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Apple to Launch 'Low-Cost' MacBook Series Next Year to Rival Chromebooks
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Most but not all Chromebooks are bottom end priced. A few are priced in the range of mainstream laptops. Hearing of Apple maybe venturing into this market is unexpected.
Could be interesting considering the performance of a current 9th generation iPad is better than that of Chromebooks.
Could be interesting considering the performance of a current 9th generation iPad is better than that of Chromebooks.
I will personally snatch such a MacBook out of Tim Apple's hand!
It will be purchased on spot!
Not really buying this one. I think Apples version of the Chromebook as the iPad.
That's wild. But yeah, the M1 kicks ass. We should get an M4 next year, so I guess there's room for a 600$ MacBook. I'm thinking 256GB/8GB with 12" display. And if you want more power either get an entry level MBA or iPadPro which should come with an M3 or M4.
Oh wait, it's Apple. Base model will be 128/4 😆
8GB/128GB entry model if I were to guess.
Hardly, Apple will not put IPad OS in a MacBook. It will have MacOS and therefore have and be able to do everything that an iPad cannot.
I don't understand you people who always think an iPad can replace a MacBook. As long as IPadOS remains so limited, it will never be able to do that!
12" macbook design is making a come back! you heard it here first!
That would hit a sweet spot, with some fun aspects to appeal to the kids and and just the right amount of RAM not to upset the grown-up market for MBAs ...
Needs to be €500 or lower, I don't see it happening.
Apple and ‘cheap’! And Chromebook’s are aggressively priced!
I‘ll believe it when I see it too. If they are real I bet they have a ton of conditions attached, like only purchased through schools or colleges etc, or prove you are a student in order to purchase. No access for the masses outside education.
I‘ll believe it when I see it too. If they are real I bet they have a ton of conditions attached, like only purchased through schools or colleges etc, or prove you are a student in order to purchase. No access for the masses outside education.
I never said an iPad could replace a MacBook. I said Apple probably thinks an iPad can replace a Chromebook. A Chromebook does not use a full-fledged computer operating system after all either.
But again, I was talking about what I think Apple thinks. Not what I think. And we all know Apple thinks an iPad can replace a Mac. They regularly say so in interviews and ad campaigns.
I hope this rumor is true because this is exactly what I was hoping for.
Apple has so much untapped potential in the education sector, and I'm sorry to Apple but the iPad just isn't enough beyond basic educational and maybe some basic engineering apps.
Students and teachers need a full-fledged operating system. And with Apple Silicon, there can genuinely be a very solid budget option. Just slap an M1 chip on there and you're golden.
I wonder how low they can realistically price it though.
Apple has so much untapped potential in the education sector, and I'm sorry to Apple but the iPad just isn't enough beyond basic educational and maybe some basic engineering apps.
Students and teachers need a full-fledged operating system. And with Apple Silicon, there can genuinely be a very solid budget option. Just slap an M1 chip on there and you're golden.
I wonder how low they can realistically price it though.
I kinda agree with this, if it’s for kids I think plastic is a far better choice. And they need to drop test it too, a lot.
Yep, that’s low cost to Tim.
Yeah, sure, 4GB of RAM, M1 or even A14 CPU, 128GB slow SSD, 13.3" display with lower-than-retina resolution(?) and, perhaps, encased in 13.3" MBP or even 13.3" MBA body?
599$
Exactly.. "Affordable" from the perspective of multi-millionaire tech executives who live in California
No they will not. Apple will not make a piece of garbage like a Chromebook.
It would be nice to see google have some competition in this space for sure!
Go Apple!
Go Apple!
If I had to guess a spec, basically the 13" MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar removed, M2 chip, 128/8GB starting configuration, rebranded as the 13" MacBook for $799. Might add MagSafe as a bonus if you're lucky... I think it would get the M2 chip so they can end production of the M1 once the iPad Air also goes M2.
The 13" Pro possibly gets replaced by a low spec 14" with the standard M3 chip, standard LCD display, fewer ports, and lower starting configuration.
What's more interesting is "MacBook Series" - which would suggest a whole line of computers?
The 13" Pro possibly gets replaced by a low spec 14" with the standard M3 chip, standard LCD display, fewer ports, and lower starting configuration.
What's more interesting is "MacBook Series" - which would suggest a whole line of computers?
