Suspicions confirmed, one of the latest Apple-related leaks is new 15-inch MacBook Air won’t have an M3 chip, but will have built-in M2 chip as has been said recently. let’s remember this The current generation MacBook Air (13-inch) already has an M2 processor.

This is very bad news For users of the Apple ecosystem who are planning to upgrade their MacBook laptops. In fact, after the launch of this new 15-inch MacBook Air, the 13-inch model discount.

A new leak confirms that the 15-inch MacBook Air will feature an M2 chip

The earliest information on this topic (January 2023) showed that Apple is developing a 15-inch MacBook Air with the M3 chip, which will be released in the second half of this year, namely in 2023.

But a month later (February 2023), we discovered a new leak from DigiTimes that suggests the new MacBook Air will contain an M2 chip.

A user known as “yeux1122” on the Korean blog Naver mentioned this. TSMC manufacturing issues were not the reason for the decision to use the M2 chip instead of the M3 chip in the 15-inch MacBook Air.however, it prefers to be a “combination of factors” that includes market conditions and stock adjustments.

UPDATE: Ming-Chi Kuo, one of the most well-known analysts in the tech industry, has announced his predictions for the release of the 15-inch MacBook Air. According to his statements, it will have the M2 chip with two different configuration options and not the MacBook Air with the M2 Pro chip. He also added that the M3 chip will start mass production in the second half of 2023.

[Prediction update and revision]

1. The new 15″ MacBook model should be named MacBook Air.
2. To reiterate, the upcoming 15″ MacBook Air will include the M2 series and offer a choice of two processor features. However, the two options are more likely to be the M2 with different cores (similar… https://t.co/Co4YJhbXO3

— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) 20 April 2023

Apple forced to stop mass production of M2 chips at TSMC facilities

Recently (April 2023) a rumor stated that Apple was forced to temporarily suspend production of M2 chips. low demand MacBook products. Production still continues today, but only half of last year’s level.

A new Mac product is coming…

Apple launched two new MacBook Pro models in 2023. With the addition of new ones, both products are “super strong”. M2 Pro and M2 Max chips. If 2023 is on Mac mini M2 chip and one M2 Pro chip. We don’t know exactly which processor the 15-inch MacBook Air will house, but we are 99% sure it will belong to the M2 series.

Everything seems to indicate that Apple will unveil the new 15-inch MacBook Air at the WWDC 2023 special on June 5 at Apple Park. Additionally, the company may introduce Apple Reality Pro and software updates. iOS 17, iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS 14.