Apple Event to Include 13-Inch MacBook Pro, 16-Inch MacBook Pro, and 13-Inch MacBook Air With Apple Silicon Chips [Updated]

[cmaier]

Bring it on! I’m interested how, if at all, they integrate touch functionality to the MacBook screen to bring greater functionality to all those incoming iOS apps. While the iPad proves cursors work well for touch-centric devices, it has yet to be seen how cursor-only input would fare for for a non-touch device with iOS apps like the Apple Silicon MacBook.

Same way it works in the iOS simulator in Xcode?

 

[mannyvel]

The PPC and x86 Macs weren't cheaper than the 68k and PPC Macs they replaced...so although I'd like to see an actual price cut, I'm tempering my expectations on that front.

 

[Serban55]

Is there a new Intel chip for the 16" MBP other than what is shipping today?

Yes, there are 10th gen Intel 45W for 16" that were released in June or July

 

[SonOfaMac]

Why rush to market a premium product like the MacBook Pro range?

Why not just wait until next year for the new design/architecture, it has to provide design flexibility advantages plus the promotional wow factor once on sale. You only get one shot at the new premium product line launch.

Yes I know there may be some reasons but the benefits of such a delay seem to outweigh the negatives.

 

[macfacts]

if the 13inch AS can get all day battery life sign me up.

iPads can already get all day battery life

 

[jz0309]

I believe it when I actually see the announcement. all laptops at the same time? not going to happen ...

 

[Spungoflex]

“The process will take around 2 years...”

I thought they said it was going to take 1 year?

 

[Darth Tulhu]

Why do you want a redesign? Does it really matter what the machine looks like so long as it has a good screen and a working keyboard?

Part of the reason I'm an Apple user is because aesthetics matter.

If they didn't, I'd be getting a Windows PC (those XPS machines look better and better), or a current and arguably more flexible Apple machine right now. I'm due for an upgrade (on 2011 hardware still), so I want something "pretty".

Since 2001, when I first saw OS X (Jaguar?), and the blue iMac and G3 tower, Apple has been the you-know-what of my eye.

Then after that, the tabletop iMac (my all-time favorite), the cube, on and on... Man, you made me time travel there to better days, when my wallet was empty but my house was FULL of almost every Apple product and I had a BIG smile on my face.

 

[macsrcool1234]

The fact that they can already transition the 16-inch to Apple Silicon is honestly impressive.

not really, they've obviously been making a parallel effort

 

[Spungoflex]

iPads can already get all day battery life

My Casio watch get around 18 months battery life. Point being?

 

[PickUrPoison]

Seriously doubt that.

Agreed. But many were expecting an all new form factor with the Apple silicon machines. Gurman is saying these will still be in the current ones, which presumably wouldn’t need 80+ Watts of cooling for the CPU/GPU in the 16”. 🤔

 

[sfwalter]

They won’t, this story is wrong. 16” MBP will be an Intel refresh. There will be two lower end 13” MacBooks with Apple Silicon, and top end 13” MacBook Pro with Intel will stay too.

How do you know they are wrong? Did they change their original story?

 

[PickUrPoison]

Why rush to market a premium product like the MacBook Pro range?

Why not just wait until next year for the new design/architecture, it has to provide design flexibility advantages plus the promotional wow factor once on sale. You only get one shot at the new premium product line launch.

Yes I know there may be some reasons but the benefits of such a delay seem to outweigh the negatives.

I doubt anything is being rushed to market. If they’re going to release the 16”, it’s because it’s ready.

 

[joiwomcow]

Slightly worried they’re already ditching the intel 16”. If software is slow, buggy, and/or missing on the new processors (as it was for Microsoft’s ARM efforts), it might be a couple of years before I can replace my 15”.

 

[Psychicbob]

It would be a bit bizarre for them to have duplicate models with a processor choice. It would just cannibalise their own products. Although I suppose they would try to reduce the number on Intel Macs sold over time.

 

[sfwalter]

“The process will take around 2 years...”

I thought they said it was going to take 1 year?

They said 2 years. The also said 2 years with the PowerPC to Intel transition, but they got that one wrapped up in a little over a year if my memory is correct.

 

[Realityck]

Next week's Apple event will see Apple introduce three new Macs with Apple Silicon processors, including a 13-inch MacBook Pro, a 16-inch MacBook Pro, and a 13-inch MacBook Air.

The updated info on which Macs we can expect to see at the event comes direct from Bloomberg, with sources listed as "people familiar with the matter."

I think Bloomberg is wrong. Either 13" MacBook Air or MacBook Pro laptop a possibility, but a 16" MacBook Pro, umm no.

 

[NMBob]

Will come with the iMacs I would think. Maybe a year from now?

But...but...they already have an ASi mini version. It just needs 'the real thing' CPU. My 2012's are doing great, but it would be fun to see what they come up with. Now 4TB of SSD just has to match the price of 2x2TB HDD...and have it be a mini that can be upgraded. OK, fat chance.

 

[ChrisMoBro]

Well, in single-core, the iPhone is already on par or beating anything Intel or AMD can offer. A 8-core A14 with slightly higher clocks will handily outperform any i9 at a much lower power consumption

Ummmm except it won't. Not "any" i9. The i9 9900K wipes the floor with the A14. Yes, the latter has a much lower TDP, but its clock speed is rather laughable.

 

[joiwomcow]

iPads can already get all day battery life

Depends. I have this year’s 12” and I get 10 hrs. “All day,” sort of...

 

[MetalProgrammer]

Why do you want a redesign? Does it really matter what the machine looks like so long as it has a good screen and a working keyboard?

Said no Apple user EVER

 

[szw-mapple fan]

Why do you want a redesign? Does it really matter what the machine looks like so long as it has a good screen and a working keyboard?

You can say that about just about any tech product.

 

[Spungoflex]

Why rush to market a premium product like the MacBook Pro range?

Why not just wait until next year for the new design/architecture, it has to provide design flexibility advantages plus the promotional wow factor once on sale. You only get one shot at the new premium product line launch.

Yes I know there may be some reasons but the benefits of such a delay seem to outweigh the negatives.

I don’t see the benefit of doing that, to be honest. The first AS Macs are going to sell, regardless. Then you get another bounce with the inevitable redesign.

Plus, I think you’d want as many AS macs in the wild as possible so software developers have incentive to start writing code natively for AS.

 

[leman]

Ummmm except it won't. Not "any" i9. The i9 9900K wipes the floor with the A14. Yes, the latter has a much lower TDP, but its clock speed is rather laughable.

If you consider multi core performance, yes. But A14 is faster core per core. A 3.0 GHz A14 core is about the same speed as a 5.0 GHz Intel core. An 8-core variant of A14 would have multi-core performance of a 10-core Intel desktop CPUs while consuming 1/3 of power.

 

[PickUrPoison]

If this turns out to be true, I'm surprised that Apple didn't take the opportunity to do the model redesign (at least making the 13.3" -> 14", whether it's mini-LED or not). Would've thought they'd take every opportunity to get more people to jump in on ASi.

It might come 12-18 months from now, with the second gen ASi model with mini-LED.