Apple is creating a low-cost MacBook collection to compete with Chromebook fashions within the schooling sector that may very well be launched as early because the second half of 2024, claims a brand new report out of Taiwan. From a report: In line with DigiTimes’ trade sources, Apple will probably launch the brand new product line to distinguish it from the corporate’s present MacBook Air and Professional traces. The outer look will nonetheless use a steel casing however will probably be product of “completely different supplies” and the price of the mechanical elements will probably be decrease, claims the report. The launch timeframe for the alleged new MacBook collection seems to be based mostly on a scarcity of associated exercise at main Apple suppliers like Quanta Laptop and Foxconn, making a launch within the first half of subsequent yr unlikely.