Kuo: 2022 MacBook Air to Feature M1 Chip, More Color Options and All-New DesignFollowing today's event that saw the introduction of the
Mac Studio, respected Apple analyst
Ming-Chi Kuo has provided some detail on the
MacBook Air, another Mac product that we're expecting to see refreshed later in the year.
According to Kuo, the
2022 MacBook Air will have an all-new form factor design and more color options. Previous rumors have suggested the new ‌MacBook Air‌ will not have a tapered design, with Apple instead favoring a more MacBook Pro-style look.
It is expected to be thinner and lighter, and it could come in color options similar to the 24-inch
iMac color options, like blue, green, pink, silver, yellow, orange, and purple. It is also rumored to feature off-white bezels and a matching off-white keyboard rather than black.
<div class="center-wrap"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Predictions for new MacBook Air in 2022:
1. Mass production in late 2Q22 or 3Q22
2. Processor: M1 chip
3. No mini-LED display
4. All-new form factor design
5. More color options</p>— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo)
March 9, 2022 <script async src="
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Kuo says the ‌MacBook Air‌ will feature an
M1 chip, which is not in line with any of the rumors that we've heard about the machine so far.
Everything we've heard previously about the ‌MacBook Air‌ says that the machine will use an
updated M2 chip with an 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU, and there have even been
signs of such a chip in
macOS Monterey. Despite this, Kuo has confirmed to
MacRumors that he believes the next ‌MacBook Air‌ will still be an ‌M1‌ chip, although he suggests it could be a modified version of the existing ‌M1‌ that is used.
As expected, the ‌MacBook Air‌ will not feature a mini-LED display, with Apple reserving that feature for its higher-end MacBook Pro models.
Kuo says that we can expect mass production to begin on the ‌MacBook Air‌ late in the second quarter of 2022 or in the third quarter of the year.<div class="linkback">Related Roundup:
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