Apple MacBook Air with M2 CPU goes on sale July 8, ships July 15

Apple’s next MacBook Air with M2 processor finally has a shipping date. After waiting a bit longer than usual, the new $1,199 laptop will start shipping on July 15, with pre-orders opening on July 8 at 8am ET. the 13-inch MacBook Pro with a touch bar announced alongside him at WWDC 2022 is available now. While that familiar-looking model was the first to come out with the second-generation chip, this MacBook Air offers a lot more new stuff, like a MagSafe charger, a 1080p webcam, and a revised design with a 13.6-inch screen. of inches.

Although the new MacBook Air starts at a lower price than its 13-inch Pro counterpart, it’s certainly the most colorful and unique looking. Unlike previous Air laptops, it moves away from a wedge-shaped design to a more conventional slab and comes in a new darker color.

In our little hands on With a demo unit after the WWDC announcement, the Air’s thinness and lightness were immediately noticeable: it’s just 11mm thin and weighs 2.7lbs. It now has a notch at the top of its larger screen, much like the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros with M1 Pro and M1 Max processors, though that seems like a much more attractive trade-off compared to a Touch Bar like the Pro. 13 inches with M2.

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However, we’ll have to see how the new MacBook Air’s new specs and design deliver when we spend more time with it. on paper there seems to be a lot of promise.