Apple is rumored to be planning a 15-inch MacBook Air for 2023, however now not plans to launch the mysterious 12-inch mannequin anytime quickly, based on Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman (opens in new tab).
Discussing Apple’s Mac lineup in 2023, which is anticipated to incorporate the brand new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional fashions with M2 Professional and M2 Max, Gurman states {that a} 15-inch MacBook Air is deliberate for this yr. This might be the primary MacBook Air to interrupt from the 13.3-inch show dimension, with phrase of the 15.5-inch show dimension popping up final yr.
Gurman additionally notes that the anticipated 12-inch MacBook is “now not on Apple’s near-term highway map,” indicating {that a} smaller Apple laptop computer will not be coming anytime quickly. Nonetheless, as beforehand reported, it might arrive in early 2024 as a substitute. It will be the corporate’s tiniest laptop computer because the 12-inch MacBook, which launched in 2015; Apple discontinued it in 2019.
Each Apple trackers Ming-Chi Kuo and Mark Gurman have indicated the brand new 15-inch mannequin for a spring 2023 launch, that means we might see it at Apple’s regular WWDC occasion in June.
We will anticipate it to look just like the M2 MacBook Air, seeing because it was solely not too long ago revamped. However phrase on the road is will probably be related in dimension to the 16-inch MacBook Professional, albeit protecting its regular logos like its skinny and lightweight design.Â
It is nonetheless unsure what Apple will reveal in 2023, however Gurman claims this yr will likely be all about its Apple AR/VR headset. Apple’s blended actuality headset is more likely to launch at a spring occasion or Apple WWDC in 2023, based on analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (opens in new tab) on Twitter, because the AR/VR headset has been delayed as a consequence of a few “points.”
Whereas we wait to see what Apple has up its sleeve in 2023, discover out why MacBooks value a lot.Â
