Apple May Release 15-Inch MacBook Air, New Mac Pro And More in 2023

Apple has a jam-packed slate of merchandise ready for 2023, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman predicted over the weekend. In his newest Energy On e-newsletter, the Apple-focused journalist says Apple is readying a slew of latest {hardware}, together with a 15-inch model of the MacBook Air, an M3 iMac, and a brand new Mac Professional, 9to5Mac reported Sunday. 

“Subsequent 12 months ought to be fairly jam-packed for Apple. Search for a 15-inch MacBook Air, new M3 iMac, the Mac Professional, up to date HomePod, Actuality Professional headset and a bigger iPad,” Gurman wrote. “There’s additionally the potential debut of the corporate’s mixed Apple TV, HomePod and FaceTime digital camera machine coming on the tail finish of the 12 months.”

Gurman additionally urged that Apple may skip the rumored October occasion centered on Macs and iPads, as beforehand reported by Digital Developments, since its remaining 2022 updates aren’t sufficient to warrant a full present.

The 2022 MacBook Air was launched in June and featured the primary full redesign of the sequence since its preliminary launch in 2008. The MacBook Air at present solely is available in a 13-inch mannequin, although Apple offered an 11-inch model till 2016. A 15-inch MacBook Air can be Apple’s solely laptop computer of that dimension, since its MacBook Professional lineup provides display sizes of 13-, 14-and 16-inches. 

The present iMac was launched in 2021 and options an M1 chip, whereas the Mac Professional is the one piece of Apple’s {hardware} that has but to see an improve to Apple’s personal silicone. The present model of Apple’s highly effective desktop runs on Intel processors and hasn’t seen an replace since late 2019. 

Apple’s sensible house machine, the HomePod, additionally hasn’t been touched shortly. The corporate launched a HomePod Mini in 2020, however the bigger HomePod hasn’t been refreshed since 2018. 

Although new iPads are anticipated to be introduced subsequent month, Gurman additionally says we might be in retailer for a fair bigger mannequin subsequent 12 months, although he would not specify which mannequin will obtain the brand new dimension, nor does he point out precisely how giant the display will get. 

Whereas Gurman’s predictions embody upgrades on previous units, he additionally anticipate to see new merchandise debut. 

There have been rumors about Apple’s Actuality Professional headset for some time now, and it seems that the digital actuality machine may make its debut in 2023. 

Lastly, a mixed Apple TV, HomePod and FaceTime digital camera product seems to be a transportable sensible house machine with a display for watching TV and taking FaceTime calls, within the vein of an Amazon’s Echo Present.