
Black Friday shoppers are rushing through the aisles, their eyes transfixed to the screens and overwhelmed by discount offers, but just one machine cuts through the pandemonium with calm assurance. The 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 CPU, priced at $1,349 for Black Friday (was $1,599), arrives as a reliable solution for anyone who requires and expects their tools to simply work.

Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman sent a Tuesday newsletter, and the entire internet caught fire. Apple, the corporation that once offered an absurdly pricey $10,000 gold watch, is quietly working on a laptop that will cost far less than $1,000. Not a clearance sale Air or refurbished Pro, but the real deal: a brand-new MacBook with an iPhone brain inside.

A Chinese modder named Shu Chan has created a device that looks like it came straight out of an Apple keynote. Dubbed the iPadBook, this hybrid combines an M1 MacBook Air and an M4 iPad Pro into one shape-shifting device that toggles between a full-fledged laptop running macOS and a standalone tablet running iPadOS.

Apple’s 15.3-inch MacBook Air M4, priced at $999, feels like finding a crisp hundred-dollar bill in an old jacket pocket. This laptop debuted in March and delivers a blend of performance, portability, as well as value that’s hard to beat.

Apple’s MacBook lineup has always been the shiny gold standard—sleek, smooth, and yeah, pricey enough to make your bank account sweat a little. But word on the street, thanks to supply chain guru Ming-Chi Kuo, is that Apple’s got something fresh in the works: a 13-inch MacBook running on the iPhone 16 Pro’s A18 Pro chip, aiming to bring a wallet-friendly laptop to the table without skimping on that classic Cupertino flair.

Apple’s new MacBook Air M4 in Sky Blue has dropped to its lowest price this year, and you can get one for $849 shipped today, originally $999. This color is describes as a “metallic light blue” with a dynamic gradient that shifts in different lighting. Product page.

It’s true, the SonarPen for USB Type-C can turn your MacBook’s trackpad into a drawing pad, which can save you a bundle compared to dedicated devices. How does it work? You download the free SonarPen Driver for macOS, plug in the SonarPen, and calibrate it. The trackpad becomes a pressure-sensitive drawing surface.

It has only been a few months, but the MacBook Pro M4 is already old news, while the latest and greatest, or at least in terms of portability, is the MacBook Air M4. This iFixit teardown video reveals an easy to access battery and ports, but everything else is better left to professionals.

