"Rumor has it, Apple is working on a low-cost MacBook. And not "low-cost for a Mac," but a proper cheap laptop, possibly as low as $599. For a company that traditionally targets the more premium end of the market, this would be something of an about-face. Of course, Apple takes great pride in its design and aesthetics. So the company isn't going to simply take the innards of a MacBook Air, slap them in a cheap plastic case, and call it a day."
"If the idea of a small, low-cost laptop running on an ultralow-power chip feels familiar, well, it should - we used to call them netbooks. Netbooks erupted on the scene at a weird time in the late aughts, when we were transitioning to a web-first computing world. What set netbooks apart from other laptops was their pursuit of portability, battery life, and rock-bottom prices at almost any cost."
Apple is reportedly developing a low-cost MacBook priced possibly as low as $599. The device will be smaller with a lower-resolution screen and an entirely new design built around an iPhone processor. The chip could be a variant of the A19 or last year's A18 according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple plans to preserve design quality rather than using cheap materials. The concept echoes the late-2000s netbook trend that prioritized portability, battery life, and very low prices. The original netbook, the ASUS Eee PC, offered 7- and 10-inch models and used Intel's budget Celeron M processor.
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