Apple will reportedly launch next week three laptops powered by the same type of chip as the iPhone 12. The Apple Silicon-powered 13-inch MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, and the 16-inch MacBook Pro are already in the works, with the smaller laptops being further ahead in production.
Apple confirmed at WWDC 2020 this summer that it will start transitioning its MacBooks from Intel to Apple Silicon chips or processors similar to the ones powering the iPhones and iPads. Apple has been making its own processors for its mobile devices, and the A-series chips were always well ahead of the competition. The A14 Bionic that powers the iPhone 12 and new iPad Air is just the latest example in a long series of Apple chips that had no match in the industry. In fact, these A-series chips started outperforming MacBooks in benchmark tests a few years ago. This prompted speculation that Apple could have more powerful iPhone chips inside MacBooks in the coming years, with some reports pointing to 2020 as the year when Apple would finally release an ARM MacBook. When Apple confirmed it all this summer, the company said it would move its entire Mac lineup to ARM silicon, and that the process will take a couple of years. Apple did not say what sort of Macs would get Apple Silicon processors this year, offering developers a customized Mac Mini to test out macOS on an ARM processor.
