We’ve been listening to rumors a couple of new MacBook Air for some time, however some particulars about it stay unclear. 9to5Mac has now heard from impartial sources that Apple is certainly engaged on a brand new technology MacBook Air in two totally different sizes: 13-inch and 15-inch.
Greater than that, the corporate additionally plans to introduce an up to date 13-inch MacBook Professional. What’s going to these laptops have in frequent? They are going to be powered by the M3 chip.
New MacBook Air and MacBook Professional with M3 chip
The information follows a Bloomberg report on Sunday that stated updates to the MacBook Air are “imminent” and that no less than one of many new fashions would have the M3 chip.
In accordance with 9to5Mac’s sources, the brand new 13-inch MacBook Air (codenamed J513) is already within the works with an M3 chip. It will likely be introduced together with a brand-new 15-inch model (codenamed J515), which may even have the M3 chip.
Previously, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo stated that Apple may launch the 15-inch MacBook Air powered by the M2 and M2 Professional chips in “early April.” Nevertheless, our sources say that the 15-inch mannequin will get the identical entry-level M3 chip as the brand new 13-inch MacBook Air. The chip may have an 8-core CPU identical to M1 and M2.
There’s no proof that any variations of the brand new MacBook Air might be outfitted with extra highly effective variations of the M3 chip, akin to M3 Professional. However these will not be the one new MacBooks Apple has been engaged on.
9to5Mac has realized that, identical to final yr, Apple additionally plans to refresh the 13-inch MacBook Professional with its newest Apple Silicon chip. Codenamed J504, the brand new entry-level MacBook Professional may even get the identical 8-core M3 chip as the brand new MacBook Air. Final yr, Apple even thought of dropping the “Professional” branding from this mannequin, however the firm appears to have given up on that concept.
Again in 2022, each Bloomberg and 9to5Mac additionally reported that Apple would skip the M2 chip for the iMac. The corporate’s all-in-one desktop is anticipated to get an up to date mannequin this yr with the M3 chip.
When will the brand new Macs be introduced?
It’s unclear at this level when precisely Apple plans to introduce all these new Macs. Nevertheless, Mark Gurman has prompt that no less than the brand new MacBook Air might be launched in June at WWDC. And since each the 13-inch and 15-inch fashions will function the M3 chip, it appears unlikely that Apple will announce new MacBooks within the first half of the yr.
It’s price noting that the M2 chip was introduced at WWDC 2022 together with the brand new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Professional, so it gained’t be a shock if Apple repeats the identical components this yr.
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