Gurman: M4 MacBook Air Models to Launch by March 'At the Latest'

Apple will begin selling new MacBook Air models featuring its latest M4 chip by March "at the latest," mirroring the time frame of the M3 MacBook Air launch last year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Apple last updated the MacBook Air line in March 2024.

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Gurman's comments appeared in his latest Power On newsletter, suggesting the reporter is no further forward on learning the exact release timing of new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models. Six days ago Gurman claimed that the machines would be introduced "within weeks."

A launch has been thought to be imminent for a while now. In fact, it was originally rumored to be planned as Apple's first hardware launch of the year. However, that is now likely to be the iPhone SE 4, which is expected to be announced on Wednesday.

Apple inadvertently confirmed the upcoming M4 ‌MacBook Air‌ machines back in December when the macOS Sequoia 15.2 software update included files for unreleased "Mac16,12" and "Mac16,13" machines. The files referenced the "‌‌MacBook Air‌‌ (13-inch, M4, 2025)" and the "‌‌MacBook Air‌‌ (15-inch, M4, 2025)."

Since then, we've just been waiting for the new ‌MacBook Air‌ models to launch. As Gurman pointed out last week, existing stock of the M3 ‌MacBook Air‌ models is dwindling, suggesting new models should be arriving soon.

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Reason077 Avatar
13 months ago

Glad Mr Gurman doesn't work for Weather Channel
BREAKING: Warmer temperatures to arrive by summer at the latest
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costica1234 Avatar
13 months ago
Can’t wait to replace my good old 15 inch mid-2015 MBP with this M4 Air. Hoping for a 32 GB RAM option.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
iPay Avatar
13 months ago
Glad Mr Gurman doesn't work for Weather Channel
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revs Avatar
13 months ago
I still have no reason at all to update my M1 Air, but yeah hopefully these models keep upping the RAM so that when I do need to update its at a decent level.
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Le0M Avatar
13 months ago

Why do you need 32gb of RAM on a MBA?
This way it would be future-ready.
It often happens that RAM is the main component which will cause low performance over installing new OS.
Having higher amount of ram will make the computer usable for longer.
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Junior117 Avatar
13 months ago

Why do you need 32gb of RAM on a MBA?
I can understand why you would say that, but at least for me, I'm already hitting disk swap (around ~12 GB worth). I do programming, virtual machines, and some graphic design, and 16 GB is just not enough for me anymore.
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