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IamTimCook said:
That’s what every new version of any product in the same series has been since the dawn of time. Lol

Adding smaller “X” to a product is the least you could ever do to upgrade it. 🤦🏼‍♂️
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I should clarify that the I believe what Apple is going to call “M2” is actually a revised M1 using the same 5nm process node as the M1 as opposed to being a revised SoC using TSMC’s upcoming 3nm node as has been previously reported in ongoing rumors. I believe this change was due to Apple and TSMC not making their initial target dates due to supply chain or undisclosed issues.
 
droman said:
Well, I'm referring to PCIe expansion (with the support of current gen cards on the market/newer gen cards), internal storage solutions, and memory expansion. The current Xeon MP can scale pretty high up according to user needs.

No doubt an AS MP would be faster, the question rises, can it expand as well? Whole premise of the Mac Pro, is true modularity/expansion but the whole premise on AS, is unification. If Apple can't deliver on the modular aspect, it defeats the entire purpose of the machine I feel.

I hope the new MP isn't what the trashcan MP was. In essence, the Mac Studio is basically that (be it, a lot faster, in bigger Mac Mini form), with expansion being sent through TB/USB4. People seem to be okay with that now for that specific machine, but I feel people would freak if the new MP saw that same treatment. The MP needs to be expandable imo.
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When you look at uses for PCIe, though, most of what one would use those for in the prior MacPro are no longer applicable.
Afterburner? Built in
GPU’s? Not supported
Apple I/O Card? Not needed

What’s left is fibre channel cards, fibre networking cards, and pro video and audio interface cards. And RAID cards. If Apple has information that shows most folks using slots in Macs were using them for Afterburner and GPU’s and maybe one or two other cards, then that could mean that all the “scaling” that’s required is 2, maybe 3 PCIe slots.
 
I was wrong about the M2 not offering more than 16GB RAM, but I think I'm correct about it still only supporting one external display.
 
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