There’s a good reason we haven’t seen anything resembling the defunct 12-inch MacBook in more than a decade . But many things have changed since 2015, and where that ultra-thin and light laptop had shortcomings all over the place, Apple may be preparing a new small-sized MacBook with performance that could beat a MacBook Air with M1 chip .

Multiple reports this year have hinted at Apple crafting a new, “cheap” MacBook that could cost less than the latest $1,000 MacBook Air with M4 . Recent reports said the smaller Mac would use an A18 Pro chip found in last year’s iPhone 16 Pro . Now, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that the smartphone chip powering the laptop currently in testing was able to beat the performance of Apple’s own 5-year-old M1 chip. For what it’s worth, any Ap

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