Igeekphone News July 11th: Technology media MacRumors published a blog post yesterday (July 10th), digging up and sorting out the current information about Apple’s affordable MacBook. It will be equipped with the A18 Pro chip for iPhone and have a 13-inch screen. It is expected to be released in the spring of 2026.
In terms of appearance design, this MacBook features a 13-inch screen and is estimated to be similar in size to the currently available 13-inch MacBook Air.
Apple launched a 12-inch MacBook in 2015, featuring a fanless design. The MacBook that has been exposed this time may be released as the successor.
In terms of color, this MacBook is expected to be similar to the iMac, offering options such as silver, blue, pink and yellow.
In terms of the chip, this MacBook will use the A18 Pro chip, and there are also signs of a MacBook equipped with the A18 Pro in Apple’s code. Igeekphone Note: The A18 Pro is the chip used in the iPhone 16 Pro and adopts the second-generation 3-nanometer process.
In terms of heat dissipation, the iPhone 16 Pro adopts a heat dissipation design that combines a titanium frame and graphite-wrapped aluminum substructures. Some of these designs may be applied to the MacBook.
In terms of memory, the starting memory of the MacBook is 16GB, while the iPhone 16 Pro only has 8GB. To meet the operating experience of Apple Intelligence, this media speculates that this MacBook is expected to be equipped with 16GB of memory.
In terms of ports, since the A18 Pro chip does not support Thunderbolt, this MacBook will only support the USB-C (10GB/s) port and cannot provide the speed of Thunderbolt.
In terms of price, the MacBook Air equipped with the M4 chip starts at 7,999 yuan, featuring a 10-core CPU, an 8-core GPU, 16GB of memory and a 256GB SSD. The A18 Pro version of the MacBook may be several hundred dollars cheaper, but there is no specific pricing information available at present.
Regarding the release date, Ming-Chi Kuo ð« youdaoplaceholder4 ¹ stated that Apple will start production of this low-cost MacBook at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025 or the beginning of the first quarter of 2026, so it might be in the spring of 2026