MacBook Air 2022 leak details remodeled design — expect new colors and no notch

MacBook Air 2022 leak details remodeled pattern — expect new colors and no notch

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Afterwards the flurry of Cyber Monday MacBook deals offer killer price cuts on the popular M1 MacBook Air, many Apple fans are now setting their sights on the upcoming MacBook Air 2022. According to a contempo leak, nosotros tin expect a colorful pattern revamp.

The new MacBook Air is expected to go far in mid-2022 with a mini-LED display and a new design, boasting a diversity of pastel color options, white borders, and a lack of notch. This is similar to Apple's recent iMac 2022, coming in hues of orange, red, xanthous, bluish, teal, purple and silver.

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Spotted by LeaksApplePro via CAD files, the MacBook Air's chassis looks similar to previous models; most notably with the M1 MacBook Pro. The real redesign comes in the color scheme, with the concept image showing off a white keyboard and brandish borders. Bezels announced to be noticeably thicker than the recent 2022 MacBook Pro. However, there evidently won't exist a notch on this new model.

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The leak also states the adjacent MacBook Air volition have an M2 chip, which has been rumored to be in production despite the revel of Apple'southward M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. Plus, we can expect MagSafe and a Thunderbolt port on the left side of the laptop, along with some other Thunderbolt port and an audio jack on the correct. While the post doesn't state what kind of Thunderbolt port we tin wait, it'due south likely to exist Thunderbolt 4.

Previous rumors indicate the MacBook Air 2022 will get smaller "by shrinking the border effectually the screen," and it volition retain its 13-inch brandish. This contradicts what is being shown in the concept image, then have this all in with a pinch of common salt. Bloomberg journalist Mack Gurman previously stated information technology volition be both thinner and lighter, and boast USB4 ports instead of Thunderbolt.

This isn't the first time we've seen this color scheme, as leaker Jon Prosser spilled the beans on the side by side MacBook Air'south iMac-like pattern refresh. Ian Zelbo created a fan-made concept of what the MacBook Air 2022 could expect like, detailing the soft pastel blueish finish that Prosser mentioned.

The MacBook Air 2022 is rumored to drop sometime in mid-2022, and so we even so have a while before Apple officially announces its next model. In the concurrently, check out the Cupertino tech giant's other rumored device: the iPhone SE 2022.

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