Apple's 2022 MacBook Air: Everything We Know

[newbmacuser2021]

You don’t even need a hole punch, just cut a hole in the digitizer part so that the lcd panel sits on top of the lens.

Camera -> Digitizer with Hole Punch -> LCD Panel -> Gorilla Glass

Then when you take a photo or video, simply do not light the pixels in the camera area where there is a hole in the digitizer.

 

[amartinez1660]

I’m on the “maybe it doesn’t need any exterior design changes” band. That laptop as it is its amazing.
My brother uses one daily and it looks so slick, performs so nice and lasts forever on battery… I don’t have one, I don’t need it but I want it, just can’t justify it.

The M1 having leapt on everyday tasks performance wise and some people even doing their daily video editing work on them… I don’t know, why mess with that? Minor refreshes where needed (screen bezels, tech, WiFi/Bluetooth/etc, slam M2, an amazing device continues on.

 

[alexjholland]

I can imagine this new coloured Macbook selling in far larger numbers than any previous Mac.

 

[newbmacuser2021]

If you apply the notch to the digitizer, which creates a solid u-shaped panel, then you have a dead zone near the camera where you can’t recognize touch. That’s fine!

Just swipe from the top right or top left corner.

Now you have an edge-to-edge display with a 1080p camera.

Who actually swipes from the exact center of the display anyway?

Gurman: Smaller notch on iPhone 13 to be followed by an even smaller notch on iPhone 14 in 2022

Apple has already been widely tipped to reduce the size of the notch on the ‘iPhone 13’ due in a few. Now Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is tipping that Apple will go one better with the sequel, the iPhone 14 which he says will feature an even smaller notch again.

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So the notch area would be a dead zone for touch.

EDIT: Which it already is, anyway.

 

[GuruZac]

Bring back the BlackBook please

Jut put a skin on your laptop. I threw a matte black Dbrand skin on my M1 Air.

 

[mazz0]

I don't get why he's coloured the shells based on the chin colour of the iMacs, rather than the shell colour.

 

[Miat]

Jesus, who the hell cares about the stupid wedge design. The point or the air is to be thin and light, regardless of the exact shape. The original wedge was just to create the ILLUSION that it was thinner than it actually was.

Again, focus on what really matters when it comes to the Air: lightness & smallness vs. performance. Focusing on the wedge, rather than the best shape to achieve those goals is just being myopic and shallow.

Yeah, nah. With respect, I think you're the one one being a bit myopic and shallow here.

The wedge shaped design of the existing Air is vastly superior, particularly for ergonomics.

The wedge shape actually is pretty good for ergonomics.

I agree. I have large hands and the wedge shape is much easier on my wrists, partly because they don't have to rest on a sharp upper edge, unlike on the MBPs.

Apple still have not rounded off that edge on the MBPs. It is past merely uncomfortable for me. It is bordering on unusable, certainly for any length of time. If I owned an MBP I would serious consider taking a small file and some sandpaper to that edge.

I can only think of two possible practical reasons to make the Air a box shape. First is to increase battery size, which is a legit reason, but much less of one now that Apple have got power consumption right down. Second is to add more ports. But extra ports is one of the key product differences between the Air and the Macbook Pros, so I doubt Apple are going to change that.

I really want them to keep the wedge shape, and black bezels and keyboards (or at least make them an option).

 

[Reason077]

I really, really hope it has more than one USB-C port. It would be a huge step backwards to go back to one port. Don't need MagSafe either thank you very much.

 

[ar_woodbury]

That design would make this a "plain" MacBook, not a MacBook Air - MacBook Air needs the iconic wedge design!!!

We all are thinking the same thing, right? The lineup for all of the product ranges should be Pro/“Entry”/mini/SE and the Air brand kind of has to go

 

[orthorim]

So True!
This M1 Air generation is near perfection. Super powerful for even most of all Pro tasks, fanless, light and portable, beautiful and for Apple standards not even very expensive,...
I am tempted to buy one, even when I currently do not need one...
Apple just should go the easy way for the next 5+ years instead of reinventing the wheel. Just update the internals every 1-2 years, add a Mag Safe connector, a better camera, and possibly change the screen to the mini LED technology in a couple of years (but no notch). Keep the entry model at 999 and the space grey, silver, gold, (+other colors) option.

Exact reasons I bought it even though I didn't "need" it.

But tuns out the air was faster and lasted longer on batter life, and didn't cook my hands / thighs, than my 16" i9 Intel book. So I sold the 16 to pay for half of a new 16.2 which I shall soon acquire.

Only thing I am missing is the screen real estate. But the Air is so small, so quiet (well - I mean it's literally sound-less), so fast, and lasts a really good while on battery, and most importantly looks amazing: No notch! No white bezel! It weighs less than a 12" iPad Pro + keyboard!

The "worse" screen it has compared to the pro - I am not so sure it's worse. It's not very bright but it's a lot easier on my eyes than the 16" i9 screen - I am not entirely sure why.

And no way this new Notch Book will have mini LED - I think that would make it heavier, and require a bigger battery (also making it heavier). Screen at max brightness was the main battery drain on the 16.

 

[jouster]

we've had white keyboards on Apple laptops and computers before. Perhaps before your time in the Apple-verse?
No issues with "Yellowing"

Mine had yellowing issues--on the trackpad and other parts of the case. I recall many others having similar discoloration at the time.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

this trackpad looks too goddamn small and narrow

 

[Warped9]

I’ve had a white keyboard (well, white keys) with my 2011 iMac for years and absolutely no issue of yellowing at all, but I guess thats just me.

I like the wedge shape of the current Air. It’s distinctive and more ergonomically sound. But no biggee if they change it. The Air designation only makes sense to emphasize the light weight of the device in relation to other like devices. If it’s thinner and lighter than the Pro models than it works, wedge shape or not. The Air designation no longer makes any sense on the iPad. The Mini designation makes little sense on the iPad given the device is more expensive than the regular iPad considering originally it cost less.

I know it’s subjective, but I really don’t get the hyperbole of outrage over white (or off-white) bezels and the possibility of a notch, calling it horrid, ugly or whatever. I never thought white bezels and a notch ruined the iPhone. If anything it made it distinctive from everything else on the market. It’s obsessing over something truly meaningless in the grand scheme of things.

But MR is where we get the vocal minority.

 

[Darth Tulhu]

I would be COMPLETELY ok with the machine in the renders.

I like the white bezels, and as long as the notch is treated like the MBPs (extra screen space) then I can live with it (even though I still don't like it).

This will make them iconic and instantly recognizable (which Apple is into), if the wedge shape really is gone (sadly).

 

[solarmon]

we've had white keyboards on Apple laptops and computers before. Perhaps before your time in the Apple-verse?
No issues with "Yellowing"

My MacBook circa ~2009 or 2010 was white. It got yellow just before the keyboard de-laminated and it went to computer heaven, with a snap, crackle and poop.

 

[Skewlovevism]

White bezels, colours, notches, just about everything you'll need to show you're using new stuff

Looking forward not to buy this one either.
(Notreally because of it being hideous, just short on $$$)

 

[Skewlovevism]

My MacBook circa ~2009 or 2010 was white. It got yellow just before the keyboard de-laminated and it went to computer heaven, with a snap, crackle and poop.

Are you sure it was a MacBook? Sound like a transformer to me. (Though those are usually of a car shape)

 

[emmab2006]

Sorry.. but these RUMOURS at this point are totally useless. why. Do posts like this, it isn’t Journalism, it’s Childish Guessing. Just Wait till it’s announced.

 

[Spock]

I don't care about the white bezels but a white notch would be a deal breaker for me.

 

[jmgregory1]

Colorful laptops are so '90s ?

There are a lot of people who never saw those G3 iBooks, and as much as we might look back at them and wonder how Apple could have produced something so ridiculous and toy-like (by today’s standards), back then they were unique and different than the clunky PC’s on the market, so they stood out. I’d venture to guess that the market is ready for a similar shift and a new colorful line of MacBooks will be a big hit, assuming they’ll offer better than M1 MBA specs in a more modern design.

 

[Yaboze]

I kind of like the Air the way it is now. It's iconic, both in name and with the wedge.

I wish it would remain with black bezels and black keys. I'd be happy with just new screen technology, reduced bezels, (but no notch), magsafe and a M2.

 

[Reason077]

I kind of like the Air the way it is now. It's iconic, both in name and with the wedge.

I wish it would remain with black bezels and black keys. I'd be happy with just new screen technology, reduced bezels, (but no notch), magsafe and a M2.

Agree except for MagSafe. It's just another proprietary Apple cable that we don't need. Lightning all over again. Just say "NO" to MAGSAFE!

 

[rikscha]

Apple is so close to a coherent naming convention across the board

Someone at Apple must be extremely excited about this. Dream is finally coming through

The air moniker doesn’t make any sense anymore not on the ipad or the Macbook where you just have two classes of products.

 

[azentropy]

I’ll never purchase for myself a system or monitor with light bezels ever again. I have enough history with them over the years to know it bothers my eyes.

 

[Beau10]

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