The tipster had previously predicted Apple’s launch of new iPods and iMacs last year, and the timing makes sense; Apple has a tendency to announce new products in March, including the past five years. Although Apple Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo’s report on the new MacBooks indicated they weren’t set to launch until Q2 –which starts in April — it’s possible Apple may announce the products next week and make them available a couple of weeks later. Or perhaps Kuo’s timing was simply a little off. As a recap, the current MacBook Air is subject to the same potential for malfunctioning keys as the rest of Apple’s current line-up. The low-travel butterfly switches introduced with the 2015 MacBook are prone to getting gunk stuck inside of them that is difficult to remove; it eventually became bad enough that Apple reverted to a trusty scissor keyboard with last years 16-inch MacBook Pro. Of course, you can also expect a spec bump; as noted by MacRumors, the Air’s last update was in October 2018.
