New laptop looks to have an M2 processor.
It looks like Apple is getting its perfect laptop ready for market. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman on Friday, Apple has ramped up testing on “fresh Macs with processors on par with the current M2 chip.” Test logs seen by Bloomberg seem to indicate that Apple is testing what is likely a 15-inch MacBook Air.
The testing involves validity with third-party App Store apps, which Apple performs before a Mac is released to market. The chip in the tested laptop has eight processing cores (split with four performance cores and four efficiency cores) and 10 graphics cores, which fits the profile of Apple’s M2. The laptop was also tested with 8GB of memory, the standard configuration of the current MacBook Air.
Another key specification Bloomberg discovered is that the tested laptop has a screen resolution that’s equal to the 14-inch MacBook Pro. However, the 15-inch MacBook Air (like the current 13.3-inch MacBook Air) will likely use a Liquid Retina (LED) display that doesn’t offer the sharpness and brightness of the pricier Liquid Retina XDR (mini-LED) displays in the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro.
Read more at MacWorld.com