The Apple Silicon-powered MacBook that you’ve been waiting for could arrive this year.
A recent leak via The China Times has indicated that the first Mac released operating under ARM-based CPUs could be a relaunched 12-inch MacBook.
This could also translate to a cheaper notebook, and a leak in July indicated that a new computer could start around $799. This would also include a Retina display, and be centered around the A14X chip, codenamed “Tonga.” The new machine could also weigh in at less than 2.2 pounds, and feature a battery life of 15 to 20 hours given the energy-sipping nature of the ARM processor architecture.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has offered a different opinion, stating that a 13.3-inch MacBook Pro would be first out of the gate. Kuo predicted, in March, that the Apple Silicon 13.3-inch MacBook Pro would go into mass production in the fourth quarter of 2020, shipping either in time for Christmas or sometime in early 2021.
As always, stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via The Mac Observer, The China Times, and @komiya_kj