![]() ![]() ![]() That is because a revitalized 12-inch MacBook would almost certainly still have the butterfly keyboard and just one port. Kicking out the low-powered Intel chips from the 12-inch MacBook and replacing them with Apple’s own designs would undoubtedly help performance, but it will not be anywhere near enough. Apple itself has said its new processors will marry excellent performance with low power consumption. Apple’s new chips are based on an ARM architecture, and other ARM chips are known to be incredibly power efficient. The way I see it, reviving the 12-inch MacBook and outfitting it with an Apple Silicon processor will only solve one of those problems. And we all know about the problems with the butterfly keyboard. It was way too expensive and way too niche. ![]() Sure, it was silent, but its performance had to be dramatically pared back to allow for its fanless design. You always needed a thousand dongles to connect your peripherals. While interesting, these features led to all kinds of problems. The original 12-inch MacBook was one of Apple’s boldest experiments - an incredibly lightweight, totally fanless laptop with just a single USB-C port and an all-new butterfly keyboard design. Bringing the MacBook back from the dead Bill Roberson/DIgital Trends The option Apple chooses could have huge implications for the future of its Mac lineup, and I know exactly which path I hope the company will take. Apple could bring out an entirely different 12-inch device in the form of a reimagined MacBook Air. Yet those whispers have not yet been firmed up, for there is another distinct possibility that is being talked about.
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