- Apple would prepare a 15-inch MacBook Air
- The device could be released during WWDC and production would have started
- But no M3 chip under the hood
For several months now, leaks about aMacBook Air bigger than everkeep following each other and resembling each other. Today, we have just learned that the production circuit of the device has reached a milestone with a major subcontractor, which reassures us that it will be commercialized shortly.
The opportunity to return to the various clues about this model, which would mark the arrival of a fourth MacBook Air format for the first time. So far, we have already been treated to an 11-inch version discontinued in 2016, a 13.3-inch version still in stores andmost recent, featuring a 14.2-inch diagonal with notch at the front.
1 – Production would be about to begin
Let's start with information just shared by the investment bankMorgan Stanley. According to this,How many Computers, known as one of Apple's major subcontractors for the design of laptop computers, is reportedly planning a significant growth in its number of models assembled in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the previous period. It is Erik Woodring, analyst at the financial institution who ensures this.
It is therefore a safe bet that these rumors in the corridors indeed correspond to the production of Apple's MacBook Air, given that it would see the light of day within a few weeks at most. We know in fact that such a schedule corresponds to the habits of the Apple firm, which orders massive stocks ahead of the arrival of its products on the market in order to avoid shortages.
2 – We would already know the size of the screen
With this, most of the rumors about this 2023 MacBook Air suggest that the beast could carry a panel of15 inches. More than the model with M2 chip therefore, and even more than for the 14.2-inch MacBook Pro. The only unknown here therefore remains the pricing, which will have to find a place between these articles as best it can.
The 15-inch MacBook Air should also be entitled to the same definition as the 14-inch MacBook Pro, which suggests a lower pixel density. For professionals, it will therefore surely always be necessary to turn to this model, while the MacBook Air would rather be aimed at a less demanding audience: students, families for streaming, etc.
3 – The device could be released after WWDC
In all likelihood, the 15-inch MacBook Air will be presented with great fanfare during theWorldwide Developer Conferenceof 2023. This will be held at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, with an opening keynote scheduled for June 5 at 7 p.m. (Paris time). After this, the editors present will certainly be able to take charge of the device, but its release date would require more patience.
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If with iPhones the delay in question is generally limited to a week, here, we might have to wait a little longer. Let's take the case of the MacBook Air with M2 chip, also announced at WWDC but last year. It is more precisely on June 6 that the product will be made official, but the first deliveries and availability in the Apple Store will be set for June 15.July. QED.
4 – These rumors are from fairly reliable sources
If these new data concerning machining turn out to be rather reliable, although nothing proves their 100% certainty, it is above all because Morgan Stanley often gets things right. The bank cannot really afford to share predictions that are too far from reality, and still counts Vanguard, Mitsubishi and China Investment Corp among its major shareholders.
Regarding the technical sheet, the information comes to us straight from Ming-ChiKuo, either from MarkGourmet– most of the time. Here too, informants who are quite rarely wrong, the first officiating for TFI Securities in Taiwan and the second forBloombergacross the Atlantic.
5 – No M3 chip?
Finally, note that the 15-inch MacBook Air may not come with an M3 chip – contrary to market expectations. The new generation of Apple chips would therefore be late, and could not arrive until the end of the year.
So it's a chipM2which would equip the new MacBook Air. Despite everything, a component that is already very efficient, today with a CPU with eight cores, half of which are dedicated to very demanding tasks and a graphics card with eight or ten cores depending on the configuration chosen when ordering the 14.2 MacBook Air. inches.
