The 15-inch MacBook Air could launch as early as spring 2023, according to display market analyst Ross Young, who is citing knowledge of the panels that will be used in Apple’s next laptop.

This laptop would be the biggest Air yet. If Apple’s ultralight moved to date in 12- and 13-inch sizes, the new model would use a 15.5-inch panel and – at the level of screen size – it would be between 14 and 16 inches of the MacBook.

Apple is expected to keep the general design of the last Air presented at WWDC 2022, although it will have to “fatten” the chassis a bit unibody Due to the increase in size vs Thickness 13 mm and weight 1.24 kg 13 inch version. In any case, it will be one of the lightest on the market and a reference in ultraportables.

Your panel will continue with the technology Liquid Retina Display (IPS) with a native resolution above 2K. We don’t think Apple is offering the option of mini-LED screens or the MacBook Pro’s ProMotion technology to keep production costs as low as possible.

As for the main engine, we believe that the s Apple M2 SoC Given its performance in the Air 13, this will be enough, although the company could also offer a Pro version of its chipset in the highest configuration. Once the transition from Intel to ARM is consolidated in record time and with total success, Apple will have no problem continuing to develop ever more powerful engines.

in connectivity, Apple can use the larger size to offer some additional ports on the two Thunderbolt / USB 4 Air 13 and by the way put them on the other side of the laptop for more user comfort. It could also increase the size of the Magic Keyboard and Force Touch Trackpad. Apple will keep the audio system with four speakers and support for Dolby Atmos, as well as a 3.5mm headphone jack and support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5. It wouldn’t hurt if Apple took advantage of the larger size and included an Ethernet port, although this is unlikely.

It will retain the MagSafe connector for power recharging and an improved fast charging system, while it remains to be seen whether it can offer the stratospheric 18 hours (with video playback) of the smaller model. There will be a notch at the top center to house the FaceTime camera. Apple would offer several configurations depending on installed RAM (up to 24 GB) and SSD from 256 to 2 Tbytes for internal storage. We hope that Apple will respond to the drop in performance of the basic Air 13 SSDs, the only “but” of the current model.

Are you tempted by the 15-inch MacBook Air? I personally do. It would offer a significant increase in display capacity compared to smaller models while maintaining enormous lightness and autonomy, and without the need to jump to the much more expensive 16-inch MacBook Pro. We will tell you.