These are the Macs we're looking forward to in 2025

MacBook Air M4

The model that will launch the 2025 Mac versions will be the M4 upgrade of the MacBook Air, which will likely land between January and March. The current MacBook Air M3 was released in March 2024, so the M4 model will arrive about a year later.

With the 14-inch MacBook Pro M4, Apple introduced other changes to go along with the new chip: an additional Thunderbolt/USB 4 port, an increase in RAM from 8GB to 16GB, an option for nano-textured glass, and a Space Black. color possibility. Rumors indicate that the MacBook Air M4 will be little more than a chip upgrade, but any of these options could make an appearance.

Foundry

However, there is one functional change that will likely arrive with the MacBook Air M4. With the MacBook Air M3, you can run up to two external displays (one at 6K/60 Hz, the other at 5K/60 Hz) with the laptop closed. The MacBook Pro's M4 chip has a more robust bracket, where you can run two external displays in addition to the laptop's screen, for a total of three usable displays.

Now, perhaps thermal considerations prevent the MacBook Air's M4 from getting the same support as the MacBook Pro's M4, but we still think it's a likely upgrade. Additionally, Apple upgraded the MacBook Air M3 with 16GB of RAM when the Mac M4 was released, so it's a lock that the MacBook Air M4 will also start at 16GB.

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