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Rumored Colors for Low-Cost MacBook Were Originally Tested for 2022 MacBook Air Redesign
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What's wrong with Laffy Taffies colors? (other than giving you cancer)
I think they look fun.
they are just the iPad colours. They look nice. I have the blue iPad, but also considered the yellow. All are nice and vibrant. There is a still a sliver option if you dont want a hue.
MR keeps repeating this silly « well below 1000 $ »
For sure it will be below the current official MBA price.
499 would be awesome. Probably 599 or 699 max
Hope Apple won’t sacrifice the display like with the low-cost iPad. The iPad display is awful : a mirror
For sure it will be below the current official MBA price.
499 would be awesome. Probably 599 or 699 max
Hope Apple won’t sacrifice the display like with the low-cost iPad. The iPad display is awful : a mirror
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These are only compelling at $599. Maybe Apple prices them higher and retailers regularly discount them at around $599
mattopotamus
macrumors Pentium
I was thinking somewhere between $599 - $749 ($649 being the sweet spot), It is not as powerful as a mac mini, but you get the screen/portability, so they probably price in between the mac mini and the air.
You skipped the colorful translucent G3 era.
I agree with the others, the OS is going to be Mac OS like all other Macs. To my knowledge, Apple rumors have never indicated that any future MacBook was going to come with Mac OS X. It's just assumed, like the fact that the laptops will have batteries & screens. If there were going to be any deviation from that fact, surely it would have leaked at some point by now.
serpico007
macrumors 6502
I'm hoping that Apple can rekindle the iBook feeling especially for a new younger generation. I'm curious if these will truly compete with Chromebooks as the article is stating. I still find this hard to believe under Tim Cook, knowing him, it will be a recycled product with a few colors and still expensive.
entropys
macrumors 65816
TechRunner
macrumors 68030
It would be a nice nod to the G3 iBooks to give them white keyboards, though I can't imagine that happening.
Steve121178
macrumors 604
Some people are getting a bit carried away with this alleged cheap MacBook.
Apple won’t want to tread on the toes of MacBook Air sales so a “cheap” MacBook will be significantly worse in every possible area compared to the Air.
Obviously they’ll be a tempting $100-$150 difference to step up to the full fat MacBook Air experience so anyone expecting this to be priced significantly lower must be on glue.
I’d take a guess that it will be running an A18 SOC, have a terrible screen, cheap keyboard, significantly slower SSD speeds compared to a MBA and still be expensive for what it is.
I just don’t see them steering customers away from their bread & butter premium machines with a cheap alternative. It’s not what Apple does.
Apple won’t want to tread on the toes of MacBook Air sales so a “cheap” MacBook will be significantly worse in every possible area compared to the Air.
Obviously they’ll be a tempting $100-$150 difference to step up to the full fat MacBook Air experience so anyone expecting this to be priced significantly lower must be on glue.
I’d take a guess that it will be running an A18 SOC, have a terrible screen, cheap keyboard, significantly slower SSD speeds compared to a MBA and still be expensive for what it is.
I just don’t see them steering customers away from their bread & butter premium machines with a cheap alternative. It’s not what Apple does.
dabi
macrumors regular
I'll never understand why all the fun colors are reserved to the budget options, while all the high-end options are always just a boring silver, black, sometimes maybe white or navy blue. And it feels like this applies to every tech sector, not just Apple.
DHagan4755
macrumors 68020
Will it have the white keys & white border around the screen like the rumored design a few years ago, making it a sibling to the iMac?
(I'm not going to share the renderings here because they might cause legal issues for MR but if you want to see them do a search for Ian Zelbo).
(I'm not going to share the renderings here because they might cause legal issues for MR but if you want to see them do a search for Ian Zelbo).
Ursadorable
macrumors 65816
When I first saw the image from prior article, I thought "My First Laptop, by Fisher Price".
I feel like you are conveniently leaving out a decade in which even the Apple logo was a rainbow, and their laptops looked exactly like Fischer Price laptop shaped toys.
My gut feeling says that this Macbook may run an appstore-only version of macos. Without the option of just installing software outside of the appstore.
From Apple’s point of view that would make perfect sense, and a relatively low-risk test as to how the general public would respond to a more fenced off macos. The way they’ve treated the iPad, ánd the European legislation considering alternative ways of installing apps being the major clues.
I sincerely hope they prove me wrong.
From Apple’s point of view that would make perfect sense, and a relatively low-risk test as to how the general public would respond to a more fenced off macos. The way they’ve treated the iPad, ánd the European legislation considering alternative ways of installing apps being the major clues.
I sincerely hope they prove me wrong.
Dirk Pieters
macrumors 6502
There will be people who buy one of these as an extra machine next to their main computer, including me (if the specs are to my liking)
Dirk Pieters
macrumors 6502
Isn’t Euro legislation fed up with the AppStore being the only way to install apps on iPhone?
Why would Apple do the same with macOS?
Because all clues still point in that direction. The way they’re adhering to European legislation on iPhone and iPad really is borderline malicious compliance. Typical American corporate behaviour. If they can get away with it, they will. Again, I hope they prove me wrong, but a cheap Macbook with capabilities comparable to an M2 Macbook Air? I’d be very surprised. It’s almost be too good to be true.