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Apple's Low-Cost MacBook: Everything We Know So Far
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That is definitely possible; but if that is the price, the SoC better be the only downgrade.
JSRinUK
macrumors 6502a
I see them doing this but the Air will be more expensive than that. They may justify that by making some changes to the base Air (such as bumping the SSD to 512GB - something many have been asking for; maybe also improving the screen) and pricing it at $1499 to take the place and price of the non-Pro MBP.
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I can't wait for the YouTube reviews where they make this product out to be total crap because it sucks running FinalCut. 🤣
SeaDaddytheRed
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What I DON'T want is an iPad with a keyboard attached. If it runs iPadOS then it is pretty much useless to the light usage market base-iPad buying crowd. Also, as a teacher that is forced to use Office 365 the iPad is pretty much a paper weight at this point.
What I DO want is a sub-$700 thin, light, fanless machine that has two USB-C ports, headphone jack, and an HDMI port that I can carry to class and not have to worry about adapters or dongles just to set up my presentations.
A touch screen would be a huge bonus for marking up papers.
Maybe they will introduce a whole new chip that isn't the A or M series to avoid the whole macOS running on an iphone chip can-o-worms?
What I DO want is a sub-$700 thin, light, fanless machine that has two USB-C ports, headphone jack, and an HDMI port that I can carry to class and not have to worry about adapters or dongles just to set up my presentations.
A touch screen would be a huge bonus for marking up papers.
Maybe they will introduce a whole new chip that isn't the A or M series to avoid the whole macOS running on an iphone chip can-o-worms?
jlc1978
macrumors 604
Instead of a touch screen, which would add significantly to the cost, I'd prefer making the touchpad work with the pencil so it functions as a graphic tablet when needed.
That sounds like it would be super clunky. Also I suspect it would cost more to implement than a touch screen
Will it have an 1/8" headphone output like the MBA? That's still one of my biggest gripes with iPad is that they dropped the headphone output, which for my uses require me to always carry a dongle to get analog audio out of the device.
Apple made a major miscalculation by never developing a tablet version of MacOS to run on the iPad Pro. The pro should have been the hybrid device power users crave.
Ah yes, the miscalculation that resulted in the iPad being the top tablet around and mac sales to be doing vastly better than they were a decade ago. Clearly such a terrible decision that Apple should just close and give the money back to the shareholders /s
Like, look, I would love my ipad to be able to be a macos machine when it has the right accessories but it’s not like I can fault Apple’s business logic here, it hasnt hurt them, and tbh the newest windowing changes in iPadOS are, in my dislike, bringing me around to the idea that MacOS shouldnt have a tablet version (I still would love my ipad and my phone to be able to flip to MacOS when plugged into an external monitor, kb, and mouse a la samsung’s dex).
Apple Announces $599 'MacBook Neo' With A18 Pro Chip
Apple today announced the "MacBook Neo," an all-new kind of low-cost Mac featuring the A18 Pro chip for $599. The MacBook Neo is the first Mac to be powered by an iPhone chip; the A18 Pro debuted in 2024's iPhone 16 Pro models. Apple says it is up to 50% faster for everyday tasks than the...
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