There is a shortage Mac Minis and Mac Studios, especially those with larger RAM configurations. Sometimes Apple stops producing the current models when new models are around the corner. Or, this could just be a result of demand and the global RAM shortage. Either way, there are a few indications that the Mac Studio models featuring the M5 Max and M5 Ultra chips could be announced in June (and released shortly after) with the updated Mac Minis likely coming in the fall.
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2027 MacBook Neo 2 With 12GB of RAM
The MacBook Neo 2 is already in development and it includes 50% more ram. Thus we’d firmly say that if you want the Neo wait if you can.
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M4 Macbook Air
We’re getting various reports about an imminent M4 Macbook Air launch. We’re hearing anything from late January to March. March seems more plausible as last March was the release of the M3 Macbook Air.
What should you expect to be different in this generation of the Macbook Air? The following is what we have gleaned so far (since the M4 chip is already out in other Apple products):
- Around a 20%+ performance improvement
- Better battery life (maybe an extra half-hour compared to the previous Macbook Air)
- Same starting price
- Same body
So not an exciting improvement, but for someone trying to decide whether or not they should wait the performance boost is not trivial and is likely worth waiting for if you don’t need a laptop today.
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New MacBook Air Laptops With M3 Chips
We’re happy to see an update to the MacBook Air models:
| 13-inch MacBook Air | 15-inch MacBook Air |
|---|---|
| 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display | 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display |
| M2 or M3 chip | M3 chip |
| Starts with 8-Core GPU | 10-Core GPU |
| Four-speaker sound system | Six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers |
| 52.6-watt-hour battery | 66.5-watt-hour battery |
| 30W USB-C Power Adapter or 35W Dual Port Compact Power Adapter | 35W Dual Port Compact Power Adapter |
| $1000 and up | $1300 and up |
Apple is saying these are 1.6X more powerful than the M1 versions which makes us think that this M3 version is not that much faster than than the M2 version but time will tell.