Especially with the efficiency of the new chip. The more efficient display + efficient chip would technically mean better battery life…
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Apple to Launch 14-Inch and 16-Inch MacBook Pro Models With More Power-Efficient Displays This Year, Claims Report
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Increasingly efficient displays and keyboard lights will deliver the most significant increases in battery life except for a big change in battery technology.
Most people who use laptops have their processors idling most of the time… the way the Apple silicon is so efficient… there is only so much more node shrinks can provide with current technology.
Most people who use laptops have their processors idling most of the time… the way the Apple silicon is so efficient… there is only so much more node shrinks can provide with current technology.
I bet they would learn their lesson if you stopped visiting their website, reading their articles, and commenting on their forums.
I mean, we’ll all miss you, but we’ll understand it’s for the greater good of teaching these writers and editors just how truly inept they are.
I know it’s incredibly unrealistic, but give me one of the MBP displays in a 15” MBA and I’ll fork over a kidney.
Add a 3nm chip and I’ll throw in my first and only son.
*ducks plate my wife throws
Add a 3nm chip and I’ll throw in my first and only son.
*ducks plate my wife throws
Yeah, exactly. I hope so, but let's see, as we didn't get any improvements with the iPhone 15 and I was defo expecting some.
Seems like the simplest. The original M1 Pro is still a beast and since then there have been iterative improvements. Just like iPhones, if you have a recent one just ignore the updates until yours breaks or they release something you just have to have. If you don’t, it’s just about always a good time to buy one. I don’t think there’s going to be a big jump like Intel->AS for a long time.
For sure, I can tell that the display is easily what’s drawing the most power most of the time. And the display is already one of the main reasons to get an MBP over anything else. Display improvements are just as important if not more important than SoC improvements right now.
What's the bet that if this does happen we get newsletters from Gurman and Ming Chi-Kuo saying that Apple made a late change to its plans again, which is their catch all excuse when it turns out their guesses are as wrong as ours.
I would be curious to see some numbers behind the proportion of users who care to have more battery life. I personally use my laptop off the charger at best 1% of the time. I imagine if I had an iPad that could go from being a side monitor to a grab and go device then my off the charger usage would be almost 0%. Not to mention Vision Pro lowering the need even more. Heck I’ve been thinking more and more that I’d rather just have a Mac Studio at this point, and if it can work with Vision Pro and have some way to source power without an outlet (for a short while) I would say goodbye to my laptop.
Ideal setup is a Mac Studio and a Studio Display that has an integrated FaceID camera for the office. Tack on an iPad for quick office-couch conversions, and a Vision Pro for all scenarios outside of the home (assuming it doesn’t quite replace the office setup, which at some point I expect)
Ideal setup is a Mac Studio and a Studio Display that has an integrated FaceID camera for the office. Tack on an iPad for quick office-couch conversions, and a Vision Pro for all scenarios outside of the home (assuming it doesn’t quite replace the office setup, which at some point I expect)
They make all these efforts to save power and then companies buy them in bulk and install a bunch of spyware - sorry, device management services - running in the background (MS Intune, Jamf, McAffee…), in many cases the Intel version of the software even if it exists as AS binaries, and you still end up with 4 hours of battery life. Such is the fate of many a pro laptop these days.
An M3 Pro/Max MacBook Pro release this side of Christmas sounds somewhat plausible. Although the M2 Pro/Max arrived in January 23 it was widely believed to have been scheduled for release in Autumn 22 so a roughly annual release cadence could well be correct.
Apple might want to get M3 Pro/Max out of the door now so it's compared with Raptor Lake and Ryzen 7000 rather than waiting and competing with Meteor Lake.
Apple might want to get M3 Pro/Max out of the door now so it's compared with Raptor Lake and Ryzen 7000 rather than waiting and competing with Meteor Lake.
Maybe they deemed their displays too warm for their liking and want to address that issue as soon as possible. Maybe together with a spec bump and price discount, of course
Who says this will be a new MBP model? It could just be a component switch under the hood of the existing model - plenty of manufacturers do this. In fact, Apple did this with the 3rd gen AppleTV when they updated the SoC with a new version - both were A5 chips, but made on different nodes.
Yeah at this point if its going to be a pro iMac give me the screen I want.
Chip shortage and pandemic hit Apple late in their planning cycles. That's why the Apple Silicon rollout can seem spotty. Wouldn't be surprised if things were scrapped during to component issues and lockdowns in other parts of the world. We should be coming out of it for the most part.
I wouldn't say it's unrealistic that a similar display trickles down to the Air line at some point. It'll probably be nerfed in some aspects (refresh rate for example), but I could see it happening. The base iPhone eventually got the same underlying display tech as the Pro model (iPhone 12 started OLED on the base models), and the iPhone 15 has very similar display specs compared to the 15 Pro, refresh rate (ProMotion) aside.
Pretty much a new one every 3 months, while the iMac hasn’t been updated on 3 years…
I might replace my M1 14 inch MBP whenever the new batch comes out but I'd be surprised if they arrived this year. I'd rather wait if that meant more improvements rather than just a spec bump. It's just a laptop so I'm not expecting miracles but I want it to be somewhat worth it.
There's nothing wrong with my 14 and I may keep it even if I get a 16. I had thought that the smaller size was the way to go considering I work remotely and thought it would be easier to carry--which it is. It turns out I need every inch of screen real estate if I don't have an external monitor.
There's nothing wrong with my 14 and I may keep it even if I get a 16. I had thought that the smaller size was the way to go considering I work remotely and thought it would be easier to carry--which it is. It turns out I need every inch of screen real estate if I don't have an external monitor.