Here Are All the Rumors About Apple's New $599 MacBook

Rumors proceed to aboveground astir Apple launching an affordable MacBook arsenic aboriginal arsenic this year.


Below, we recap each of the reports and rumors truthful far.

Taiwanese proviso concatenation work DigiTimes expects the laptop to person a starting terms of betwixt $599 and $699 successful the United States.

The work said the lower-cost MacBook volition beryllium equipped with a 12.9-inch display, and a mentation of the A18 Pro chip that debuted successful the iPhone 16 Pro models past year. It would go the archetypal Mac to ever usage an A-series spot from an iPhone.

The lower-cost MacBook could motorboat successful late 2025 oregon aboriginal 2026, according to the report.

Apple proviso concatenation expert Ming-Chi Kuo was first to reveal that Apple is allegedly readying a much affordable MacBook. In precocious June, helium besides said the laptop volition person astir a 13-inch display, and an A18 Pro chip. Kuo said imaginable colour options see silver, blue, pink, and yellow, truthful the laptop could travel successful agleam colors, similar the iMac.

A18 Pro specs see a 6-core CPU, a 6-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine. The spot is astir 40% slower than the M4 chip, but its performance is comparable to the M1 chip, truthful this caller MacBook could efficaciously beryllium a replacement for the aged MacBook Air with the M1 chip, which Apple inactive sells done Walmart for $649.

In the iPhone 16 Pro models, the A18 Pro spot has 8GB of RAM, whereas each existent MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models commencement with astatine slightest 16GB of RAM. In addition, the spot lacks Thunderbolt support, truthful the caller MacBook would apt beryllium equipped with regular USB-C ports. They would look the aforesaid arsenic Thunderbolt ports, but information transportation speeds would beryllium constricted to up to 10 Gb/s, and the caller MacBook mightiness natively enactment lone a azygous outer display, but that regulation tin beryllium flooded with DisplayLink adapters.

The lower-cost MacBook could person a batch successful communal with the discontinued 12-inch MacBook, including an ultra-thin and lightweight design. It would slot successful beneath the MacBook Air, which has a somewhat larger 13.6-inch display, an M4 chip, and a starting terms of $999. However, the latest MacBook Air is often connected merchantability connected Amazon for arsenic debased arsenic $799.

Apple often announces caller Macs successful October, truthful enactment tuned.
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