We may see the M4 MacBook Air as soon as March. In the PowerOn newsletter this weekend, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is readying itself for the launch of the upgraded laptop next month, Engadget reported.
The company is “preparing its marketing, sales and retail teams for the debut,” according to Gurman’s sources, and it’s letting inventory of the existing models wind down. The M4 MacBook Air is expected to come in two sizes, 13-inch and 15-inch, like the previous model.
Apple introduced the M3 MacBook Air last March, and unveiled its new M4 chip a few months later, bringing that first to the iPad Pro. In October, it refreshed the iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pros with the M4 family of chips. The MacBook Air is now due for its turn.
While it didn’t get the M4 chip in the fall, Apple did announce a long-awaited memory boost for the lineup at that time, with the M2 and M3 now starting at 16GB of RAM.
Cult of Mac reported: Apple’s M4-powered MacBook Air lineup will reportedly debut in March. The company is gearing up with the necessary marketing and sales preparations for the launch.
Stocks of the current M3 models are already dwindling ,with limited inventory at most stores.
Apple unveiled the M4 chip with its 2024 iPad Pro lineup in May 2024. Fabricated on TSMC’s newest 3nm node, the chip brings a massive uplift in performance and efficiency over previous M-series SoCs. This was followed by the M4 chips making their way into the MacBook Pros, iMac, and the refreshed Mac mini in late October.
Now, Apple is preparing to bring its newest M-series chip to the slimmest and lightest laptop lineup yet. Rumors that the M4 MacBook Air will launch in early 2025 have been circulating for a few months.
Inventory of the existing M3 MacBook Air is already running low on retail channels. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports in his lates Power On newsletter that Apple “has started preparing its marketing, sales and retail teams for the debut.”
Like the iPhone 16e, Apple will likely announce the M4 MacBook Air through a press release.
AppleInsider reported: The M4 MacBook Air has long been expected to release in early 2025, and a March date would make it a year since the last version was launched. Now Bloomberg says that Apple Stores and presumably the online Apple Store, are letting their inventory of the current model run down.
At present in AppleInsider Research, there are signs of availability changing. Base configurations are still showing a two-day shipping time, at least in major US cities.
However, configurations with greater SSD storage or RAM are now showing a delivery date between March 7 and March 11.