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Kuo: 2022 MacBook Air to Feature M1 Chip, More Color Options and All-New Design
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I don’t believe anything until it comes out of mouth themselves.
if this is true, my guess is that the new Macbook Air design will be ultra thin but the rumored M2 will be too hot for the new design so that you'll have to wait for M3 when they release a cooler chip.
I got confused. I was like... "But Apple just released the iPad Air with M1 already today?!?". Then I realized it was MacBook Air. 
This actually kinda makes sense to me, to have the Air as the more inexpensive computer that lags behind in terms of SoC.
BTW, in 2021 I just bought a 2017 MacBook Air, manufactured in 2019, for the wife as a gift. It's fast enough for her needs and they're very inexpensive these days. Going forward if my kids or wife needed an updated new laptop, it'd likely be the Mx Air, even if the M chip is several years behind. No need to get the latest and greatest SoC for student or kitchen recipe computers, esp. considering how fast M1 is in the first place.
Well, they've done it before. 2015 MacBook Air with Broadwell Core i5 updated to 2017 MacBook Air... with Broadwell Core i5.
This actually kinda makes sense to me, to have the Air as the more inexpensive computer that lags behind in terms of SoC.
BTW, in 2021 I just bought a 2017 MacBook Air, manufactured in 2019, for the wife as a gift. It's fast enough for her needs and they're very inexpensive these days. Going forward if my kids or wife needed an updated new laptop, it'd likely be the Mx Air, even if the M chip is several years behind. No need to get the latest and greatest SoC for student or kitchen recipe computers, esp. considering how fast M1 is in the first place.
No. What was stated was that there was only one more Mac that needed to be transitioned to Apple Silicon. The MacBook Air has already transitioned to Apple Silicon.
The M1 is still a really good chip for the MBA, but at that point they should drop the 7c GPU model and go 8/8 all around as the standard also make a 16GB/512GB version as a base pre-config that gets sent to stores instead of being a BTO only option.
But something tells me there's no way they're gonna run the M1 again in the Air for a redesigned model, it's gotta be M2 for sure otherwise you're looking at fancy new colors and white bezel and keyboard as the only changes??
But something tells me there's no way they're gonna run the M1 again in the Air for a redesigned model, it's gotta be M2 for sure otherwise you're looking at fancy new colors and white bezel and keyboard as the only changes??
I'd say it was more ambiguous than that. He said, "Making our Apple silicon transition nearly complete. That just leaves one product to go, Mac Pro. But that is for another day." I guess they could just keep using these same M1(x) SoCs for for all their Macs for the next several years and still call the transition complete but that seems unlikely. The industry ridicule over Apple not transitioning its highest market share Mac product to the next generation Apple silicon would be something to see.
the m2 is predicted to be very similar in CPU performance as the m1 but will have 2 extra GPU cores. we already know that the macbook air cannot handle the thermals of the 8 GPU core option while heavy load, so 9-10 cores will definitely be too much for it to handle. if Kuo is correct, then i have to assume that the new macbook air will get a new chip once M3 arrives with smaller processes.
I have a baseline M1 MBA and an expensive 16" MBP M1Max from work (2TB/32GB RAM). For day to day use, I can barely notice the speed difference. Very slight. Of course their difference shows when performing more advanced tasks, which I don't do at home.
Absolutely. I would probably buy it, instead of the mac mini that I plan to get.I wish Apple would make an M series 12" Macbook.
By the way, I’m glad to see you again over here, I haven’t seen you in some time.
Hell, I'm typing on a Core i5 Mac mini from 2014. Works fine. I can notice occasional lags, but it's more than usable for my business type usage. Geekbench scores:
Core i5-4278U - 770/1675
Apple M1 - 1750/7725
So, even M1 is 2.25X as fast single-core, and a whopping 4.6X as fast multi-core, as compared to my current work desktop.
I'll be getting the next Mac mini, but I really don't care how fast the SoC is.
That Studio display is oriented to the higher-end Apple market.
These consumer-targeted MacBooks will undoubtedly follow the 24" iMac design language, lots of pastel/white. That part of the rumor is easiest to buy. Orange, green, or blue MacBook for first year of college? Flies off the shelf. People who want a black bezel will pay $1800+ for a MacBook Pro... Apple knows this.
Key Lime MacBook Air!!
That would be in contradiction to how Apple has handled the A-series chips for the phone from the A4 to the A15. It seems unlikely that they would change their pattern for the M-series chips.
Disagree. I had the 2016 2nd gen m7 or whatever intel was calling it’s highest end chip and it had lots of limitations.
I was taking 2 flights a week at that point in life, and for that purpose, it was amazing. But that keyboard was absolutely awful. Also, even maxed out, it just had too many performance bottle necks.
I’m not saying it was a bad computer, it wasn’t. It was a good niche fit, but it wasn’t Apple’s best laptop ever. Frankly, the current 16” takes that crown for me. Totally different use case now though.
I was taking 2 flights a week at that point in life, and for that purpose, it was amazing. But that keyboard was absolutely awful. Also, even maxed out, it just had too many performance bottle necks.
I’m not saying it was a bad computer, it wasn’t. It was a good niche fit, but it wasn’t Apple’s best laptop ever. Frankly, the current 16” takes that crown for me. Totally different use case now though.
Disagree. I had the 2016 2nd gen m7 or whatever intel was calling it’s highest end chip and it had lots of limitations.
I was taking 2 flights a week at that point in life, and for that purpose, it was amazing. But that keyboard was absolutely awful. Also, even maxed out, it just had too many performance bottle necks.
I’m not saying it was a bad computer, it wasn’t. It was a good niche fit, but it wasn’t Apple’s best laptop ever. Frankly, the current 16” takes that crown for me. Totally different use case now though.
its about is not Kuo twitter account
Wait until he makes his usual comments (not on twitter for sure)
when you know that the M2 runs cooler and have over 40% increase in gpu...you would want the M2 in late 2022 for sure. This twitter account is not KUO
+++ Totally agree x3. I still have my 2017 MacBook 12” and that would be a killer design. They could probably get 15 hours battery life out of it, too.
There have actually been credible rumors that not all of the upcoming iPhone 14 models will use A16. Prior to Kuo's report, I thought this was ridiculous. But after reading this Kuo report on MBA M1+, the iPhone rumor doesn't seem so outrageous.
The performance and efficiency cores of the M2 get a 200 Mhz bump (3.4 Ghz & 2.2 Ghz) respectively over the M1, and 9 or 10 GPU cores instead 7 or 8.
They don't make M1 with 9/10 GPU cores. The M2 however is very likely to be a 9/10 GPU core chip. With the economies of scale etc I really doubt they're going to make a special M1 with more GPU cores.
Looks like apple is busting their hump to find ways to reduce material and storage and shipping costs. For the pro lives it’s compact powerful designs. For the low end it’s let’s see how many things we can remove and still calm it an upgrade. The air sounds like the same model as before except less work to produce one since they are flat. The real question is, will they be the same price or will they throw in more ram and charge as much as it used to cost to bump up the ram in the older ones?and it still won’t have more ports. If they can call a dual processor m1 the fastest ever (they did that with g4 processors too) then we could get systems that are both cheaper to manufacture and sold for more than ever before. A win win for apple to be sure.