Macworld Apple’s most affordable new laptop is a $999 MacBook Air. For a lot of people, that’s still too expensive, especially when compared to Chromebooks and budget PCs. But Apple may finally be doing something about that.

As Snell notes, Apple’s A18 Pro chip is “46% faster than the M1 in single-core tasks, and almost identical to the M1 on multi-core and graphics tasks.” For general laptop tasks like browsing the web, watching videos, and messaging, the iPhone chip would be more than sufficient.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes Apple might be planning a more affordable MacBook, aiming for a 2026 release. Here's what we know.