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15-Inch MacBook Air With M2-Like Chip Spotted in Developer Logs
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I have a feeling that notch will stay for quite a few years, going by earlier presedence for design refreshes.
Just have to learn to tolerate it. Though it does suck and nobody will miss it when it's gone.
Not complaining about the increased vertical space (which is nice) but the notch is artificially big when just housing a camera.
How varied the 15" MBA rumors are per MacWorld
15-inch MacBook Air: Ross Young of Display Supply Chain Consultants first claimed the display would measure 15.2 inches, then later 15.5 inches. Ming-Chi Kuo said it would have both M2 and M2 Pro options, while Digitimes saying just an M2 (with 8-core and 10-core options) and Mark Gurman is entirely unsure, speculating that it could get the M3.
See listen to multiple rumor spinners and they all talk the talk but walk different directions.
Provide more longevity.
I don't buy new every few years. If I got the current M2 Air I think it would be good for less time than if it was an M3 Air.
Every generational jump is not the same.
Meaning with the same core count for cpu and GPU. As opposed to an M2 Pro-like chip with more cores."M2-like"? "On par with M2"? "Or a very similar chip"? What is THAT?
M2+? M2.5? M2 Junior Pro? (Or borrowing from AT&T 5G marketing before actual 5G) M2 Evolution? M1 Nitro/XL/Deluxe/<other marketing suffix>?
The status tell you the core count but don’t tell you which chip generation this is.
Thank you. I appreciate the real world comparison. Sounds like the Air would still be a better choice for me.
It was a clever solution that allowed them to increase the size of the screen without increasing the size of the case. They did a good job of setting up app sizing and menu layout to work with the notch. As they are able to reduce the size of all those components, they will be able to reduce the notch. In the meantime, a lot of people who are bothered by a dark notch in a light menubar have used the several apps that are available to make your menubar dark to make the notch not stand out.
A 15” would like not be any heavier than the 14” MBP. While it will be wider and taller, it will be a lot less thick and have less battery.
the other comparison is to the 16” MBP and a 15“ Air will be at least a pound lighter than that one.
Is it bad to want this when I already have an M1Max?
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- If you did a uniform scale from 13.6” to 15” you’d get 2.98 pounds. (15/13.6)*2.7=2.978
- If you did a uniform scale from 13.6” to 15.5” you’d get 3.07 pounds.(15/13.6)*2.7=3.077
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You're definitely not the only one. I didn't buy the Air M2 because of the unibrow. There will be a day when Job's zen-elegant simplicity returns... Maybe it'll take a new CEO that disparages gimmicks.
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BTW this latest Mark Gurman report also says the following besides discussing his view on 15" MBA
That would indeed be a much bigger disappointment than the M2.
Gurman never says anything with certainty unless it's already known. When he makes predictions, they're always vague so he can backtrack or he's just flat out wrong.
It’s a completely new size of a model they’ve never done, regardless if chip they’re not gonna keep the same version number.The current M2 products are as follows:
Mac14,7 - 13" MBP M2
Mac14,5/9 - 14" MBP M2
Mac14,6/10 - 16" MBP M2
Mac14,2 - 13" MBA M2
Mac14,3/12 - Mac Mini M2
And this is Mac15,3? Yeah, I'm sure Apple just incremented the major version number for no reason and it's totally staying with M2.
(and before someone asks, the Mac Studio is Mac13,1/2).
I thought their Q1 drop was even higher at 40.5%.
Since these are worldwide figures I think it shows the impact of Apple's price increases over the last year.
The M2 Air, for example, is a fine machine, but ÂŁ250 more expensive than the M1 it sort of replaced (Apple kept the M1 around at the same price but really it's a price increase in disguise for the Air) and RAM and storage prices are still ludicrous.
Add in generally how Apple has passed on exchange rates and inflation through price increases in many product categories and it's more than understandable that sales are down globally.
I'm not sure a 15" Air will be enough to at the moment to stop the bleeding for the moment. This is, btw, not an Apple doomsday post. Everyone is down, but Apple more so right now and I think pricing is a key part of that. The other, probably, that there is just no reason to upgrade from an M1 after the pandemic boom.
I would love a machine like this but only if it supported two external displays.
I just had to buy a new MacBook for work. It would have totally been the M2 Air with 16GB RAM, except for the fact that an M2 cannot support more than one external display. I went for a 14" M1 Pro base model (refurb) instead.
I just had to buy a new MacBook for work. It would have totally been the M2 Air with 16GB RAM, except for the fact that an M2 cannot support more than one external display. I went for a 14" M1 Pro base model (refurb) instead.
Yea and 3.45 lbs is also between those ranges, and would still be a lighter machine. If the screen indeed is 15.5” as rumored, it’s reasonable to see it as a competitor to the 16.2” MBP, not the 14.2” MBP, making weight even more of a selling point. The difference between the 11” and 13” Airs was only .58 pounds. A dated comparison for sure, but shows that it doesn’t take much to increase the size of a MBA screen.
The M2 Macs have no reason to exist. Consumers are wisely staying away.
Only if you believe M2 Pro/Max 14" 16" MBPs, and the M2/Pro Mac mini are being totally ignored by consumers around the world right.
Mark Gurman knows less than me, he's not even a good speculator. I've been tell you for the last 6 months nothing this year is going to ship with anything other than an M2 based processor. You're all trying to jump three steps ahead, you won't see M3 until M1 Ultra isn't the most powerful processor in Apple's line up.
1. Yes they do 2. No they aren't. 3. What a silly comment.
Yeah, I guess we’ll have the M3 by spring of next year. Hopefully in a third -smaller- screen size. And hopefully, M3 will come with 16GB of RAM as base conf… oh, who am I kidding?8GB base memory still? That means $200 to upgrade to 16GB.
And the base model will have the slow 256GB SSD too.
Oh, Apple....