A 12-inch MacBook is the only affordable Mac I want from Apple

A 'Cheap' MacBook With an iPhone Chip Could Bring Battery Life Like We've Never Seen Before

This unconventional combo makes total sense.

A 12-inch MacBook is the only affordable Mac I want from Apple

$599 FTW

Apple May Be Developing a Budget MacBook Powered by the A18 Pro Chip Found in the Current iPhone 16

Apple’s MacBook lineup has always been the shiny gold standard—sleek, smooth, and yeah, pricey enough to make your bank account sweat a little. But word on the street, thanks to supply chain guru Ming-Chi Kuo, is that Apple’s got something fresh in the works: a 13-inch MacBook running on the iPhone 16 Pro’s A18 Pro [...]

Apple preps more-affordable MacBook with 13-inch display with A18 Pro chip – Ming-Chi Kuo

Apple is preparing a more affordable entry-level MacBook, slated for mass production in late Q4 2025 or early Q1 2026, featuring a roughly 13-inch display and powered by Apple's A18 Pro processor, according to TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The new A18 Pro chip is designed with industry-leading compute power to propel Apple Intelligence, ushering in a new era of pro performance. Built with second-generation 3-nanometer technol…

Apple Experiments with iPhone Chip in Budget MacBook Model

Apple has long designed its own A‑series chips for the iPhone and iPad. Since 2020, the company has also made M‑series chips for Mac. Now, analyst Ming‑Chi Kuo says Apple may build a MacBook that uses the A18 Pro chip found in the iPhone 16 Pro. This could let Apple offer a full MacBook experience at a lower price point. Image Source: Reddit What Ming‑Chi Kuo predicts Kuo claims the new MacBook will use the A18 Pro chip and sport a thirteen-inch…

About that A18 Pro MacBook rumor…

In late 2023, Digitimes reported that Apple was developing a low-cost MacBook, kicking off a lot of speculation about what that might mean and how the company might execute on such a product. Here’s what I wrote then: The modern Apple strategy is to re-use older technologies to create more affordable products… Why does the M1 MacBook Air [still] exist? Because Apple wants to have a product available at a (relatively) low price point… Now let’s …