Apple is rumored to be readying a new low-cost MacBook with an A18 processor that if real, will sell by the millions and further drive market share. Let's talk about what's been rumored.

Rumors out of Asia captured the attention of Apple fans in 2023 with claims that Apple planned to offer a more affordable MacBook

But whatever the company does, the 13-inch MacBook Air is still a great all-rounder and a good combination of size and speed for people whose laptop is a purely portable computer that floats from room to room in their house rather than traveling for work or getting docked on a desk.

As Snell notes, Apple’s A18 Pro chip is “46% faster than the M1 in single-core tasks, and almost identical to the M1 on multi-core and graphics tasks.” For general laptop tasks like browsing the web, watching videos, and messaging, the iPhone chip would be more than sufficient.

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