Welcome to 95 Mac Daily for Wednesday, February 25th, 2026.

I'm your host, Chance Miller.

We are sponsored this week by Ben Q.

Leading off today, Apple is expected to make multiple product announcements next week,

culminating in a special Apple experience for the press on Wednesday.

A new low-cost MacBook is rumored to be among those new products.

Today, a new report from Digitimes reaffirms Apple's work on a more affordable MacBook

and explains how the company is battling increasing component cost.

The report says that volume shipments for the new low-cost MacBook are expected to begin in March,

aligning with a release that month.

Supply chain sources estimate that Apple will ship between 15 and 16 million units of the Mac over the first two years.

Apple has also battled delays in production of this new MacBook. The report says mass production was first slated to launch in late 2025, but was ultimately

pushed to the first quarter of 2026. Furthermore, like most of the industry, Apple is also facing pressure from rising component costs.

Digitimes emphasizes that this is particularly impacting memory prices and battery prices.

It's hard to predict the price of unreleased Apple products, but the affordability of this

quote-unquote budget MacBook is increasingly in question, according to Digitimes.

Early rumors pointed to a $599 price tag, but most estimates now place it at between $699 and $7.49.

As we've outlined before, the new low-cost MacBook will be powered by the A18 Pro Chip and will have a 12.9-inch screen, making it the smallest laptop Apple cells.

According to Bloomberg, Appleist tested multiple colors, including light yellow, light green, blue, pink, classic silver, and dark gray.

Again, this is one of a handful of products expected to be announced by Apple

next week. In other news today, a new report from Bloomberg offers fresh details about what to

expect from the major MacBook Pro update coming later this year. As we've talked about before,

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