iPhone X-style design with slimmer bezels ( MacRumors).Screen sizes of 11 and 12.9 inches ( Bloomberg).New iPad Pro highlights (based on reports and projections): With high-end laptops - and particularly in Apple's case - the thinner and lighter it is, the costlier it is. And there's one difference that won't go away: an ultra-thin 2-pound MacBook is costlier to make than a 2.5- or 3-pound MacBook Air. The answer to the last question is that Apple will find a way to differentiate if it continues the 12-inch MacBook.
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Will Apple keep the 12-inch MacBook** and update it? Is the new low-cost MacBook more or less a 13-inch version of the 12-inch MacBook? How will Apple differentiate?
And/or Apple opts for quad-core Kaby Lake - if multiple models are offered with tiered (higher) pricing. I see two scenarios (which may not be mutually exclusive): Apple defers to the tried-and-true 7th generation Intel chip to keep the cost down. And the lower-cost - yet still pricier than the MacBook Air -non-Touch-Bar 13-inch MacBook Pros use even older 7th generation dual-core processors. Note that Core i5 and i7 Whiskey Lake are quad-core, i3 is dual-core.)Ī new Whiskey Lake chip might seem counter intuitive for a MacBook Air-class laptop because the higher-end 2018 13-inch MacBook Pros with Touch Bar use the older 8th-generation quad-core Kaby Lake chips (introduced last year).
( Here's a longer explanation courtesy of Tom's Hardware. Whiskey Lake is Intel's just-announced (late August) low-power quad-core 8th gen processor with a rating of 15 watts. One of the most closely watched specs of the new MacBook will be the processor.
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