There’s usually a lull in the Apple rumor mill after a keynote, but this post-event week is going crazy with all the leaks made by various reputable sources. It now turns out, according to 9to5Mac, that the redesigned MacBook Air that would arrive this year yes they would carry a new M2 chip.
This contradicts the predictions of Ming-Chi Kuo, who said those same MacBook Airs would continue to sport the M1 chip. Sources disagree, but at least we know a new MacBook Air is in the works and it can happen in a few months. There is also a simple “MacBook” about which doubts are still circulating in preparation.
The M2 chip will come, but later
The source adds that the M2 chip that Apple is preparing has the internal codename of “Staten”, and agrees with other leaks saying that will feature a 10-core GPU and will be based on the A15 chip of the iPhone 13 and the new iPhone SE. They also comment that the M2 Pro, M2 Max and M2 Ultra chips are already in development with up to 24 CPU cores in the case of the M2 Ultra.
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2023: Mac Pro, iMac Pro and Mac mini https://t.co/NiloxXy0jv—Ming-Chi Kuo (@mingchikuo) March 11, 2022
Then, we have is tweeted by Ming-Chi Kuo, claiming the new Mac mini won’t arrive until 2023. The Mac Pro and iMac Pro would also be postponed to this date. It’s not in direct conflict with what 9to5Mac recently said (essentially the M2 and M2 Pro will be inside this Mac mini), but that computer was supposed to arrive in the fall at the latest.
Rarely are there so many contradictions, so the best we can do right now is wait. Next stop is WWDC22where we will mainly see the news of Apple software and services.
