Going into Apple’s “Peek performance” occasion on Tuesday, we hoped—nevertheless unlikely it was—that Apple would debut a brand new MacGuide Pro and MacGuide Air to exchange the merchandise launched again in 2020. Alas, when Time Cook walked off the digital stage, no laptop computer had been revealed. Instead, we acquired a brand new iPhone SE, iPad Air, Mac Studio (working the M1 Ultra chip), and Studio Display monitor.

So, what’s happening with Apple’s notebooks? According to dependable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (by way of 9to5Mac), the subsequent MacGuide Air will go into mass manufacturing in late Q2 or Q3 of this 12 months. Even extra attention-grabbing are among the daring claims he made in regards to the 13-inch laptop computer.

Starting with the excellent news: Kuo says the MacGuide Air will probably be redesigned with an “all-new” kind issue and extra colour choices. What precisely that may appear to be stays a thriller; it’s onerous to ascertain what kind of modifications Apple may make to this glossy laptop computer. It may probably trim down the bezels even additional and introduce a notch (we nope not), or maybe re-sculpt the perimeters and corners.

An “all-new form factor design” suggests a transfer away from an ordinary clamshell. However, there are not any indications of Apple pursuing a 2-in-1 design or one thing related. The firm is supposedly contemplating making a foldable iPad/MacGuide hybrid, however that machine isn’t anticipated to reach for one more few years—if it does in any respect.

Apple has lengthy held agency on promoting its Mac merchandise in stuffy silver and grey finishes however just lately opened its eyes with the iMac, which is out there in seven colourful hues. If the subsequent MacGuide Air matches the iMac, as previous rumors have advised, it may very well be out there in inexperienced, blue, yellow, orange, pink, purple, and silver.

As for the not-so-good information, Kuo says the MacGuide Pro will proceed to run on Apple’s M1 processor as a substitute of being upgraded to the much-anticipated M2. Interestingly, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman beforehand reported that the redesigned MacGuide Air would run on an M2 chip. I wouldn’t pass over the potential for an upgraded M1 (I shiver to consider what Apple would identify it).

Whatever the case, it’s straightforward to see why Apple would forgo equipping the MacGuide Air with an M2. As it stands, not a lot separates the MacGuide Air from the MacGuide Pro 13: they run on the identical processor, have 13-inch panels, and even share the identical port choice. Reserving the M2 for the Pro would give it room to breathe and convey it nearer to parity with the opposite “Pro” fashions. That mentioned, in accordance with Kuo and Gurman, neither the Air nor Pro are anticipated to obtain the mini-LED shows discovered on the MacGuide Pro 14 and 16.