a minimum configuration of 16 GB of unified memory at no additional cost.
Thus, the 13-inch MacBook Air M2 with 16 GB unified memory and 256 GB storage starts at 1199 euros, the 13-inch MacBook Air M3 costs 1299 euros and the 15-inch model starts at 1599 euros. . With the move to 16 GB of unified memory across all base configurations, Apple is correcting an anomaly that persisted for a year. Now we’re looking forward to moving to 512 GB of storage by default.