Rumors out of Asia captured the attention of Apple fans in 2023 with claims that Apple planned to offer a more affordable MacBook

Apple is rumored to be readying a new low-cost MacBook with an A18 processor that if real, will sell by the millions and further drive market share. Let's talk about what's been rumored.

But whatever the company does, the 13-inch MacBook Air is still a great all-rounder and a good combination of size and speed for people whose laptop is a purely portable computer that floats from room to room in their house rather than traveling for work or getting docked on a desk.

We won’t see any new MacBook Pro in 2025, according to Bloomberg’s regular Apple leaker Mark Gurman, who says Apple may delay these devices to the first half of 2026. In the last few years, Apple has launched a new MacBook Air in the first few months of the year before offering a new Pro model in the fall.

Mac Pro, with its unique cylindrical design, has been added to Apple's vintage and obsolete products list, along with multiple 2019 iMac and 2018 iPad Pro models.

In the latter half of Prime Day 2025, I might have just found the best desktop deal yet. Even among our top deals on all sorts of products, the Apple Mac mini with M4 chip is a genuine standout. Prime Day just brought it down to the lowest price we've ever seen, currently available for an astounding $500 after a coupon on Amazon.

That’s exactly what’s happening right now with the new 2025 MacBook Air, released in March. The 256GB version launched at $999 but for Prime Day, Amazon has dropped the price to $849. This is not only the lowest price ever for this model, but it’s also half the price of the least expensive MacBook Pro which starts at $1,699

It’s a pretty common experience to have to download and install a big operating system update as the very first thing when you unbox your brand new device. It’s not great, especially when the setup and restore process is already a lengthy one and you just want to use your new Mac already.