Many reviews have been suggesting that Apple was engaged on a brand new MacBook Air for the start of this yr. Nevertheless, the corporate’s large March occasion has simply occurred and we didn’t see the discharge of such product. The corporate took the stage to disclose the brand new iPad Air in addition to a brand new iPhone SE 5G. Nevertheless, no sign of the MacBook Air has been seen. Now, the very dependable Mark Gurman from Bloomberg explains why we didn’t see a brand new MacBook Air on the stage.

Apple MacBook Air Professional is delayed to later this yr

In response to the journalist and business analyst, the corporate has delayed the redesigned MacBook Air till later this yr. So, the product might solely seem in September or in November this yr. November appears to be extra exact if you wish to maintain your breath for the brand new product. In any case, Apple has been constructing a strong observe file of releasing new MacBooks in November. The corporate will in all probability replace the MacBook lineup in November with a brand new set of Apple M sequence processors. That may really feel like the perfect alternative for the corporate to reveal the brand new MacBook Air. Nevertheless, don’t anticipate a Professional mannequin to land this yr.

The corporate has delayed the vanilla for later this yr, and the Professional mannequin has been delayed to 2023. That implies that the 14-inch and 16-inch fashions of the MacBook Professional received’t seem till the following yr. In response to Gurman, Apple initially deliberate to launch the brand new MacBook Air with “an all-new design, MagSafe, the M2 chip, and extra” on the finish of 2021 or early 2022. Nevertheless, the timeframe has now seemingly slipped to the second half of 2022. There are lots of variables to justify this, however maybe, the brand new lockdown in Shenzhen is among the causes. And even one thing that occurred earlier than, in any case, the business has been affected by constraints since 2020.

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects the mass manufacturing of the brand new MacBook Air to be in late Q2 2022 or early Q3 2022. He believes that the product will launch someday round September. Then, we return to the iPhone keynote which additionally appears to be a believable alternative, however not essentially the most. Apple often makes use of its September keynote to launch new Apple Watches and new iPad. However seeing new MacBooks there’s not very ordinary. Maybe, it’s time for a change.

MacBook Professionals with 14-inch and 16-inch received’t get vital upgrades this yr

Gurman says that he doesn’t anticipate Apple to replace the high-end and 16-inch MacBook Professional fashions this yr. Nevertheless, by 2023, an replace will carry the “Apple M2 Professional”, and “Apple M2 Max” chips. This yr, he believes, the corporate will reveal a traditional MacBook Professional with a 13-inch show and Apple M2 chip.