Monday ’s ( mostly ) Mac - focused Apple outcome see the launch ofnew MacBook Pro models , but it looks like it will be next class before we see an acclivity to its sibling laptop the MacBook Air .
Like the Pro , the next reading of the Air looks more and more potential to see the addition of anotchto the top of its screen , but that ’s only one element of what is expected to be a exhaustive redesign of Apple ’s pop slimline laptop .
MacRumorshas put together a summary of what we can expect from the next MacBook Air , establish on the latest reports from analyst and leaker , and there ’s a lot to unpack .
To start with , one of the site ’s sources – the Formosan leaker Ty98 – predicts that Apple will abandon the classic tapered ‘ submarine sandwich ’ shape that it ’s used on the zephyr since 2010 , in favour of a new unvarying form . Making this change will intend there ’s room for more interface , including the famous MagSafe connector .
The hypothesis of a MacBook Air redesign fits with previous report from direct pundits . Last month Ming - Chi Kuo saida redesigned Airwould set about production in the summertime of 2022 .
There ’s also evidence to suggest that the next variant of the MacBook Air will get the same form of mini - LED CRT screen found in the raw Pros with , yes , a notch at the top with space for the webcam .
According to some rumour , we will also be able-bodied to choose from a new orbit of colours , including downcast , green , pinkish , silver gray , yellow-bellied , orange and purpleness .
On the interior , there is talk of a more powerful central processing unit , possibly call theM2 . The check , codenamed Staten , is expect to have the same number of processor CORE as its harbinger , the M1 , but will feature more art cores .
The current MacBook Air was launched in November 2020 , but it is highly uncertain when the successor will be launched . Apple usually holds upshot in March , June and September , so at worst it could be another 11 months aside .
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This article originally appeared onMacworld Sweden . Translation ( usingDeepL ) and additional reporting by David Price .
