Apple to Launch 'Low-Cost' MacBook Series Next Year to Rival Chromebooks

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/05/apple-low-cost-macbook-rival-chromebook/

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

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reddig33@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
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Jmr@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

I'm imagining a macbook air but with an M1 or A16 chip

bob_wiley@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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sorghum@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

They had a stranglehold on the educational market for a long time. It's why the Apple ||e was produced for so long. I believe their idea was kids get used to Apple products, they're more apt to buy an apple product after school.

alphacyberranger@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Is it an iPad with a bigger screen and a fixed keyboard?

Revan343@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y

That's probably all it needs to be.

The biggest market for Chromebooks is schools, but they're lately finding out that Chromebooks aren't as good a deal as they thought due to the short support window. Apple is probably angling to try and take over that market (and get kids more used to macOS in the process)