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Apple sets the date for March 4 event and it could be a big one for Macs

Could it be the highly-anticipated low-cost MacBook? Let's wait and watch.

By Nadeem Sarwar Published February 16, 2026

MacBook Pro in space grey sitting on a desk. — Omar Al-Ghosson / Unsplash

Apple has just sent out the media invites for an event happening on March 4. Interestingly, the events will be simultaneously held in New York, Shanghai, and London. The company, as usual, hasn’t said anything about the upcoming products, but we might have an idea of what’s coming.

What’s coming?

“Macs are imminent,” Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman shared on X. The outlet also reports that the company has planned a whole slate of refreshed products across the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and the Mac desktop line-up, but there is no clarity on exactly which product is going to be revealed at the event.

Apple is holding a March 4 product debut with events in London, New York and Shanghai. New Macs are imminent. https://t.co/71aROUSrMx https://t.co/c4239MkTH5
— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) February 16, 2026

Interestingly, the colors on the invite — yellow, green, and yellow ̦— suggest that something peppy is coming. Notably, the outlet reported over the weekend that Apple’s upcoming low-cost MacBook, which could be priced in the $700-800 bracket, might come in a variety of fun colors.

A huge refresh cycle for Macs

This low-cost laptop will feature a metallic chassis, a display smaller than 13 inches, and an iPhone-class A-series processor instead of the M-series chips you will find in the Air and Pro series of MacBooks, as well as iPads.

Worth pointing out the three colors from the invite are light green, blue and yellow — which just so happen to be the colors Apple has tested the low-cost MacBook with, as I wrote yesterday. Coincidence? We shall see. https://t.co/1FFVkfw9JZ pic.twitter.com/ssKDDzdJsw
— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) February 16, 2026

Another launch candidate could be the more powerful variants of the MacBook Pro, featuring the M5 Pro and M5 Max processors. So far, Apple has only launched a variant with the baseline M5 processor. Aside from MacBooks, Apple has also planned new iPads for a 2026 launch, in addition to a foldable iPhone and a revamped MacBook Pro packing an OLED screen and a fresh design language.

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