Apple MacBook Air 15-inch M2, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Space Grey (MQKP3LL/A) – A Professional Big-Screen Mac That Works Hand in Hand With Your iPhone
The Apple MacBook Air 15-inch with M2 (MQKP3LL/A) in Space Grey suits professionals who already carry an iPhone. Through Apple’s Continuity features, you can AirDrop contracts and photos between devices in seconds, answer calls and send SMS from the laptop, copy text on your phone and paste it on the Mac with Universal Clipboard, and pick up a half-written email with Handoff. As a result, work moves between your phone and laptop without cables, email attachments or WhatsApp-to-self messages.
In addition, Touch ID in the backlit Magic Keyboard unlocks the Mac and approves Apple Pay and password autofill with a fingerprint. The 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display (2880 x 1864, 500 nits) gives room for spreadsheets and documents side by side, and the laptop drives one external display up to 6K for a desk setup in Westlands or Upper Hill. Meanwhile, the Apple M2 chip with an 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU, 8GB of unified memory and a 256GB SSD run Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Zoom and Teams smoothly. The understated Space Grey aluminium finish looks at home in client meetings, and the fanless, 1.51kg body carries Apple’s rating of up to 18 hours of battery life.
Key Features
In short, this Apple MacBook Air 15-inch M2 in Space Grey stands out in five areas:
- iPhone Continuity – AirDrop, Handoff, Universal Clipboard, and calls and SMS from your Mac.
- Touch ID – fingerprint unlock, Apple Pay and, additionally, password autofill.
- 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display – 2880 x 1864 and 500 nits, plus support for one external 6K display.
- Apple M2 chip – 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU and 16-core Neural Engine for everyday business work.
- Space Grey aluminium finish – a professional look in a fanless 1.15cm-thin body with up to 18 hours of battery life.
Technical Specifications
Specifically, the table below details every core specification of the Apple MacBook Air 15-inch M2 in Space Grey:
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Model | Apple MacBook Air 15-inch, M2, 2023 (Mac14,15, A2941) |
| Part Number | MQKP3LL/A |
| Operating System | macOS |
| Chip | Apple M2 (8-core CPU: 4 performance + 4 efficiency, 10-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine) |
| Memory | 8GB unified memory, 100GB/s bandwidth (not upgradable) |
| Storage | 256GB SSD |
| Display | 15.3-inch Liquid Retina, 2880 x 1864 (224 ppi), IPS, 500 nits, True Tone, P3 wide colour, 1 billion colours |
| Cooling | Fanless design |
| Keyboard | Backlit Magic Keyboard with Touch ID |
| Pointing Device | Force Touch trackpad |
| Camera | 1080p FaceTime HD camera |
| Audio | Six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers, Spatial Audio, three-mic array with directional beamforming |
| Wireless | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and Bluetooth 5.3 |
| Ports | 2 x Thunderbolt / USB 4, 1 x MagSafe 3 charging port, 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack |
| External Display | Supports one external display up to 6K at 60Hz |
| Battery | 66.5Wh lithium-polymer |
| Battery Life | Up to 18 hours video playback; up to 15 hours wireless web |
| In the Box | Power adapter, USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable (2m)* |
| Dimensions (W x D x H) | 34.04 x 23.76 x 1.15cm |
| Weight | Approx. 1.51kg |
| Colour | Space Grey |
Who This Laptop Is Best Suited For
As a result of this combination of specs, three types of users benefit most:
- Entrepreneurs and business owners with iPhones who move files, calls and messages between devices and, therefore, benefit most from Continuity.
- Consultants, lawyers and finance professionals who want a large screen for documents, Touch ID security and an understated finish for client meetings.
- Managers who dock at a desk and connect a single large external monitor through Thunderbolt, then unplug for meetings.
For shared office or reception workstations, however, a fixed setup may serve your team better; browse our range of HP Desktops to complete your office.
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