Best Podcast Episodes About Apple Set to Launch Affordable MacBook Targeting Budget-Conscious Consumers

“The code leak suggests that the MacBook will not have a true tone display and it also won't have a P3 wide color gamut. That display will also reportedly have a lower max brightness than the MacBook Air's 500 nit display. It will reportedly not support fast charging of any sort. It might not have a backlit keyboard, a notable limitation considering Apple's laptops have had backlit keyboards for so long at this point.”

“The report says that volume shipments for the new low-cost MacBook are expected to begin in March, aligning with a release that month. Supply chain sources estimate that Apple will ship between 15 and 16 million units of the Mac over the first two years. Apple has also battled delays in production of this new MacBook. The report says mass production was first slated to launch in late 2025, but was ultimately pushed to the first quarter of 2026.”

“The rumored price point, and we keep seeing this like between $699 and $899, I gotta think it's gotta be $699. If you $899, what is the point of that? At that point, you might as well just get a MacBook Air because that starts, unless they plan to raise the prices of the MacBook Air alongside this, then I mean, it's gotta be, I feel like it cannot be much more than $699, $750 maybe.”

“There's never been a time when people need a good deal more, so it would do killer business, especially since the educational discount is usually $100 less. If it's $6.99 and the educational discount is $5.99 for it or something, I could see schools buying a bunch of these instead of Chromebooks. Like, yeah, it costs more than Chromebooks, but it's not a Chromebook. It's like, it's a Mac, you know?”

“"In regards to the price and how much you're willing to pay for the cheap MacBook, Kenneth Swift on Facebook said, when you have the MacBook Air for 999 pounds, he's in the UK, even cheaper in the sales, Christmas, New Year's, 850. This has got to be 599, not a penny over. The MacBook Air is the best MacBook."”

“Like people want it to be $599, it'd be fantastic if it is, but I would be gobsmacked if it's that cheap. Like Apple is a premium brand and yes, they'll make education models that are cheaper. I just don't think they're gonna sell it like that... $699 really is like the lowest I think they'll that they'd go and even that's pushing it let alone all the recent stuff about memory prices.”

“I mean, for me, it's the low cost MacBook. Yes, absolutely. Not because I'm the target audience for it or the market for it, but I'm just so curious how, A, I'm curious to know what it looks like. Is it gonna be rivaled to the 12-inch MacBook or kind of like bring that back? How's Apple gonna position it so it doesn't take away MacBook Air sales? There's like so many questions that I have about this MacBook, but I am very excited and very intrigued by it, for sure.”

“They're gonna basically be pushing every single button they can push to say that this is a special experience, that you're not getting a lesser than, you're getting a different MacBook, you're not getting a lesser than MacBook. And the opportunities that they have at this moment, Microsoft has handed Apple a big opportunity in discontinuing Windows 10 and suddenly rendering entire collections of older, perfectly functioning Windows machines, Windows laptops, basically non-tenable.”

“The low-cost MacBook referenced is powered by the A18 Pro. It's widely expected to be released next month, featuring a display under 13 inches. It will also reportedly be made from aluminum, and Apple has tested multiple colors, including light yellow, light green, blue, pink, classic silver and dark gray.”