Apple Files New Macs in Regulatory Database Ahead of Rumored Spring Event

[Souponastick270]

So Mac Mini Pro, iMac Pro and Mac Pro all with some combination of M1 Pro/Max chips in I guess.

I think M2 will come out later in the year in the Air/13” Pro and a non-Pro Mac Mini

 

[hybrid_x]

I'm guessing it'll be Mac minis and a MacBook Air that will take the place of the entry-level MacBook Pro.

 

[nwcs]

If the M2 was as near as we guess wouldn't GeekBench probably have some anonymous specs for us to look at already? I'm really hoping M2 is a nice improvement on the M1 but I secretly expect it won't be just yet. It may just be a tick and the M3 the big tock.

 

[Sydnxt]

I predict a Mac Mini-Max, 27' M1 Pro/Max iMac, MacBook Air M2.

 

[Xiao_Xi]

Is there a reason for Apple to release M1 Mini/iMac/Mac Pro's before they can release the M2?

Why couldn't Apple use M2-based SOCs for all Macs of this year? So, every year Apple could launch new hardware with a new SOC.

 

[multipasser]

30inch 6k iMac pro please! With 2x M2 chips

 

[dgdosen]

Well A24** is used on all the M1* devices. Does this suggest M2?

Looking a little deeper:

A23** are 2020 M1 devices
A24** are 2021 M1/M1Pro/M1Max devices

 

[chucker23n1]

Why couldn't Apple use M2-based SOCs for all Macs of this year? So, every year Apple could launch new hardware with a new SOC.

I think we’ll see an 18-month (or even 24-month) cycle on the M*, but perhaps even less frequent on the Pro and Max. No M2 Pro this year. Don’t be surprised if the skip that altogether, and the next Pro will be the M3 Pro, in 2023 or 24.

 

[dgdosen]

My guess would be

- entry level macbook pro (with 14' looks)
- high end mac mini
- high end imac

 

[LV426]

Well A24** is used on all the M1* devices. Does this suggest M2?

M1, M2... who cares. I'm still waiting for key software vendors to properly update their software to accommodate Apple Silicon, so I can use my M1 Max effectively, without running through a Rosetta emulation. I refuse to install Rosetta on a matter of principle.

Come on, guys, it's 2022 already. It can't be that hard, surely.

 

[lazyrighteye]

Considering Apple registered the iPad mini in April last year but didn’t release it until September, these filings could easily be for WWDC launches or even later.

Since I’m actually in the market, yesterday, for an updated MBA, these filings are almost certainly guaranteed for a WWDC or later release. My timing never works out. 🤪

That said, I’d be super ok with a March event that debuted an updated MBA.

I know the term “Air” is prominent across MacBook and iPad lines… But I would be ok with the naming convention simplifying to MacBook and MacBook Pro and iPad and iPad Pro (and mini). Would make for a cleaner delineation between entry-level and pro-level offerings.

 

[smoking monkey]

I haven't been following the rumours, but a M2 chip released before the iPhone? I personally can't see that happening. But who knows... not me.

 

[ppj845]

Mac mini with M2, Larger iMac with M2, MacBook Air with M2 😜

And then iMac Pro and Mac Pro in M2 Max In the summer 😂

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

My guess would be

- entry level macbook pro (with 14' looks)
- high end mac mini
- high end imac

I don’t think there’s going to be a new iMac in this event

 

[uller6]

M2 seems likely.

(The gains on the GPU are better. There's also gains on battery life, and there's added features — I suspect the M2 will backport the M1 Pro's better support for external displays, for example.)

I really hope this is the case, but I'm not holding my breath. I feel like Apple will use # of supported external displays to segment their product lines, forcing anyone who needs additional displays to upgrade to the higher end models.

 

[cocoua]

This is really exciting!!
Lets see what happen in march, i’ve been waiting for a 3 screen desktop apple silicon since 2019

 

[jeffpeng]

The model numbers don't really say anything about what hardware is in them.

Since we can expect that they would file something like this well in advance (sometimes there's 6 months between filing and release) I think this confirms my hypothesis that won't see any new machines before WWDC.

Plus, and I keep saying this, and might as well be wrong with it: M2 will be based on A16, not A15. So it's unlikely they would release it before they released the new iPhone with the A16. Also releasing an M2 machine the same time they release the biggest M1s doesn't make sense.

So, I stick by it: iMac 27(+?) with M1 Pro, Max and 2Max (Extreme?) aka Jade-2C Die at WWDC, plus a ... Mac Mini Pro / Mac Pro Mini, whatever it'll be, but I'll bet a Mac Mini Pro without the 2Max. Then with or possibly after the new iPhones we'll see the new M2, A16 based MacBook (Air?). Last time they dropped the A15 iPad Mini alongside the new iPhones. Wouldn't be too bad to bring a nice and affordable consumer focused Laptop this time around.

And no, we will not see annual updates to any Mac. They haven't even done that when intel basically provided drop in replacements year on year. The market just isn't there for those (at least not compared to apple's other markets).

 

[Edgecrusherr]

It should be noted this does not indicate time frame. In the past sometimes the actual release didn’t happen until 6 months after the registration or even later.

Yeah, they may have registered the Mac mini and a few others, with only plans to announce one next month.

 

[reallynotnick]

I'm going to go with a weird bet of 13" MBP with M1 Pro and two models of the Max Mini with M1 Pro and M1 Max.

 

[chucker23n1]

I haven't been following the rumours, but a M2 chip released before the iPhone? I personally can't see that happening. But who knows... not me.

The iPhone already has the A15.

 

[cwwilson]

Looks like the M2 MacBook Air will be one of them!

 

[the8thark]

Well A24** is used on all the M1* devices. Does this suggest M2?

We have info suggesting the A26** is one notebook and two desktops.

My question to you and everyone else is why A26** and not A25**?

 

[mansplains]

M1, M2... who cares. I'm still waiting for key software vendors to properly update their software to accommodate Apple Silicon, so I can use my M1 Max effectively, without running through a Rosetta emulation. I refuse to install Rosetta on a matter of principle.

Come on, guys, it's 2022 already. It can't be that hard, surely.

I've been waiting on Native Instruments to support Apple Silicon. They updated their support page in December at least so it seems like a somewhat active endeavor, not just an announcement from a year ago. But then only a handful of products are 'supported' for Monterey, and the M1 Pro / Max aren't supported period.

I bought pro apps for edu yesterday to try Logic again.

 

[jonblatho]

M1, M2... who cares. I'm still waiting for key software vendors to properly update their software to accommodate Apple Silicon, so I can use my M1 Max effectively, without running through a Rosetta emulation. I refuse to install Rosetta on a matter of principle.

Come on, guys, it's 2022 already. It can't be that hard, surely.

It can assuredly be “that hard.” While most software just needs to be recompiled with a version of Xcode that supports Universal 2, either due to prior poor decisions or myriad reasons often outside a given developer’s hands, not all software gets to follow the contours and the timeline that Apple would like it to.

It could be some obscure, proprietary library they use that has Intel-specific instructions and they have to either wait on that to be updated or write a replacement themselves from scratch if it’s abandoned, for example. (This was also a source of pain for some when macOS went 64-bit-only a few years back.) No real way around that, and either way, it takes time.

There are other question marks, too, like the funds to obtain an Apple silicon-based Mac for testing and the time to actually test their software and ensure that nothing broke.

 

[SactoGuy18]

The new Mac mini models with the M1 Pro or M1 Max SoC for sure. But that third model....