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Is the rumored iBook simply a re-do of the MacBook Air M1? With perhaps less memory?
MacRumors: link here. All of a sudden it's looking like a very, very capable computer.
Apple is planning to use its A18 Pro chip in the MacBook. We first saw the A18 Pro in the iPhone 16 Pro models.
The chip is built on Apple's second-generation 3-nanometer process, featuring 8GB RAM and support for Apple Intelligence. It's fast and efficient, and more than capable of handling day-to-day tasks.
In Geekbench 6 benchmarks, the A18 Pro offers single-core CPU performance scores at the level of the M3 Ultra, and multi-core performance scores higher than the M1 chip that Apple used in the first Apple silicon MacBook Air.
Metal scores that measure GPU performance are also similar to the M1 chip Metal scores.
The A18 Pro will be equivalent to the M1 for some tasks, and faster for other tasks.
Apple no longer sells the M1 MacBook Air from its own store, but it has offered the machine through Walmart at a $599 price point.
Link here. Less than $599? Using an iPhone chip for its CPU?
It will be very, very interesting to see what Apple does with this.
Target audience:
- young families with children in middle school;
- seniors who remember the iBook and would love to see them again;
Comment:
- I see almost no form difference between notebooks (screen size 11 - 13 inches) and laptops (13 - 15 inches)
- less memory of course, but everything is going to the cloud, anyway;
- mostly apps?
- supports AI!
History of the iBook to Mac:
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