Gurman: Cheaper iPad to Debut Next Week, Sub-$1,000 MacBook Likely Not Ready Yet

Apple plans to introduce iPad next week that should appeal to the education market, and new software for the classroom, according to Bloomberg News Mark Gurman.   Apple is also said to be working on new, lower-priced notebook, likely to replace MacBook Air with sub-$1,000 price in United States.   new, MacBook laptop is in the works likely destined to replace MacBook Air at price less than $1,000, and it probably wo not be ready time for next week, the people said.   MacBook Air, introduced about ago, has not seen major change since 2010, the year iPad came out.   At first glance, it would appear that Gurman is referring to lower-priced 12-inch MacBook, that Apple will eventually phase out MacBook Air.   MacBook laptop wording is perhaps intentionally vague, in case it does end up being MacBook Air. 12-inch MacBook models start at $1,299, and were last updated with Kaby Lake processors and faster graphics June 2017.   Earlier this month, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said Apple plans to launch more MacBook Air in the quarter of 2018.   WitsView Yubin Qiu estimated the notebook could start at $799 to $899 in United States..   Gurman Kuo have elaborated on what we can expect from MacBook or MacBook Air, whichever it ends up being, and it's reasonable to assume that we'll see bump to the processors and graphics.   If it's MacBook Air, Retina display is also possibility, and that may go against the sub-$1,000 price..   Read more