Low cost MacBook could launch for $599 in late 2025

Low cost MacBook could launch for 9 in late 2025

A new report claims that the expected lower-cost MacBook with an iPhone‘s 18 Pro processor will go into mass production in the third quarter of 2025, with a possible launch before the end of the year.

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Apple is said to be working on a low-cost MacBook with an iPhone system-on-chip.

First analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed that Apple was planning to produce a MacBook that would use an iPhone’s A18 Pro processor to reduce costs. Then it was learned that references to such a device had already existed in the code for macOS Sequoia, released in 2024.

Now according to Digitimes, at least some components for such a MacBook are expected to enter mass production by the end of 2025’s third quarter. Citing unspecified sources within the supply chain, the report further claims that the new MacBook will be priced between $599 and $699.

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