This the final Air design of the MacBook Air 2022

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1 Jan, 2022

We've been pondering for some time what the new MacBook Air 2022 might look like, a team that, if all goes according to plan, should be released between the first and second quarters of next year. Everything seemed to indicate that Apple was going to turn to a design inspired by the next-generation iMac, which left us with a line with rounded shades and a clear commitment to color, at least in theory.

Those rumors have been building over time, and now new information has reinforced them. What we see in the cover image shows what the final design of the MacBook Air 2022 might look like, and as we predicted, there are significant changes that affect both the line of the laptop and the use of color, which features an obvious pastel touch. It is still not clear, but it is said that this new equipment could be available in the same shades as the iMac series.

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On the hardware side, significant improvements are also expected. The MacBook Air 2022 is expected to debut a new SoC, specifically the Apple M2, a chip that is expected to represent the beginnings of a new generation on which, later, the Apple M2 Pro and Apple M2 Max would sit. We don't have any details about its possible specifications, but due to the current situation in the world of semiconductors, and due to the launch date that the said equipment would have, it is very likely that this new SoC will use TSMC's improved 5 nm process. This is identified as N4.

Given that the Apple M1 SoC has a configuration, at CPU level, of 8 cores divided into two blocks, a high-efficiency quad-core and a high-performance quad-core, we will most likely see an increase in the maximum number of cores on the chip that will give life to the MacBook Air 2022, as well as an improvement in the IPC thanks to the use of a new architecture. There is nothing definitive, but voices are ringing that indicate a number of 12 cores, 8 high performance and 4 high efficiency.

The M2 MacBook Air This is how it will look

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The M2 MacBook Air CAD files.

Available to download, you just need a CAD viewer.

Link: google drive

Regarding the sales price of the MacBook Air 2022, it is very likely that we will see an increase compared to the current model, derived from the higher costs that Apple is facing due to the supply problems that the technology sector is experiencing.