Croma's Everything Apple sale: MacBook Air M5 price drops below Rs 74,000 for students, teachers

This limited-time offer is available for students and teacher with official university only.

Apple, earlier this year in March, launched the MacBook Air M5 with 13-inch and 15-inch screen sizes with prices starting at Rs 1,19,900 in India.

Tata Group's Croma retail company, as part of the 'Everything Apple' programme, which, by the way, is in the last leg of its campaign, is offering big discounts on the new MacBook Air M5 series.

Now, the sleek laptop with M5 powerful can be purchased for less than Rs 74,000.

As noted in the headline, this limited-time offer is available for students and teachers. If they have an official university ID, they instantly get a Rs 13,189 discount.

Additionally, with the exchange offer, prospective buyers can fetch up to Rs 15,000 cashback, provided the old device is in fully working condition without any physical damage.

Further, Croma promises to offer an extra Rs 10,000 bonus exchange discount and top it up with Tata Neu coins vouchers worth Rs 8,171. This effectively brings the starting price of MacBook Air M5 to Rs 73,540.

Apple MacBook Air M5: Key features you should know

The MacBook Air comes in two screen sizes-- 13.6-inch and 15.3-inch- with a Liquid Retina display, up to 500 nits of peak brightness and support for one billion colours, which ensures content on the screen looks vivid with sharp detail, and text appears super crisp.

Both are available in sky blue, midnight, starlight, and silver.

Apple MacBook Air M5.

Under the hood, it houses Apple M5 silicon. It features a 10-core CPU touted to be the world’s fastest CPU core in a computer. Combined with an up-to-10-core GPU and a powerful Neural Accelerator in each core, MacBook Air with M5 promises to deliver up to 4x faster performance for AI tasks than MacBook Air with M4, and up to 9.5x faster than MacBook Air with M1.

It can handle any of the generative Artificial Intelligence Large Language Models, including Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT, Gemini and more across apps and system experiences.

With enhanced shader cores and a third-generation ray-tracing engine, M5 will ensure tasks like gaming and 3D rendering process run smoothly on the MacBook Air. M5 also features faster unified memory with 153GB/s of bandwidth, a 28 per cent improvement over M4 — enabling even smoother multitasking and faster app launches.

MacBook Air with M5 now comes standard with 512GB of storage — double that of the previous generation — and can be configured up to 4TB for the first time, providing ample space for large projects and games.

The new MacBook Air M5 features a 12MP Centre Stage camera with support for Desk View, which ensures users look great and enables more engaging video calls. It also features a three-mic array, which promises enhanced voice clarity. It also houses an advanced sound system to deliver an immersive experience with support for Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos.

With a full charge, it can deliver all-day battery life of up to 18 hours under normal usage. It supports fast charging. It can reach up to 50 per cent battery capacity in around 30 minutes.

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