Poll: *** The official 2022 MacBook Air/13" MacBook Pro thread (it has the M2 chip, MagSafe and everything!) ***

[b0rn2sk8]

They have thunderbolt / USB4 so they can deal with a 10gb dongle no problem.

 

[Capitano]

M3? Probably more like M5-7 in my case.

Mrs Sk8 is still using an Intel MacBook Air she had had for for about 8 years and there is still no reason to upgrade it.

I currently have no laptop at all, so M3 is probably more than fine for me!

 

[b0rn2sk8]

I should have said, I have an M2 Air already.

Prior to that I had a Surface Pro 3 from 2014!

Based on a new chip coming every 18 months, it will probably be M8 by the time I’m looking to upgrade again.

 

[ChrisD.]

Based on a new chip coming every 18 months, it will probably be M8 by the time I’m looking to upgrade again.

That's a long time m8.

 

[Stu999]

I should have said, I have an M2 Air already.

Prior to that I had a Surface Pro 3 from 2014!

Based on a new chip coming every 18 months, it will probably be M8 by the time I’m looking to upgrade again.

U wot M8?!

 

[chaparral]

Does the macbook use Face ID to unlock like an iphone & iPad pro ?

 

[Throrik]

Does the macbook use Face ID to unlock like an iphone & iPad pro ?

No, touch ID for the newer models.

 

[chaparral]

No, touch ID for the newer models.

Thanks..

 

[ic1male]

So I guess now is not the right time to pick one of these [M2 MacBook Air] up. Chances that M3 MacBook Air will be coming in two months at WWDC?

 

[Feek]

Chances that M3 MacBook Air will be coming in two months at WWDC?

Zero.

 

[ic1male]

Zero.

Oooh. I thought the M2 chipset was being discontinued already because it was still using 5nm and not selling bucketloads.

 

[Jimbeam3678]

From my memory WWDC is almost always software based.

 

[HACO]

From my memory WWDC is almost always software based.

They announced hardware at WWDC 2022, 2019, 2017, etc...

 

[muttclugg]

So I guess now is not the right time to pick one of these [M2 MacBook Air] up. Chances that M3 MacBook Air will be coming in two months at WWDC?

If you wait until then, there will be the argument of waiting for the M4 chips (or whatever they might be called). Then it’ll be a case of waiting for the next chip and then the next. Might depend on if you need the extra performance or not….if you do, maybe wait but otherwise, the M2 should work for most people.

 

[Jimbeam3678]

They announced hardware at WWDC 2022, 2019, 2017, etc...

Thats me told I could have sworn WWDC is always software focused. Ah well every days a school day.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

I just don't see it, has not been out a year yet, M1 was on the market for nearly 20 months.

The Studio is still M1.

The speculation is a 15/16" Air but not M3.

 

[Throrik]

Thats me told I could have sworn WWDC is always software focused. Ah well every days a school day.

It is super software focused, but the keynote tends to have some hardware announcements over the years - people tend to forget that WWDC isn't just the keynote/presentation, but loads of workshops all centered around software/dev.

 

[HACO]

I just don't see it, has not been out a year yet, M1 was on the market for nearly 20 months.

The Studio is still M1.

The speculation is a 15/16" Air but not M3.

M1 was based on A14 uarch, M2 based on A15 uarch, and they've already released the A16 uarch with the latest iPhones. If they ever want to release a Mac chip based on A16, it's now.

I agree it's more likely that they'll just skip A16 and M3 will be based on A17 uarch and will come at the end of this year or early next year.

 

[Ixon]

The 15" MacBook Air will be still based on the M2 if they announce it at WWDC as it's to early for the M3, plus a cheeky £200 hike for the privilege of a couple more inches on the base 8/256GB config.
The M3 version your probably looking at early Summer next year.

 

[ChrisD.]

A 15" Air makes no sense at all to me.