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No, Apple won’t introduce a new 12-inch MacBook

Apple is considering bringing back the 12-inch MacBook, according to a tweet by “yeus1122.” The Sellers Research Group (that’s me) says this ain’t gonna happen.

Previous rumors have said such a laptop would sport an M2 or “binned-down” M3 processor. The smaller laptop would purportedly be targeted to students and general users, not pro users.

This has been rumored for some time. I think that, if a 12-inch laptop does arrive, Apple is muddling its line-up with MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro models (and this isn’t even counting the iPad line-up).Why not simply offer MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros in various sizes for, respectively, general users and professional users?

The original 12-inch MacBook (pictured below) was introduces in March 2015. It was revised in 2017, then discontinued in July 2018, a year after the release of the MacBook Air with Retina display.

Dennis Sellers

Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.

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