Apple just announced the new MacBook Pro laptops equipped with M1 Pro and M1 Max in the early morning of the 19th. Then there are rumors that Apple will launch new MacBook Air and iMac in 2022.
MacBook Air
There is no doubt that Apple’s new MacBook Pro screen uses a bangs design for the first time, which means that Apple’s MacBook Air screens will also use a bangs design.
It is rumored that the design of the MacBook Air laptop in 2022 will be similar to that of the MacBook Pro laptop; although the screen has a bang, the MacBook Air bang will be the same as the MacBook Pro, without the Face ID biometric function, because the laptop screen has a bang. Accommodates the video lens, ambient light sensor, and the green indicator light when the screen camera is turned on.
Exterior
Next year, the appearance of MacBook Air will be slightly different from existing products. If you are a MacBook Air user, you will know that when the MacBook Air screen is closed, the thickness of the notebook bearing end will be thicker than that of the open cover.
But in the future, Apple may design the MacBook Air to be thinner and make the thickness of the body more consistent.
MagSafe is back
In terms of charging technology, this time Apple’s MacBook Pro has returned to the MagSafe charging function that many fans miss; it is speculated that Apple may also return this function to the MacBook Air next year.
(Source: Apple)
M2 chip
In terms of processing chips, Apple has launched two new chips, M1 Pro and M1 Max, regardless of which chip can be configured in a 14- or 16-inch MacBook Pro according to user needs. What about the MacBook Air next year?
“MacRumors” reported that Apple should not install two chips on the entry-level MacBook, but the existing MacBook Air is equipped with the M1 chip. The most likely solution is to push another M1 chip’s successor product: M2.
Mini LED screen
Mini LED began to enter Apple products in the past two years; with the 12.9-inch iPad Pro and this MacBook Pro both equipped with Mini LED screens, it is predicted that next year MacBook Air may also be adopted.
Some people are also wondering, is it not a “Pro” MacBook Air that actually uses Mini LEDs? “MacRumors” believes that all new MacBook Pro products use Liquid Retina XDR displays. Even if the MacBook Air does not use the same screen, it can be expected that the product may be equipped with Mini LED variants.
27-inch iMac
In terms of 27-inch iMac products, Ross Young, CEO of DSCC, a display panel supply chain consultancy, also pointed out on Twitter earlier that in the first quarter of 2022, Apple will be able to see new 27-inch iMac products equipped with Mini LED displays.
The new 27-inch iMac will also have ProMotion technology, and the screen will provide an adaptive update rate of 24~120Hz.
OK, tweeted too early. The 27″ MiniLED screen is going in an iMac in Q1’22, not an external monitor. May see a monitor later. Still 24Hz – 120Hz variable refresh…Sorry for the confusion!
— Ross Young (@DSCCRoss) October 20, 2021
(Source of the first image: Science and Technology Newspaper)
