It’s clear that Apple is working on a version of MacOS that will run on ARM-based processors It’s likely that any MacBook or MacBook Pro running on ARM will use one of Apple’s Axx series of processors, presumably matching the iPad Pro.

Assuming that an ARM-powered MacBook or MacBook Pro is coming (yes, it’s our old friend Taniyama-Shimurua once more) Apple needs to make the risky decision on when to sell the laptop.

12 November 2019, US, New York: The new MacBook Pro, recorded at an Apple presentation in New York, ...

Apple’s initial plans for 2020 may have included an ARM-powered MacBook launch for the end of the year, but the impact of the coronavirus pandemic will have had an impact on this schedule.

No doubt Apple has been working on tools and processes to ease the task and automate as much of the work as possible, but any competent developer will want to check the final build before release.

It’s going to be a lightweight laptop in terms of size and weight.

Apple’s MacBook ARM is going to have Apple’s own apps ready to go - you have the all important web browser; music and video apps; messaging; and the office suite of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. .

Pitching the ARM laptop with a focus on the education market is an excellent story to tell. .