It is the moment that many of Apple users dread for their beloved Macs, the moment in which the company officially announces that a team becomes part of the vintage or obsolete models. At this moment everything may seem negative to the user who sees how his Mac that still works well, will be eliminated from possible repairs, official coverage, etc ...
In this case, the decision to put the 2012 MacBook Air on the vintage or obsolete list does not change, Apple will carry it out on August 31 and in this sense we have very good news for all users who continue to enjoy their MacBook Air and have no idea to change it. Apple adds official support to the devices until August 31, 2020.
It seems that the problem of the equipment in most cases is related to the stock of hardware that the company has, but in the case of the MacBook Air it is different. What they comment is that like the 2015 MacBook Pro that have official repair coverage until 2019 despite being on the obsolete list, the MacBook Air have enough spare parts in Apple's ships that it is possible to extend repairs despite being within this group of vintage equipment.
Even in the United States and Japan, users who have these outdated MacBook Airs and have a problem can send them in for repair, something that is exclusive to equipment that is not part of this group of vintage products. In any case, it is half good news and it is not good that our team becomes part of these very old models, but it is good that they hold up well and it is also better to know that if we have a problem with a component internal this could even be repaired by the official Apple service.
So what about the Airs from 2015, will those still get support, updates?