> The A18 Pro is 46% faster than the M1 in single-core tasks, and almost identical to the M1 on multi-core and graphics tasks.

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/07/about-that-a16-macbook-ru...

With many people saying that they don't see a need to upgrade their existing M1 Mac, a big bump in single core performance would make a viable entry level option.

This is exciting in terms of competing with the cheap-laptop market including Chromebooks, they should be able to do something incredible in that space if they price it well.

MY only worry is they might restrict it to the Mac App Store like Windows RT tried, to stop it eating into MacBook Air sales.