Apple’s subsequent killer laptop computer — the Macbook Air 2022 — might be touchdown halfway subsequent 12 months full with plentiful coloration choices and a Mini LED display, a recent rumor insists.
This comes from one of many extra dependable Apple sources round, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, though any hypothesis concerning an upcoming {hardware} launch must be regarded with a great deal of warning, irrespective of the supply.
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Skeptical heads on, then, however the particulars spilled right here do line up with earlier spinning from the rumor mill. iMore (opens in new tab) stories that it has seen a notice from Kuo which claims that the MacBook Air might be redesigned in the identical vein because the MacBook Professional fashions due later this 12 months – that are supposedly operating with a flat-edged design – and that it’ll additionally come geared up with a Mini LED show.
As per a earlier leak from Jon Prosser, one other revered Apple supply, the MacBook Air might include totally different colours, and Kuo backed up Prosser, saying this could be the case. These colours will purportedly be alongside related traces to the brand new iMac, with a wide selection of vibrant hues on supply (this might additionally imply white bezels for the Air, too).
The refreshed MacBook Air which may arrive in the course of 2022 is anticipated to run with a brand new Apple SoC, after all, and the MacBook Professional fashions due for later in 2021 are supposedly going to have the brand new M1X. The MacBook Air may step issues as much as an M2 chip, going by one other rumor which has been floating round (in addition to throwing in MagSafe charging, too).
Kuo reckons that the brand new MacBook Air may solely exchange the present M1-powered mannequin, and achieve this on the identical value level. Or alternatively, Apple may preserve the previous M1 Air going, and cut back its value accordingly to supply a extra wallet-friendly different to the brand new laptop computer.
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Clearly, if the M1-powered MacBook Air is stored on when the 2022 mannequin is launched by Apple, then the previous must be discounted to make sure it’s cheaper – assuming Apple needs to usher in the brand new MacBook Air beginning on the present $999 (£999 / AU$1,599) baseline, as indicated.
Whereas Apple caught with that very same pricing when the MacBook Air (M1, 2020) debuted, we will’t assist however surprise if the agency received’t be mountaineering issues with this subsequent Air launch. In different phrases, deliver within the new MacBook Air at $1,200 or $1,300, and preserve the present M1 mannequin at $999, nonetheless as a less expensive choice.
Do not forget that if the rumor mill is correct, there are plenty of goodies coming with this recent tackle the Air: a redesign, peppier M2 (possibly) processor, engaging colours, and that much-hyped Mini LED display, all of which received’t come at a small value by way of the invoice of supplies for the laptop computer – significantly that high-end show.
Briefly, whereas Apple introduced the M1 to the MacBook Air with out a value enhance – which was definitely commendable – we’re in no way sure that’ll be the case with the MacBook Air for 2022, if the purported upgrades pan out, that’s. However hey – we will all the time stay longing for a killer new Air at an equally killer value level.
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