A new report claims Apple is about to kill off the M1 MacBook Air once and for all. That’s a good thing, but the outlook isn’t entirely positive for Mac fans.
In 2020, Apple started a Herculean undertaking: transitioning its Macs to Apple Silicon. Despite its success, there’s been one Mac that Apple has kept in the lineup since its initial launch over three years ago. The M1 MacBook Air.
But now, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman has just asserted that Apple will soon make a major change to the MacBook Air to finally bring it into the modern age, leaving behind its outdated processor once and for all. This can only be good news for Apple fans. As I’ve argued previously, there’s not really any reason to buy the M1 MacBook Air over its M2 successor these days. Without the M1 in the picture, people seeking out Apple’s lightest laptop would have much better options to choose from.There are still problems
According to Gurman, the M3 MacBook Air is set to arrive in just a few months. That might finally signal the end of the M1 version (which Apple still sells), with Apple potentially phasing this model out as soon as the M3 MacBook Air becomes available. Once that happens, the M2 MacBook Air would become the entry-level option in the lineup and would presumably take on the $999 price tag that the current M1 model enjoys.
