If you’ve been keeping tabs on the latest in tech, you’d know that Apple has scheduled a launch event for October 30 in Brooklyn, New York. Though the invite simply hints at the arrival of a new iPad, along with an upgraded Apple Pencil 2, the Cupertino giant is long-rumored to unveil fresh new MacBooks and a modular Mac Pro as well.
The biggest upgrade for the new MacBook Air, also the most important one, would be the CPU. The aging MacBook Air is powered by three-year-old 5th-gen Intel Core processors and it’s disheartening to see in 2018.
While there has been a myriad of rumors about MacBook Air’s internal refresh in the past few months, there’s still no concrete evidence of what Apple would ultimately settle with. The rumor mill has suggested an upgrade to 8th-gen Intel Core processors and it does look like the most plausible option.
As reported by multiple sources in the past, Apple will finally add a Retina display to its upcoming MacBook Air to bring it up to par with the rest of the MacBook lineup.
This would be a significant upgrade for MacBook Air, which has the most outdated screen on any Apple product right now.
Apart from powerful internals and a gorgeous Retina display, Apple is also expected to cut down on bezels, as well as change the ports with the MacBook Air refresh.
If you have been expecting the Touch Bar to make its way down from the MacBook Pro to the forthcoming MacBook Air lineup, you’re probably going to be disappointed.
Though the MacBook Air is certainly the one we’d like to receive a refresh at the October 30th event, we wouldn’t want the existing 12-inch MacBook, with a Retina display, to be left behind either. We expect Apple to upgrade the internals, further trim the bezels and bring a new fanless build to this MacBook but without a big price bump.
