Analyst Kuo: MacBook with ARM CPU from Apple to be released in late 2020 or early 2021

Apple will release its first MacBook with a self-designed ARM processor at the end of this year or early next year, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. It is not yet clear which model or models are involved. A new MacBook design would follow in mid-2021.

Kuo states that Apple will release its first laptop with its own processor in the fourth quarter of this year or the first quarter of next year. Apple already uses self-designed ARM socs in its iPhones and iPads and for years it has been rumored that MacBooks will follow. The report accessed by MacRumors does not clarify which model is involved.

According to Kuo, Apple will launch MacBooks with a completely new design in the second half of next year. Also here it is not clear whether it is a Pro or Air version. The MacBook Pro last received major changes in October 2016, and that was in October 2018 for the MacBook Air.

Last month, Kuo also provided details about the arrival of Macs with ARM hardware. It was then stated that it would be a chip produced at 5nm by tsmc. Such socs will probably also come in iPhones and iPads this year.

The analyst also makes statements about laptops that would be announced in the near future. According to Kuo, more MacBooks will appear in the second quarter of this year with the improved keyboard that Apple is already putting in the 16″ version of the MacBook Pro. It would be new Pro and Air models. “version of the MacBook Pro mentioned earlier.

The improved keyboard in the MacBook Pro 16″