Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple's new MacBook Air to arrive this year with new design

09 March 2022
It's still going to run on Apple's M1 chip, though.

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AnonD-1030581, 09 Mar 2022Since apple now has almost on all devices an SE model (the ... moreI got mine for $860 over a year ago. I'm sure the M2 will be "faster", but what that means in real world will be where the problem lies. Personally I'd prefer more CPU cores and / or more RAM over anything else. But I bought my Macbook more as a device to get me away from Windows on the desktop. It can easily run my music production and dj software without any problems and was a pretty decent value for the money. Now I'm just waiting for Apex Legends anti-cheat on Linux and I can drop Windows like a bad habit.

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    Anonymous, 09 Mar 2022Don't buy apple product ,worst and expensive ever mehh

      Anonymous, 09 Mar 2022What intel or amd are ahead of m1 at 20W total package?it is not even 20watts.

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        • 10 Mar 2022

        New design with notch

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          • 09 Mar 2022

          Don't buy apple product ,worst and expensive ever

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            • 09 Mar 2022

            wow nice analysis. not like gurman already said that months ago. yawn

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              zodiacfml, 09 Mar 2022terrible. the M1 products are currently behind Intel and AM... moreWhat intel or amd are ahead of m1 at 20W total package?

                terrible. the M1 products are currently behind Intel and AMD. The new iPad Air now has the M1 at $600

                  Design Counts, 09 Mar 2022If it does, I'll suggest a massive boycott of Apple fo... morePop-up camera ain't a bad idea, although I have a feeling that they're waiting for UDC tech to get better so they can put the camera under the display eventually.

                  And then again like I said below, if they keep the same 720p camera then I doubt there will be a notch. But if they do upgrade it, either expect to see thicker bezels than the Pro (although might still be thinner than current Air), or it's notch time.
                  Although then again, I don't think they would do a white notch since they may make the bezels on the Air white and use colorful colors for the body, like the current iMac.

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                    FatShady, 09 Mar 2022league of legends is now a benchmark for macs? a potato can... morestill if you have 300 fps on that average game you still can make the benchmark for non metal api and non native game
                    or WoW native metal api

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                      FatShady, 09 Mar 2022league of legends is now a benchmark for macs? a potato can... morethe benchmark in gaming is those most populars games

                        dbjungle, 09 Mar 2022If Apple keeps reducing entry level price I think they can ... moreleague of legends is now a benchmark for macs? a potato can run that shitty toxic game.

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                          dbjungle, 09 Mar 2022If Apple keeps reducing entry level price I think they can ... moreSince apple now has almost on all devices an SE model (the budget model) i can see now with the mac too
                          So expect an entry level M1 Macbook air SE that will get a price cut and starts from $799 when the new Macbook air comes

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                            Anonymous, 09 Mar 2022Will it have a notch?If it does, I'll suggest a massive boycott of Apple for lazy design. During the keynote yesterday when they showed all their M1 powered products on a slide, the new MacBook Pros looks awful with the notch. To those who say it goes away when you use it. No it doesn't. We cannot mod our software, OS etc to suit notches and pin holes. How about a pop up camera?

                              If Apple keeps reducing entry level price I think they can start to grab more market share in the desktop OS segment. But... I don't think Apple will do that. I have the base model M1 Air and it's cool, it runs League of Legends pretty well. IMO, I see absolutely no incentive to upgrade without some key feature being added; 120Hz, mini LED or more CPU cores. Otherwise it'll have more or less the same real world performance as the first model. Personally, I would only upgrade for more CPU cores.

                                Anonymous, 09 Mar 2022Will it have a notch?If Apple ends up shrinking the bezels by a large margin and replaces the 720p cam, there could be a notch. If they don't and only shrink the bezels slightly, there won't be a notch for now.

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                                  Anonymous, 09 Mar 2022Will it have a notch?yes, if Apple place 1080p and thin bezels
                                  If they keep the 720p, then no need for notch

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                                    Will it have a notch?

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                                      • 09 Mar 2022

                                      It will not have M1, but the M2 based on the blizzard cores
                                      That twitter is not Kuos. Stop reading digitimes and this twitter account
                                      Digitimes are always wrong like the last M2 macbook pro at spring event