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Apple is working on a 15-inch MacBook Air and a new 12-inch MacBook, according to Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with Apple’s plans. Sources also revealed details about the M2 family of chips coming to Apple’s high-performance MacBook Pro.
The 15-inch Air will use the same overall design as the 13.6-inch MacBook Air unveiled at the company’s WWDC keynote speech Monday. This means an extremely slim design without tapered edges, as well as a notch on the screen and a keyboard with function keys and Touch ID. The laptop is expected to use the same M2 processor as the one on its smaller sibling.
The new laptop could arrive in the spring of 2023, sources say. They also say that Apple is working on a 12-inch MacBook that could reach the end of 2023 or the beginning of 2024 – but that is far enough away for Apple to abandon its plans.
While it’s not entirely clear who a 12-inch laptop is designed to serve, the 15-inch laptop could fill an obvious gap in Apple’s lineup for users who want a bigger screen but don’t need or want to spend nearly $ 3,000. the highest level of performance.
But Bloomberg sources also have news for those who want a faster MacBook. New MacBook Pro chip-based Apple second-generation M2s could arrive in the fall, but may fall in early 2023. When they do, however, they will offer expanded cousins to the M2 as the previous models did with the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips.
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Specifically, the M2 Max is said to have 12 CPU cores and up to 38 GPU cores, one step above the M1 Max’s 10 CPU cores and 32 GPUs. Apple claimed at this week’s event that the M2 offers just a 20% increase in performance over the M1. While it is impossible to say for sure with just the basics, the details in the Bloomberg report suggest a potentially similar performance boost for the new MacBook Pro.
Bloomberg sources also note that Apple is testing Mac mini and Mac Pro models, but we do not go into details about the products.
Meanwhile, Apple’s 13.6-inch MacBook Air is expected to start shipping next month, at least a full month after the product was unveiled at WWDC. The delay is related to the widely reported constraints of the global supply chain.
