Like Apple’s smartphone series iPhone, its laptop and desktop series, MacBook and iMac respectively, are equally loved by the tech community around the world. Apple has always been known for its quality inbuilt, technical specifications, and mostly innovation. Since the new MacBook series has ditched Intel and has integrated Apple’s own M1 chip, it surely has been the talk of the town.
To all the MacBook and iMac lovers and tech lovers in specific, here is the updated price list of Apple’s laptops and desktops that are available in Nepal as of August 2021. Along with that, we also bring to you a brief description of the Apple MacBook Air M1, which is one of the best choices among the available Apple computers in Nepal.
Price list
| Models | Price |
| MacBook Air 13.3 inch M1 chip | Rs 159,000 (8+256GB) Rs 198,000 (8+512GB) Rs 190,000 (16+256GB) Rs 220,000 (16+512GB) |
| MacBook Pro 13 inch M1 chip | Rs 205,000 (8+256GB) Rs 240,000 (8+512GB) Rs 240,000 (16+256GB) Rs 275,000 (16+512GB) Rs 305,000 (16+1TB) |
| MacBook Pro 13 inch 1.4GHz 8thgen Intel Core i5 | Rs 145,000 (8+128GB) |
| MacBook Pro 13 inch 2.4GHz 8thgen Intel Core i5 | Rs 205,000 (8+256GB) |
| MacBook Pro 13.3 inch 2.0GHz 10th-generation Intel Core i5 | Rs 275,000 (16+512GB) |
| iMac 24-Inch with Retina 4.5K Display, 8-Core CPU 7-Core GPU, M1 chip | Rs 205,000 (8+256GB) |
| iMac 24-Inch with Retina 4.5K Display 8-Core CPU 8-Core GPU, M1 chip | Rs 235,000 (8+256GB) |
| iMac 24-Inch with Retina 4.5K Display 8-Core CPU 8-Core GPU, M1 chip | Rs 265,000 (8+512GB) |
| iMac 21.5 inch with Retina 4K Display | Rs 205,000 (8+256GB) |
| iMac 21.5 inch 3.0GHz 6-Core 8th-Gen i5 Processor Retina 4K Display | Rs 235,000(8+256GB) |
| iMac 27 inch 3.3GHz 6-Core 10th-generation Intel Core i5 Processor Retina 5K Display | Rs 310,000 (8+512GB) |
| iMac 27-inch 3.7GHz 6-core 9th-generation Intel Core i5, Retina 5K Display | Rs 345,000 (8+2TB) |
| iMac 27″ 3.8GHz 8-core 10th-generation Intel Core i7, Retina 5K Display | Rs 360,000 (8+512GB) |
A brief review of MacBook Air M1
The new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro (M1, 2020) are probably among the best laptops you can buy this year. Talking about the MacBook Air, this new device is powered by the revolutionary ARM-based Apple M1 chip (ditched Intel for this new laptop), which is a stunning achievement. MacBook Air is a thin and light laptop that offers great performance, even with 4K video editing, while also giving incredible battery life. Easily managing over 11 hours on a single charge, this is a laptop you can easily carry around with you at work or school and is suitable for basic users to the professionals.
Another great feature about this laptop is it now can also run iOS apps for iPhone and iPads, giving it access to hundreds of brilliant mobile applications and games. Other feature includes voice control, voice-over, zoom, increasing contrast, reducing motion, Siri and Dictation, switch control, closed captions, and text to speech.
The price of the base model, which includes 8GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, starts at Rs 159,000 in Nepal.
Technical specifications
| Display | Retina display, 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology 2560*1600 resolution |
| Dimensions | Height: 0.16–0.63 inch Width: 11.97 inches Depth: 8.36 inches Weight: 1.29 kg |
| Chip | Apple M1 chip |
| Operating System | macOS |
| Keyboard and trackpad | Backlit magic keyboard, ambient light sensor, force touch multi-touch gestures |
| Audio | Stereo speakers, wide stereo sound support for Dolby Atmos playback Three-mic array with directional beamforming 3.5 mm headphone jack |
| Camera | 720p |
| Wireless | Wi-Fi 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 wireless networking IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology |
| Storage | 256GB or 512GB |
| RAM | 8GB unified memory |
| Battery and power | Up to 15 hours wireless web Up to 18 hours of Apple TV app movie playback Built-in 49.9‑watt-hour lithium‑polymer battery 30W USB-C Power Adapter |
| Charging and expansion | Two thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for: Charging Display port Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s) USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s) USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s) |
