Hey guys it’s Vadim and I’m extremely excited because Jon Prosser was able to get his hands
on an actual image of the unreleased redesigned MacBook Air, so he worked
with Ian Zelbo on twitter to create some new renders, which are absolutely mind-blowing.
We’ve got white bezels, a white keyboard, new colors that basically match the ones from the
new iMac, and a completely flat design, and to be honest, it looks great in every single way!
But the point of this video is that from those renders and the details that Jon gave us,
we can actually pull a lot of new information, including some of the specs,
the chip that’s going into it, the actual name,
and more importantly, the release date of this new Macbook, so let’s get right into it!
The new keyboard is white, which makes total sense because the bezels are now confirmed to be white
by Jon Prosser, but going even deeper, the new iMac’s keyboard is white like it’s always been,
and Apple has just released a new white magic keyboard case for the iPad Pro,
so it shouldn’t be surprising that we’re getting a super clean-looking white keyboard.
Now a lot of you guys complained about it getting dirty,
but the keys on the current MacBooks already have special coatings that resist fingerprints.
And I love that little detail on Ian’s renders that shows that the Touch ID button will literally
match the one that’s on the new iMacs keyboard, which shows Apple’s focus on design consistency.
That same consistency is why they’re giving it the white bezels, just like they did for the iMac,
especially since we’re expecting the same exact colors as we’re getting with the iMac.
So white bezels on this MacBook are gonna look really nice,
especially in person, and they’ll make this Apple Silicon MacBook
easily recognizable compared to every other laptop out there.
But the big thing that I wanna talk about is the actual thickness of this MacBook,
which is gonna tell us a lot about it!
If you take a look at those renders, the thickness of the MacBook is barely larger than a USB-C port,
so that means there can’t be a USB-A port, or HDMI port which we’re expecting on the MacBook Pro.
Just look at this current MacBook Pro. The tapered design makes it a whole lot thicker,
so just imagine the flat edge where the USB-C ports sit to literally be
the thickness of the entire new MacBook. That’s absolutely insane
and I know that people are gonna lose their minds when they see this in person.
And based on that, I have a feeling that they’re just gonna call this
the “MacBook”, because this thing is basically as thin and small as it’s ever gonna get.
And on top of that, Mark Gurman says that the screen size will stay the same 13” but the body
will get smaller to fill in the bezels, so it’s gonna be smaller than the current Air,
so if they are ever gonna be reusing the simple MacBook name, it’s literally right now or never,
because they won’t be able to make another MacBook much thinner or smaller than this one.
So as far as the name, I’m still not 100% on it being named the MacBook,
so we’ll just have to see.
Going further, based on the renders, Jon Prosser says there’s just gonna be one USB 4 port on each
side of the MacBook, which is actually gonna be great because it makes it more convenient
compared to having them on one side like we currently have.
And according to Prosser, his renders don’t show the MagSafe charging connector,
but it might actually come with it in the end.
But now getting into some of the specs,
the crazy thinness shows that Apple’s probably gonna shoot for 2 pounds for
the marketed weight, matching the weight of the 12” MacBook that we used to have before.
And if you think about the 12” MacBook, it had a 40WH battery compared to the current
Macbook Air’s 50WH battery, so for this new MacBook,
Apple could probably fit in a 40-45WH battery with little issue, even in the thinner size,
since the wedge used to make it difficult to fit in the battery cells.
Now as far as the chip, I had a thought that they might just toss the in M1 chip again,
but now that I think about it, people are gonna get confused between this
and the already existing M1 MacBooks, so it needs to be known as the M2 MacBook.
And based on the incredible thinness of this new MacBook, there’s no way they’re putting
in a high-performance M1X chip in there. That’s gonna be exclusive to the Pro models,
so we’re getting the M2 chip, most likely with the same 8-core layout, just more efficient.
As far as some of the other specs, there’s a chance that Apple will introduce 5G connectivity
like they did for the iPad Pro, but we can’t really know for sure just yet.
Now moving to the bottom of the MacBooks case, Jon’s renders show these new strips
instead of the four rubber feet that we currently have, and here’s why.
Those strips look almost identical to the ones from the bottom of the current iMac stands,
and they give us two major advantages.
First off, those strips will likely take up less physical space inside of the MacBook Air,
and second, it’ll allow the MacBook to sit lower
or closer to the table instead of being lifted up on those 4 rubber feet.
So based on all of that, this MacBook is basically gonna revolutionize the industry all over again,
because there will be no Windows laptop anywhere near this thin and light, even
when they eventually switch to ARM-based chips, which is gonna happen sooner than you think.
But with all of that said, the last major question we have is when this MacBook
is gonna get released, and I think I’ve narrowed it down to two dates.
First off, this redesign is a huge deal,
so it deserves its own dedicated time slot at an official Apple event, so keep that in mind.
Both Ming-Chi Kuo and Digitimes claimed that this new Macbook redesign is coming in 2022,
but Mark Gurman, on the other hand, says it could come as soon as later this year,
but he’s still open to the possibility of a 2022 release date.
So in my mind, if it does come earlier, it’ll happen in either October or November,
whenever Apple hosts their Fall event.
But if it happens next year, I think it’s gonna happen in March, at their March event,
since I think the April Spring event was a one-off thing that they will not be repeating next year.
And I don’t think it’ll come any later than that because Jon Prosser has already seen an image of
all of this MacBooks Air’s prototype parts all laid out like this one, and I find it hard to
believe that Apple will wait a full year and a half until Late-2022 to release this MacBook.
But between the fall of this year and
March next year, it all depends on when Apple reveals the 14 and 16” MacBook Pros.
If they actually reveal them at WWDC a month from now,
then there’s actually a chance that we could see this new M2 MacBook this Fall,
since that would give us a few months in between the release of the M1X chip and the M2 chip.
But if that doesn’t happen, and those 14 and 16” Pros come this fall, I’m leaning
towards a March release date for this new M2 MacBook, since it’ll allow people to focus
on the M1X Pros for a few months before the M2 chip is released.
But who knows, we might actually get it this year, which would definitely be awesome.
So there you guys have it, those are my thoughts on these new renders for the M2 MacBook, if you
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