A MacBook Air with a 15-inch display has been in the rumor mill for about a year, and the release is now expected in early April. So far, the MacBook Air with 13.3" large display with M1 processor or 13.6 inch display with M2 processor.
The display of the new model should be 15.5 inches and DSCC Analyst Ross Young reports that production of the panel has now started. Business magazine Bloomberg had previously reported that the 15.5-inch MacBook Air could be released this spring, which Ross Young reiterated in December.
Aside from the general rumor about a larger MacBook Air with a display diagonal of 15.5 inches, details about the new notebook are still scarce. Apart from the display and the resulting larger dimensions, which would enable a larger battery and larger speakers, for example, it can currently be assumed that it is technically and visually a copy of the current 13.6-inch MacBook Air.
< h2 class="text-width text-h2" id="section_more_than_m2_also_in_macbook_air">More than M2 in MacBook Air too?
So far, the MacBook Air is only available with the M2 processor with an 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU, as is the case with the 13-inch version of the MacBook Pro. In the new models of the MacBook Pro 14 and 16, on the other hand, the M2 Pro and M2 Max are used. In the 14' MacBook Pro, the M2 Max is equipped with 12 CPU and 30 GPU cores, in the 16" MacBook Pro even with 12 CPU and 38 GPU cores. Whether a new 15.5" MacBook Air will offer an M2 Pro or even M2 Max instead of the normal M2, is currently still completely open.
MacBook Air earlier in two sizes
The 13.3-inch model with M1 processor could be discontinued with the launch of the 15.5-inch version. Apple has previously offered the MacBook Air in two sizes, but not larger, but smaller. In addition to a 13-inch model, Apple also had a MacBook Air with 11.6 inches (test) on offer.