Apple has pushed the MacBook Air as one of the best laptops for consumers for nearly two decades, but the next macOS laptop will leave many in the community disappointed.
as one of the best laptops for consumers for nearly two decades. Given that, why is it waiting nearly a year to put the latest Apple Silicon technology into a new macOS laptop?When Apple moved away from Intel-based Macs to using its own Apple Silicon chips, it started with the consumer-focused laptops . The MacBook Air and MacBook ProThen something changed. Apple ’s launch of the Apple Silicon M3 chip took place as expected in the fall, but it debuted in the iMac and the MacBook Pro.
The new technology finally appeared in the MacBook Air six months after its debut. With Apple moving to a twelve-month product cycle, the next M4 launched six months after the MacBook Air’s M3 version was launched. Again, the MacBook Pro debuted up the M4, M4 Pro and M4 Max chipsets.The MacBook Air is currently stuck on the M3 chipset launched in October 2023.
That’s not the only disappointment for the MacBook Air community. While the popular laptop sits on the sidelines, the iPad Pro is taking much of the kudos; this year saw the M4 debut not on the Mac platform, but on the iPad platform, with the seventh generation iPad Pro released in May.is reporting on the next Apple Silicon chip, the presumptively named M5. It’s set to debut in the second quarter of 2025, but not in a deskbound Mac and not in a MacBook Pro.
Macbook Pro Macbook Air Macos Apple Silicon M4 M5 Ipad Pro Release Date Specs
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Apple MacBook Black Friday deals include the M2 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM for $749Lawrence is a contributing reporter at Engadget, specializing in our AI overlords, musical doodads and, of course, garden variety gaming and tech. To that end, Lawrence once lost badly in multiplayer Mario to Nintendo’s own Shigeru Miyamoto, who laughed gleefully as he threw him down a pit.
Read more »
Best Black Friday MacBook deals: MacBook Air M2 is 25% offYou're going to want to take advantage of these Black Friday MacBook deals if you're interested in buying any of Apple's laptops, but you have to act fast.
Read more »
Apple faces challenges with bringing OLED to the MacBook AirOLED displays are new and expensive, and it seems Apple is struggling to bring the costs down enough to make an OLED MacBook Air possible.
Read more »
Apple's M2 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM drops to $749 ahead of Black FridayLawrence is a contributing reporter at Engadget, specializing in our AI overlords, musical doodads and, of course, garden variety gaming and tech. To that end, Lawrence once lost badly in multiplayer Mario to Nintendo’s own Shigeru Miyamoto, who laughed gleefully as he threw him down a pit.
Read more »
Apple Black Friday deals discount the M3 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM to $899Kris Holt joined Engadget as a contributing reporter on the news desk in 2018. He has been writing about technology, games, streaming and entertainment for over a decade after starting his career as a sub-editor on a local newspaper. Kris holds a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Dundee.
Read more »
Forget About The Apple Store, Amazon Is Crushing The Prices Of The 2024 MacBook AirAmazon kicks off Black Friday Week with record-low prices on the 2024 MacBook Air.
Read more »