Apple needs to make this new iMac-inspired MacBook Air 2022

Apple needs to make this new iMac-inspired MacBook Air 2021

(Image credit: Ian "RendersByIan" Zelbo)

If y'all liked the await of the new iMac, then you'll love how its colorful blueprint works on the MacBook Air 2021.

The renders here were fabricated by Ian "Renders By Ian" Zelbo, and show what'southward finer a cross between the MacBook Air M1 and the newest all-in-one Mac. It'southward certainly practiced looking, plus a few of the pattern details are exactly what we'd look for in the next-gen MacBook Air.

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Starting with the pattern, Zelbo has used the aforementioned shade of blue that the new iMac uses. Nonetheless, unlike the iMac there's no two-tone result since, according to a follow-up tweet, Zelbo thought it looked odd.

The body itself is a picayune smaller than the current MacBook Air, which was accomplished by removing the curve from the pinnacle and lesser of the laptop. It all the same uses the aforementioned wedge shape, the defining blueprint feature that separates the MacBook Air from the flatter MacBook Pro.

To match the bolder color, Zelbo's MacBook Air has been given white bezels around the brandish and white keys instead of Apple's traditional blackness ones. These certainly fit better into this new design, particularly because Zelbo as well shrunk the bezels down in line with contempo rumors, which gives even more display space in the same-sized body.

On the sides are two USB-C ports and a 3.5mm headphone jack, just like the current MacBook Air. All the same you lot can also spot the return of a dedicated MagSafe charging port, something that's non appeared on any MacBook since 2017 but is rumored to exist returning. Because charging the current MacBook Air requires using one of only two USB inputs, perhaps bringing dorsum a dedicated charger is a good idea. Particularly since Apple has shown a renewed involvement in MagSafe recently by calculation a version of it to the iPhone 12.

At the height of the introductory epitome, Zelbo has made a logo based on the iPad Air's marketing images. Beneath that we meet a mention of an M1X chipset, the rumored successor to the outset-generation M1 fleck in the iMac, MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro. Yet Zelbo later on said this was an mistake. Although Apple will inevitably release an updated Apple tree Silicon chip, it'due south unlikely to arrive before long.

Sadly information technology's the same story with the MacBook Air. After receiving 2 updates last year, it could be a while earlier the next generation appears. The earliest information technology could emerge is tardily this year, only it could potentially be 2022 earlier the refresh happens. What we can probably await forwards to the appearance of other new Macs later in 2021, including a refreshed 16-inch MacBook Pro and a new xiv-inch MacBook Pro.

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Richard is a Tom's Guide staff writer based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, sound and whatever else people need advice on. Following on from his MA in Magazine Journalism at the University of Sheffield, he's likewise written for WIRED U.K., The Register and Creative Bloq. When not at work, he's likely thinking about how to brew the perfect cup of specialty coffee.