Bring back the iBook, you cowards

Apple is reportedly working on a low-cost laptop powered by an iPhone chip. This could be a small deal, a decision made by supply chain economics and the fact that the M1 MacBook Air continues to sell well at Walmart. Or it could be huge, a return to form for a company that once seemed to have a clear purpose for each of its devices but whose lineup feels more confused than ever.

We’re hoping Apple picks the latter approach, and we have an idea for what it might look like: the iBook, a laptop line once so innovative that Phil Schiller had to jump off a ledge onto a mattress to prove its technical prowess. We can maybe leave the toilet bowl …

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