Do you want to purchase a new MacBook Air? Read about the rumored MacBook Air M2 revamp, which is expected to arrive in 2022.
The 1.1GHz MacBook Air Apple released in March 2020 thrilled us, but the M1 MacBook Air released in November 2020 blasted it out of the water. However, with less than a year until November 2020, attention is turning to the next MacBook Air, what to expect, and when it will be introduced.
The good news is that the new MacBook Air is working, and Apple is planning a color repair to go with it.
Release date
With worldwide chip shortages affecting Apple and other manufacturers, as well as global manufacturing and shipping delays caused by COVID-19, whatever intentions Apple may have had to release a new MacBook Air in 2021 have been scuttled.
In July 2021, the Twitter account Dylandkt predicted that a new MacBook Air with M2 processor would be released in the first half of 2022.
Due to industry-wide issues, even the summer of 2022 appears to be in jeopardy. It’s possible that the new MacBook Air won’t be released until 2022.
Dylan had modified his projection to the second half of 2022 by January 2022
Price
This new laptop, according to the Bloomberg storey, will be positioned as a higher-end version of the present MacBook Air, with current models remaining on the market. In fact, instead of being called a MacBook Air, this new model may just be called a MacBook.
If the new model is at the top of the line, we think Apple to lower the prices of the current models, which may imply that the MacBook Airdrops to £849/$899, while the new model, with its new design, costs £1,349/$1,399.
Screen
In 2022, we’re expected to see the same mini-LED screen present in the next MacBook Pro versions in the MacBook Air. He stated his hopes for this in memos to investors in August and July 2021.
Mini-LED is a screen backlighting technology that improves colour reproduction, blacker blacks, contrast, and dynamic range. The technology is already in use on the iPad Pro, and the MacBook Pro is slated to get it in 2021.
Despite delays due to supply constraints, Apple is expected to move most of its Mac (and iPad) range to mini-LED panels. The following advantages are provided by mini-LED displays:
- Darker and deeper blacks
- Brighter, richer colours
- Better contrast
- No OLED burn-in issues
- Less energy consumption
- Allowing for thinner and lighter products
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Specs
With that in mind, we shouldn’t anticipate the new MacBook Air to be significantly more powerful than the present model. And certainly not as powerful as the MacBook Pro, but we can expect some enhancements.
Graphics & M2 Processor
As previously stated, Twitter user Dylandkt believes that the upcoming MacBook Air will include an M2 processor. Other Apple experts predict the same outcome.
The new chip (codenamed Staten) is said to contain the same number of CPU cores as its predecessor, the M1, but with extra graphics cores: there could be up to Instead of the present 8 graphics cores, there will be 10 graphics cores. When comparing M2 to M1, we should expect some significant improvement in performance.
The M1 Pro and M1 Max’s graphical capabilities would be excessive for a consumer-oriented Mac laptop like the MacBook Air. The M1 Pro and M1 Max have better power management. However, they would be unsuitable for Mac without fans like MacBook Air.
RAM
The RAM is expected to be limited to a maximum of 16GB. This is due to an adaptation of the MacBook Pro’s powerful CPUs, which now allow additional RAM.
Ports
If Apple opts for a new uniform shape for the Air instead of the original tapering ‘wedge’ style, more ports may be available. This does not, however, imply that the Air will be thicker than it is now. The enclosure itself might be made thinner. Renderings depict how a MacBook Air may look if it were just thick enough to accommodate a standard 3.5 mm headphone connection.
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