Like with all Apple rumours, we'll have to take this with a pinch of salt for now and see what Apple finally launches.Īlso this week, we've heard more convincing rumours of an iPad docking accessory to turn the device into a home display and of an iPhone subscription plan, which sounds great (for Apple). That said, I'd have said there was no demand for a slightly larger, more expensive standard iPad, but the 10th-gen iPad seems to be doing OK.

Twelve inches is small for a laptop, and while that can be handy for travel, judging by comments from Apple fans in recent years, people are more keen on the idea of an iPad Pro with a laptop operating system then they are a smaller laptop. And then there's the fact that Apple itself seems intent on encouraging people to opt for more expensive devices, which makes me doubt its interest in producing a cheaper, smaller laptop.ĭifferentiating between the two cheapest MacBooks – last year's M2-chipped MacBook Pro 13 and MacBook Air – is already difficult enough, with their specs and price so close to each other. People go to MacBooks for outstanding performance and specs, and I'm not sure if the interest is still there for a non-premium Apple laptop. It's hard to see who a non-Air/Pro MacBook would appeal to and how it would differ enough from the other devices, other than by being smaller. That differs from the iPad, in which we have a standard model as well as the more expensive Air and Pros.īut that's about all that would make sense. We currently have a MacBook Air and three sizes of MacBook Pro, but no vanilla MacBook. (Image credit: Maurizio Pesce via Wikipedia)īringing it back now would make sense at least in terms of naming conventions.

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