Apple Plans MacBook Air, iPad Air and iPad mini
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Discover the 9 biggest leaks about the OLED MacBook Pro 2026, including touchscreen, M6 chips, 5G, and an 18-inch model.
Apple provided its new MacBook Pro to Mashable for testing ahead of its official release on Oct. 22. Since we've only had a few days to stress test the Apple laptop, we'll update this review with a more in-depth report next week, including a battery run-down test.
Apple's new M5 MacBook Pro has up to 211% faster SSD performance than the M4 MacBook Pro, with 6.3GB/sec reads on the M5 versus 2GB/sec reads on the M4.
Apple has been using this laptop design for about four years now, since it released the M1 Pro and M1 Max versions of the MacBook Pro in late 2021. But for people who are upgrading from an older design—Apple did use the old Intel-era design, Touch Bar and all, for the low-end M1 and M2 MacBook Pros, after all—we’ll quickly hit the highlights.
Apple is reportedly planning significant display upgrades for three forthcoming products, including the iPad Air, MacBook Air, and iPad mini.As per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, these devices are likely to feature OLED screen technology
Apple’s 15-inch M4 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM and the 512GB SSD carries a $1,399 list price and is currently on at $1,199 – it is almost never any less than that. The M3 model we have above is $559 under the list price on the M4 model and $359 below the deal price. That is clearly quite a significant difference.
The 15-inch Apple MacBook Air with the M4 chip is back down to its best price of $999 at Amazon, saving shoppers $200.