Quanta rumored to be building new 'inexpensive' MacBooks in Dec. quarter
Frequent Apple partner Quanta should soon see a surge in orders thanks to "new inexpensive notebooks" from the former, a report claimed on Monday.
Quanta is expected to see its shipments top 10 million units in the December quarter as a result of Apple's help, said Taiwan's DigiTimes. The publication didn't say anything more in regards to the new MacBooks.
DigiTimes has a mixed track record when it comes to the details of Apple products, but is much more reliable with its focus, the Taiwanese electronics industry. Many of Apple's suppliers have operations or headquarters in the country, such as its main assembly partner, Foxconn.
Apple recently updated the MacBook Pro line, but has yet to make any upgrades to the 12-inch MacBook or the 13-inch MacBook Air. Both lines are due for a refresh, particularly the latter, which has had only modest upgrades in recent years and is now the only MacBook without a Retina display.
The company could announce new Macs at its usual September press event. There though, the focus is likely to be on new iPhones and iPad Pros, as well as OS upgrades, which could mean the MacBooks will be launched before or after unceremoniously.
Quanta is expected to see its shipments top 10 million units in the December quarter as a result of Apple's help, said Taiwan's DigiTimes. The publication didn't say anything more in regards to the new MacBooks.
DigiTimes has a mixed track record when it comes to the details of Apple products, but is much more reliable with its focus, the Taiwanese electronics industry. Many of Apple's suppliers have operations or headquarters in the country, such as its main assembly partner, Foxconn.
Apple recently updated the MacBook Pro line, but has yet to make any upgrades to the 12-inch MacBook or the 13-inch MacBook Air. Both lines are due for a refresh, particularly the latter, which has had only modest upgrades in recent years and is now the only MacBook without a Retina display.
The company could announce new Macs at its usual September press event. There though, the focus is likely to be on new iPhones and iPad Pros, as well as OS upgrades, which could mean the MacBooks will be launched before or after unceremoniously.
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Anyways, being largely like the 12 but for using the extra space for another USB C port, and of course the third gen butterfly keyboard, would be good by me.
obviously fake.
It just seems so simple to do something like:
$1000 5W CPU, 12” display, 1 USB-C/TB3 ports
$1300 15W CPU, 13” display, 2 USB-C/TB3 ports
$1700 25W CPU, 14” display, 4 USB-C/TB3 ports
$2200 45W CPU, dGPU, 16” display, 4 USB-C/TB3 ports, SD card slot
$600 24” 4K TB3 display
$1200 32” 5K TB3 display
$600 TB3 eGPU box
I don’t find much fault with going with the Touchbar or going with butterfly keys, or even with 1 USB-C port on the MB12 - statement design is Apple’s thing and failure is common when doing that - but not having a good holistic lineup for 3 years is inexcusable.
as we know, they were all wrong, and wrong by a lot. They were so wrong, that Hp, and others, which were preparing their own tablets, had to scrap them because they were too heavy - and too expensive. For years, obody could match Apple’s price. So we saw those crummy 16:9 7” tablets for the same price as an iPad.
at one time, the Air was selling, at Apple for $799. So if Apple is thinking of an inexpensive notebook, they will do it.
sometimes Apple has low pricing, though not the cheapest, by any means, and sometimes they have higher prices. But to say that they never compete on price simply isn’t true.