We’ve been listening to rumors of a brand new redesigned MacBook Air for some time, and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has said a number of instances that it’s more likely to be unveiled at WWDC 2022. The brand new MacBook Air was “supposed” to be unveiled at Apple’s developer convention, in response to the journalist. He claims, although, that it is probably not obtainable in the entire deliberate colours.

Gurman reiterated in a sequence of tweets on Friday night time that the next-generation MacBook Air “had been deliberate to unveil at WWDC” subsequent week. In response to the journalist, provide issues brought on by Chinese language lockdowns are the one cause Apple would delay the debut of its new laptop computer presently.

These searching for a brand new M1 MacBook Air on Apple’s web site proper now; might have to attend as much as three weeks as a result of supply instances are longer than traditional. Even if Apple merchandise have been experiencing provide points, the MacBook Air is the one Mac with lengthier supply estimates, confirming speculations of a brand new mannequin arriving at WWDC.

New colours for the MacBook Air?

In response to one report, the next-generation MacBook Air will probably be obtainable in a wide range of contemporary colours, just like the M1 iMac; which is obtainable in blue, inexperienced, pink, silver, yellow, orange, and purple. Gurman, alternatively, now claims that the rumors are usually not completely right.

In response to the author, Apple will stick with the identical hues as the current MacBook Air; which is available in silver, house grey, and gold. The brand new gold, alternatively, will probably be extra like “champagne”; with the prospect of a brand new blue mannequin – however nothing extra.

In response to the most recent reviews, the subsequent MacBook Air can have a totally new design; influenced by the MacBook Professional 2021. A revamped show with shorter bezels, a MagSafe connector; and a redesigned keyboard with bigger operate buttons are all a part of the package deal. Different connectors, comparable to HDMI and an SD card reader, ought to, nevertheless, be for the Professional fashions.

The brand new MacBook Air (codenamed J413) may also include the brand new Apple Silicon “M2 chip”; which will probably be based mostly on the A15 Bionic CPU, in response to 9to5Mac earlier this yr. The M2 will embrace an 8-core CPU, just like the M1, however with a extra highly effective 10-core GPU.

The brand new M2 chip is will exchange the present entry-level M1; however not the M1 Professional, M1 Max, or M1 Extremely fashions. Apple can be engaged on extra highly effective M2 Professional, Max, and Extremely fashions for different Macs, though they are going to be launched later.