Kuo: 15-inch MacBook Air would possibly not be offering ‘M2 Professional’ chip configuration in any case

Rumors surrounding the long-awaited 15-inch MacBook Air are ramping up because the release nears. Lately, dependable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo studies that the device is more likely to characteristic the M2 chip within with two other configuration choices.

The M3 chip, in the meantime, is anticipated to go into mass manufacturing right through the second one part of the 12 months.

Kuo’s replace lately comes as a revision to his earlier main points at the 15-inch MacBook. Up to now, Kuo stated he wasn’t certain if this device can be branded as a “MacBook Air.” He now says, on the other hand, that it “will have to be named MacBook Air.”

The analyst had additionally in the past reported that the 15-inch MacBook Air can be to be had in M2 and M2 Professional configurations. In lately’s document, on the other hand, Kuo says the 2 choices are “much more likely to be M2 with other cores,” fairly than the M2 and M2 Professional.

With that during thoughts, Kuo says the M3 chip is anticipated to start mass manufacturing right through the second one part of the 12 months, adopted quickly via the M3 Professional and M3 Max permutations.

To reiterate, the approaching 15″ MacBook Air will characteristic the M2 sequence and be offering two processor spec choices. Alternatively, two choices are much more likely to be M2 with other cores (very similar to the M2 13″ MacBook Air).

Mass manufacturing of M3 chip is expected to start in 2H23, reasonably forward of M3 Professional and M3 Max.

After all, Kuo says that Apple is estimating 15-inch MacBook Air shipments of between 5 million and 6 million gadgets.

The present expectation is that the 15-inch MacBook Air will likely be introduced and launched someday this summer time. The possibly consequence is that the device is introduced at WWDC, which kicks off on. June 5.

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