Rumor: Thinner passively cooled 12″ MacBook Air won’t get MagSafe

According to new rumors about the arrival of a 12″ MacBook Air with ‘retina’ screen, that laptop will have a thinner housing without a MagSafe connector for the power supply. The thin laptop would be equipped with a USB type-c connection. .

The rumors come from Jack March, who previously released details about the 12-inch MacBook Air based on information from a source. March has no history of properly disclosing Apple information, but 9to5Mac says it has reason to that his information is correct. Rumors about the arrival of a new MacBook Air model with 12″ screen have been going on for some time.

The 12″ MacBook Air would be thinner than current models and would be passively cooled. The presence of an Intel soc of the Broadwell generation would make this possible, but it is not known whether the laptop will also get such a chip. There have been reports for some time that Apple is experimenting with MacBooks with their own socs, which may then be based on ARM, such as the chips of the iPhone and the iPad.

With the model, Apple would make the switch to usb type c, the usb connector that fits reversibly and thanks to support for usb 3.1, or Superspeed USB, achieves speeds of up to theoretical 10Gbit/s. On Monday it was announced that displayport can be combined with USB 3.1 and the standard also supports charging laptops. Apple has removed the MagSafe connection for the power supply, March claims, but it is unclear whether that decision is final about charging, he writes nothing more than “the new MacBook Air charges in a different way than what we have seen so far.” at Macs’.

Furthermore, the laptop would have thinner screen edges than the current Airs and there would be hardly any space next to the keyboard. However, the speakers would be visible between the keyboard and screen hinge. With the 15.6″ MacBook Pro, the speakers are currently visible next to the keyboard, with the other MacBooks they are integrated invisibly in the housing.