{"id":55720,"date":"2020-07-29T00:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T00:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2678029"},"modified":"2020-07-29T00:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T00:16:00","slug":"the-next-macbook-may-be-apples-cheapest-laptop-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/29\/the-next-macbook-may-be-apples-cheapest-laptop-in-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The next MacBook may be Apple\u2019s cheapest laptop in years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4126-logo-1-1712.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"strapline\"><strong>Apple&#8217;s first ARM-based Macbook could be Apple&#8217;s cheapest laptop<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apple&rsquo;s first ARM-powered MacBook might be its cheapest laptop yet, according to a new leak.<\/p>\n<p>A rumor from Apple leaker&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ihacktu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ihacktu\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">iHacktu Pro<\/a>&nbsp;(the tweet has since been deleted) and spotted by&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/20\/07\/24\/iphone-12-event-sept-8-with-apple-glass-apple-silicon-mac-reveal-on-oct-27-says-leaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/20\/07\/24\/iphone-12-event-sept-8-with-apple-glass-apple-silicon-mac-reveal-on-oct-27-says-leaker\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">Apple Insider<\/a>, claims Apple will debut a 12-inch MacBook powered by Apple Silicon at a special event on October 27, just weeks after it shows off the&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/new-iphone-12\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">iPhone 12<\/a>. While we&#8217;ve heard talk that the ARM-based device, which will allegedly pack a 5nm 12-core CPU, will be cheaper than Intel-based MacBooks, a new rumor claims it could be the cheapest MacBook yet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/computing\/apple\/mac-buyer-s-guide-2015-1295725\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">All the best Macs to buy this year<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plus check out all the&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/the-best-cheap-macbook-pro-deals\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">best cheap MacBook Pro deals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/macbook-air-2020-vs-macbook-air-2019-is-it-worth-an-upgrade\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">MacBook Air 2020 vs MacBook Air 2019<\/a>: is it worth an upgrade?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside class=\"hawk-placeholder\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-widget-id=\"3880159065907098600\" data-result=\"missing\"><\/aside>\n<p>Then, according to another leaker,&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/komiya_kj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-original-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/komiya_kj\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">@komiya_kj<\/a>, Apple&rsquo;s 12-inch MacBook will feature a starting price of just $799 (around &pound;617, AU$1,115), making it $200 cheaper than the current entry-level MacBook Air.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><\/div>\n<p>The tipster also claims that Apple will release a MacBook Pro 13 running on its new ARM chipsets. The laptop, which will reportedly feature a Touch Bar and a cooling fan, will apparently cost around $1,099 (&pound;848, AU$1,535).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Apple&rsquo;s cheapest 13-inch MacBook Pro model &ndash; which comes powered by an 8th-generation Intel Core i5 processor &#8211; is priced at $1,299.<\/p>\n<p>Although they look like cheaper than Intel-powered MacBooks, Apple&rsquo;s ARM-based laptops look set to come out on top in the performance stakes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Apple&rsquo;s A12Z-powered Developer Transition Kit&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/apple-silicon-benchmarks-leak-and-its-bad-news-for-microsoft-and-qualcomm\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">recently made an appearance on Geekbench 5<\/a>, where the ARM machine supposedly achieved a score of around 800 on the&nbsp;single-core test, and around 2600 on multi-core, all while running through the Rosetta 2 emulation layer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While we&rsquo;re still yet to see the final performance of Apple&rsquo;s ARM-based CPUs, these leaked scores are significant&rsquo;y higher than those racked up by the ARM-based&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/reviews\/microsoft-surface-pro-x-review\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">Surface Pro X<\/a>, which uses the SQ1 chip co-developed by Microsoft and Qualcomm.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/apple-macbook-pro-laptops-are-expected-to-fly-off-the-shelves-soon\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">Apple MacBook Pro laptops are expected to fly off the shelves soon.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside class=\"hawk-placeholder\" data-model-name=\"Apple MacBook Air,Apple MacBook Pro,Dell XPS 13\" data-widget-title=\" \" data-widget-type=\"multimodelreview\" data-render-type=\"editorial\" data-widget-id=\"1197023603273523700\" data-result=\"rendered\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/the-next-macbook-may-be-apples-cheapest-laptop-in-years\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/the-next-macbook-may-be-apples-cheapest-laptop-in-years<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Carly Page<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Carly Page<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4126-logo-1-1712.png\" alt=\"\">Apple&rsquo;s first ARM-based Macbook could be Apple&rsquo;s cheapest laptop Apple&rsquo;s first ARM-powered MacBook might be its cheapest laptop yet, according to a new leak. A rumor from Apple leaker&nbsp;iHacktu Pro&nbsp;(the tweet has since been deleted) and spotted by&nbsp;Apple Insider, claims Apple will debut a 12-inch MacBook powered by Apple Silicon at a special event on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/28\/the-next-macbook-may-be-apples-cheapest-laptop-in-years\/\">Continue reading <span>The next MacBook may be Apple&rsquo;s cheapest laptop in years<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/29\/the-next-macbook-may-be-apples-cheapest-laptop-in-years\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The next MacBook may be Apple\u2019s cheapest laptop in years - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/29\/the-next-macbook-may-be-apples-cheapest-laptop-in-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The next MacBook may be Apple\u2019s cheapest laptop in years - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Apple&rsquo;s first ARM-based Macbook could be Apple&rsquo;s cheapest laptop Apple&rsquo;s first ARM-powered MacBook might be its cheapest laptop yet, according to a new leak. 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