The Future of Laptops: 5 Key Trends to Watch by 2025

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05/11/2025

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Smartphone Chips Are Coming for Laptops
The performance gap between phone and laptop chips is shrinking. Modern smartphone System-on-Chips (SoCs) are designed to sip power yet still drive a full laptop workload. Apple already tests a MacBook that uses an A-series iPhone chip - internal data show the part runs faster than the company's own M1 laptop chip. The result will be notebooks that last longer on a charge without losing speed.
The Rise of the "Premium" Entry-Level Device

The cheapest laptop tier is changing. Yesterday's $300 machine barely opened a browser tab - tomorrow's low cost unit will contain real processing power. Apple reportedly prepares a MacBook that costs well under $800. That machine would outperform mid range Windows laptops and leave every current Chromebook behind through stronger hardware paired with the full macOS suite.

On-Device AI Is Dictating Hardware Specs
Private AI requires the model to run inside the device. Local models need extra memory. Apple Intelligence now treats 8GB of RAM as the floor, not the ceiling. Future base models - even cheap ones - will ship with 12GB or more. On-device AI will become a standard feature, not a premium extra.
Software Ecosystems Are the New Battlefield
Hardware differences are fading - the operating system plus its apps now decide the purchase. A low cost MacBook that runs the full macOS stack arrives with thousands of native programs - a Chromebook in the same price band ships with a browser and little else. The richer software library becomes the decisive edge.
A Return to Core User Experience
Extreme thinness lost its appeal once keyboards failed and ports vanished. Vendors now refine the basics instead. Across the industry, ultra slim, error prone key switches - Apple's butterfly design among them - are gone. New models use deeper, more reliable keyboards that keep the machine thin yet feel comfortable for long typing sessions.

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