Apple has pushed again the next-gen MacBook Air to later in 2022, and no extra high-end MacBook Professional launches are anticipated till subsequent yr – however there will probably be a Professional 13-inch overhaul, or not less than that’s the most recent phrase from the rumor mill.
All this comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, a well known Apple leaker, who broke this newest hypothesis through his e-newsletter (opens in new tab) (as flagged up by MacRumors (opens in new tab)).
Gurman asserts that it was Apple’s unique intention to launch the absolutely redesigned MacBook Air powered by a next-gen M2 chip on the finish of final yr, or early in 2022, however clearly that didn’t occur (the refreshed Air was actually a powerful tip for Apple’s most up-to-date launch occasion – however didn’t present up).
Apple hasn’t been capable of follow this unique timeframe, apparently, and so is now planning on launching the MacBook Air within the second half of 2022.
As for different MacBooks, we gained’t see any new MacBook Professional 14-inch or 16-inch fashions this yr, so Apple won’t be debuting something in that class till 2023, Gurman observes. When these refreshed higher-end MacBook Professional variations do flip up, they’ll possible sport M2 Professional and M2 Max SoCs.
Nonetheless, the Apple leaker believes that we may see a revamped MacBook Professional 13-inch – the bottom mannequin – flip up at some stage this yr, and that might sport the M2 chip which can be destined for the following MacBook Air as talked about.
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After all, with the MacBook Air being so strongly rumored in latest instances, it’s a superb guess that it’s nonetheless within the playing cards to seem from Apple, and the more than likely launch slot can be at a giant Apple occasion within the fall. This ties in with one other heavyweight Apple leaker, Ming-Chi Kuo, predicting that the redesigned MacBook Air may hit mass manufacturing in Q3 (or perhaps late Q2), and so can be launched not too far down the road after that.
Elsewhere on the grapevine, inside sources who spoke to 9to5Mac have theorized that we’ll see a brand new MacBook Air and contemporary MacBook Professional 13-inch later in 2022, each with M2 chips – echoing the forecast simply supplied by Gurman.
So, this newest prediction backs up what has been floating round through the rumor mill already, and seemingly underlines the chance of seeing not less than the brand new MacBook Air in some unspecified time in the future later this yr. And naturally perhaps a Professional 13-inch refresh, as talked about, on prime, which may run with a reasonably fundamental overhaul (simply pepping up the processor to an M2 mannequin, and that’s about all).
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