US EditionUpcoming Low-Cost MacBook May Come in Yellow, Green, Blue, and Pink
Apple targets students with a new MacBook featuring an A18 Pro chip, aluminum body, and up to six color options starting at $599, offering casual performance at a lower price.
- Next month, Apple may unveil a low-cost MacBook aimed at students and general users, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman reports.
- Gurman reports Apple has sampled light yellow, light green, blue, and pink alongside silver and dark gray after testing for about a year.
- Technically, the device is expected to run the A18 Pro iPhone chip with Geekbench single-core scores near M3 and M4 and a 12.9-inch display smaller than the entry-level MacBook Air.
- Price-Wise, the budget MacBook is expected to start at $599 or $699 for the 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD variant, and the M1 MacBook Air shortage at Walmart bolsters the rumor.
- Putting this in context, Apple last embraced broad hues with the iMac 2024 refresh, and is preparing near-term launches of new MacBook Pros and iPads.
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Apple has been working on a low-cost MacBook model for months, according to various reports spanning months. While this laptop won't be as powerful as the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, it looks like it will break a tradition the company has maintained for years: professional and subdued color options. According to Mark Gurman, the new MacBook will come in much more pleasant colors than its counterparts. This is partly because the company hopes to…
The entry-level laptop will be launched later this year.
Upcoming Low-Cost MacBook May Come in Yellow, Green, Blue, and Pink
Apple has tested a range of playful color options for its upcoming low-cost MacBook, going well beyond the muted tones available on its current laptop lineup, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman says the colors tested so far include light yellow, light green, blue, pink, classic silver, and dark gray, although he says it's unlikely all of them will ship.
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