All iPads MacBook with iPhone chip rumor - what if it runs iPadOS

[baconcat_8964]

The A18 Pro also supports thunderbolt

Did Apple announced A18 Pro capable of Thunderbolt? I think iPhone 16 Pro only reaches USB 3 10GB/s speed.

 

[throAU]

Did Apple announced A18 Pro capable of Thunderbolt? I think iPhone 16 Pro only reaches USB 3 10GB/s speed.

Ah right you are, it's not thunderbolt, only 10G usb. Bummer.

 

[azhava]

Ah right you are, it's not thunderbolt, only 10G usb. Bummer.

But again, how many potential buyers of this laptop need Thunderbolt (or even know what it is)?

I don't expect to see many, if any, "power user" specs in this laptop. Number one, it would cannibalize their sales of MacBook Air/Pro, and number two, power users aren't the target demographic. Obviously I don't know any more than the next schmuck and am just guessing, but I anticipate that it's going to be a pretty basic/stripped down model.

 

[throAU]

But again, how many potential buyers of this laptop need Thunderbolt (or even know what it is)?

I don't expect to see many, if any, "power user" specs in this laptop. Number one, it would cannibalize their sales of MacBook Air/Pro, and number two, power users aren't the target demographic. Obviously I don't know any more than the next schmuck and am just guessing, but I anticipate that it's going to be a pretty basic/stripped down model.

Agreed, probably zero, almost posted that this is a perfect replacement for the original 12" MacBook and that never had thunderbolt either.

It would however be nice if it was thunderbolt4/usb4, purely to avoid confusion in the apple ecosystem about what docks will work with what laptops. For the sake of a couple of dollars for a single controller, having all thunderbolt peripherals "just work" with all Apple laptops would be nice.

Having a bunch of identical looking ports on various machines that might be anything from USB1 to USB3.2 gen2 speed is exactly the sort of PC crap we don't want. Just please, Apple make it thunderbolt to avoid confusion!

 

[Hooyah]

If it runs iPad OS then it’s not a Mac.

 

[GioGiusi]

This is a fundamental misunderstanding of just about everything. Remarkable the crap you read on the internet.

 

[chloe.app]

It could be a perfect competitor for the Chromebook??

The Chromebook I used in school currently costs 328$ (converted to USD) at Elkjøp (Scandinavian Best Buy). Maybe even less because they bought them in bulk.
How would Apple attract schools with a reported 599$ price tag? Heavy price cuts for bulk orders?

To be fair this is coming from someone who went to an underfunded Norwegian private school, so I'm probably biased.

 

[nathansz]

This rumor about a ~$600 MacBook has caught my attention. I think it’s fair to say that an A18 Pro chip is strong enough to run macOS but why would Apple make that? The chip would burn out from too much multitasking then.
That’s where iPadOS comes in. The software limits the user so it can’t burn out, the battery life would be huge, it’s a 12.9” screen which is iPad like and I think it would be lighter than the iPad and Magic Keyboard combo. Plus, Apple has been making iPadOS more Mac like for years now. It wouldn’t be a touch screen either, which keeps costs down. It could be a perfect competitor for the Chromebook??

I personally would buy this as I love iPadOS but I don’t like the iPad and Magic Keyboard combo. It would be at least double the battery life of a iPad now I think, which would be huge to me. Would anyone else want this though?

if it ran iPadOS it wouldn't be called a Mac. it will run macOS