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It could also be an M2-flavored update to the notch-less $999 MacBook Air, in the vein of the M2 version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro. It could be a new model with an M3 chip, though the M2 model was just released in July, and the gap between the M1 and M2 Air was closer to a year and a half. It’s older, so it’s more likely to go on sale, and you wouldn’t be sacrificing much. Gurman's report has few details about the new 13-inch MacBook Air beyond the fact that it exists. The MacBook Air M1 is the better choice for those looking to save a bit of money. There's plenty of room in Apple's lineup for a model in between those two extremes for people who want to fit more on the screen at once or who need text and images to be larger so they're easier to see. LAPTOP/NETBOOK: APPLE MODEL AIR MGN63LL/A, APPLE - MAC OS 11.0, BIG SUR, 8 GB, APPLE M1, SPEED NOT SPECIFIED, 13 INCHES, 256GB SSD, NOTEBOOK / LAPTOP, NOT SPECIFIED, WITH CHARGER. The 15- to 17-inch PowerBook and MacBook Pro models always required a step up in CPU and GPU power that drove the price up the cheapest MacBook Air starts at $999, while the cheapest 16-inch MacBook Pro costs $2,499. Apple's consumer-focused laptops-from the old PowerPC iBook to the first Intel MacBooks to the current MacBook Air-have all ranged between 11 and 13 inches.

The 15-inch MacBook Air would be a new product category for Apple: a larger-screened laptop that costs less than a MacBook Pro. Further Reading Report reveals 15-inch MacBook Air release window, M2 Max core count
