The MacBook Air Could Finally Be Getting A Bigger Screen In 2023
Apple is planning to go big with the MacBook Air, with the company reportedly eyeing a refreshed model with a 15-inch display that is slated to arrive in 2023. Rumors about a larger MacBook Air first started making rounds in January 2021 when a report claimed that Apple was considering a 15-inch model. Interestingly, internal documents unearthed as part of the Apple vs Epic trial also revealed that at some point, Apple had plans of supersizing the MacBook Air's screen real estate.
While a larger MacBook Air is yet to make it to market, Apple has played around with the screen size in the past. For several years, Apple sold an 11-inch MacBook Air, before finally discontinuing the model in 2016. A slight upgrade was made when the short-lived MacBook arrived with a 12-inch Retina display. Ever since, the MacBook Air portfolio has remained loyal to its 13-inch form factor, and its highly anticipated redesigned version rumored to arrive later in 2022 will reportedly stick to the same screen size.
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Rumors about a 15-inch MacBook Air have once again popped up online, and from a fairly reliable source too. As per the latest quarterly edition of its industry report, Display Supply Chain Consultants (via MacRumors) says Apple is planning to launch a 15-inch MacBook Air in 2023. The report doesn’t go into detail about the device’s internal hardware. If one were to take an educated guess, however, the notebook might come armed with the next-gen Apple M2 silicon that's expected to find its way inside a ton of Mac hardware in 2022 and 2023. Just like the M1 lineup, Apple is expected to launch more powerful versions tentatively going by the names M2 Pro, M2
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