Apple Supply Chain Ming-Chi Kuo analyst expects a completely new and more affordable model of the MacBook driven by the iPhone chip next year.
Below we are recapitulating rumors and other options for this new MacBook.
Chip
According to KUO, the new MacBook will be equipped with an A18 chip chip. If so, it would be the first MAC for each series of series and from the iPhone. In 2020, Apple briefly offered Mac Mini S A12Z Chip iPad Pro developers to help them prepare for the MAC transition from Intel processors to Apple Silicon.
A18 Pro Chip, introduced in the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro MAX, has a six -core processor, a six -core GPU and a 16 -core neural engine.
Not surprisingly, the A18 Pro chip is about 40% slower than the latest Apple M4 chip. As Jason Snell noted Six colorsHowever, the Multi-Core CPU power is almost identical to the M1 chip in the MacBook Air 2020 and the A18 chip even exceeds the M1 chip. This is important for prices – see below.
Prices
Kuo said that the new MacBook will be a more “more accessible” model, but did not give the exact price. The current 13 -inch MacBook Air starts at $ 999, so the new MacBook would probably have an initial price between $ 699 and $ 899.
As already mentioned, the A18 for Chip is similar to the M1 chip in the MacBook Air 2020, which Apple still sells for $ 649 through Walmart. Since this MacBook Air is almost five years old, it will be interrupted at some point and the MacBook S A18 Pro Chip could be sold directly to Apple.
Specifications
As Stephen Hackett noted 512 pixelsA18 for Chip lacks Thunderbolt support, so the new MacBook would probably be equipped with regular USB-C ports. They look just like Thunderbolt Ports, but data transfer speeds would be limited to up to 10 GB/SA The new MacBook could natively support only one external display.
The iPhones S A18 Pro have only 8 GB of RAM, while all current MacBook Air and MacBook Pro start at least 16 GB of RAM.
No more specifications have been reported yet, but sometimes affordable MacBook will have MacBook Air and MacBook for other limitations.
Design
Although this reputation can support the hope that Apple is planning to re -leave the finished 12 -inch MacBook, Kuo said that the new MacBook will be equipped with an approximately 13 -inch display and corresponds to a smaller MacBook Air.
Yet the new MacBook could have a lot in common with an old 12 -inch MacBook in spirit, including a very thin and lightweight design.
Kuo said that potential color options for the new MacBook include silver, blue, pink and yellow, so the laptop could come in bright and fun colors like iMac.
Release date
Although it did not provide the exact release date, KUO expects that more affordable MacBook will enter mass production at the end of the found quarter of 2025 or at the beginning of the first quarter of 2026.
Since the MAC assembly has moved from Intel processors to Apple Silicon, it has felt somewhat inevitable that Apple will knock down the simple model “MacBook”. ARM Architecture is preparing a way for using the iPhone Chip in Mac and Apple has no longer been limited by the energy efficiency of Intel processors, allowing the return of a super compact, very thin and light macBook for everyday customers.
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