Apple developing Chromebook competitors - report

[Jan]

Apple working on low-cost MacBooks

Apple is working on a series of low-cost MacBooks to compete with Chromebook models, using "different materials" and lower-cost components, DigiTimes reports.

The outer shell of the MacBooks will still use a metal casing, and DigiTimes' industry sources say it could launch as early as the second half of 2024.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

will it cost $999?

 

[epah]

 

[FiestaST]

Could definitely payoff for them in the Edu sector in the US/UK/Euroland etc

 

[backstreetboy]

It’s called an iPad.

 

[ConfusedR]

The cheaper Macbook will be indeed cheaper but you will have to buy the screen separate.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

The cheaper Macbook will be indeed cheaper but you will have to buy the screen separate.

dont forget the cloth to clean the Screen for $19.

 

[konfab]

Probably would be quite easy for them to do:
1080p screen
M1 chip
8GB Ram
128GB storage + microsd card slot
Make it a bit thicker to put in a cheaper keyboard and cheaper, less dense battery
If they can get the price to less than $500, it pretty much would be it for other laptops in that price range.

 

[Gravedigger]

While Apple's silicon is making some deep footprints, costs to enter this "exclusive" platform is still too damn high.
I suspect their "budget" Macbooks will be still expensive, because Apple.

As a software dev, I would rather stick with Intel for now.

 

[backstreetboy]

While Apple's silicon is making some deep footprints, costs to enter this "exclusive" platform is still too damn high.
I suspect their "budget" Macbooks will be still expensive, because Apple.

As a software dev, I would rather stick with Intel for now.

You can get a secondhand M1 Mac mini for R8k or even cheaper.

 

[The Voice]

While Apple's silicon is making some deep footprints, costs to enter this "exclusive" platform is still too damn high.
I suspect their "budget" Macbooks will be still expensive, because Apple.

As a software dev, I would rather stick with Intel for now.

They’ve already sold cheaper iPhones for years, so don’t see why they wouldn’t have cheaper MacBooks eventually. And they’d definitely outsell the competition, because Apple.

 

[wizardofid]

Probably would be quite easy for them to do:
1080p screen
M1 chip
8GB Ram
128GB storage + microsd card slot
Make it a bit thicker to put in a cheaper keyboard and cheaper, less dense battery
If they can get the price to less than $500, it pretty much would be it for other laptops in that price range.

Lol mircosd ? hehehehehehehehehehehe. That is SOME wishful thinking...............

 

[konfab]

Lol mircosd ? hehehehehehehehehehehe. That is SOME wishful thinking...............

Normal SD also works.

Remember, it would be much cheaper for them to make the thing if there was only one version of it.

 

[wizardofid]

Normal SD also works.

Remember, it would be much cheaper for them to make the thing if there was only one version of it.

I know, just poking fun at apple making a "functional device" with expansion