Informants point out that Apple should launch a larger MacBook Air in 2023, more precisely 15.5 inches, and this made some analysts consider that the 13″ MacBook Pro would be discontinued. However, Mark Gurman claims that this is not the case. case.
The Bloomberg analyst states that Apple’s idea is to increase the possibilities of choice for its users, so the 13″ MacBook Pro will not be abandoned. Furthermore, Gurman says that the new MacBook Air should not have an M3 chip, but M2, which may initially disappoint some users.
The analyst’s justification is that a MacBook Air with an M3 chip would steal the MacBook Pro’s space in the market, as users tend to prefer more powerful processors and a larger screen.
For comparison purposes, the 12-core Apple M2 Max chip should be only 6% more powerful than the Apple M3, which would certainly make consumers prefer a new MacBook Air with a more recent processor and a lower price, since notebooks in the line Pro are more expensive than the Air line.
In this way, Apple is betting on maintaining the most powerful and updated specifications in the Pro line, while the MacBook Air receives larger screens for those who want to consume multimedia content in a thin machine with a premium design.