The 11″ Early 2015 MacBook Air ships with a 2.2 Ghz i7-5650u as a BTO/CTO option, making it the absolute fastest 11″ ‘Book ever. This hasn’t at all stopped users online from shoehorning an even better CPU in there, which inadvertently or intentionally upgrades the GPU also. Out with the old Intel HD 6000, in with the Iris Pro 6100. Did I mention this i7-5557u is clocked at 3.1 Ghz? And only sips 28w of power? Photo: Jenz Mazi’s Red & Black i7-5557u MacBook Air.
- Machine: 11″ MacBook Air (Early 2015)
- Intel: i7-5557u, vs: Original BTO/CTO: i7-5650u
- Reddit post on identical upgrade done to another ‘Air
- 11/29/24: Above articles have a strikethrough despite being active. This is a bug and will be fixed soon.
