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18% its enough from 1 gen to another, and thats only on cpu side, The Gpu is up to 35% depending of the config
Also the Ram now is LPDDR5 and not LPDDR4x
Also we have Pro Res on the SoC. A15 also runs cooler than A14...so what are we talking about? is more than others brings in 2-3 years
Lmfao the armchair analyst comments on here these days that make 0 sense. Yes Apple puts everything together 'very last minute', sure, yes, of course Apple does that.
18% its enough from 1 gen to another, and thats only on cpu side, The Gpu is up to 35% depending of the config
Also the Ram now is LPDDR5 and not LPDDR4x
Also we have Pro Res on the SoC. A15 also runs cooler than A14...so what are we talking about? is more than others brings in 2-3 years
Doesn't seem too efficient to me. When also, the battery life is being affected. It's just a very minimal upgrade.



@GhostOS You forgot about the Apple Watch 7. Remember how disappointed people were?
 
There would be no point in using an M2-Pro or M2-Max in a smaller and possibly even thinner laptop because once you are doing things you would need those chips for, it would heat up and throttle thus not giving you the performance you paid for. Now with the M2's extra RAM, buying a MBP to get more than 16 is less of a need. So the question really is which screen type will it get?

PS. Suck it people, it's going to have white bezels!!! LOL
 
It would be cool to see how many transistors they'd be able to cram into a M3/Pro/Max and then into a 12" ultrabook.

50 billion? 75 billion?

I only hope I'll be able to put it to good use.
M3 series will most likely use the 3nm process as opposed to 5 nm process. More transistors, possibly smaller footprint.
 
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I already just bought 2017 m3 MacBook and vey happy with it :) 600 dollars, space grey, light and great display and speakers. Keyboard is also fine. 54 battery cycles, looks pristine new.
 
Considering Apple just updated the 13" MacBook Pro with an M2...a new 12" model with M2 Pro would be strange to say the least.

Seems more likely that a 12" MacBook would be a replacement for the current last gen MacBook Air, in terms of price point and lineup position.
 
This seems so ridiculously unlikely I don't even know why MR has bothered giving it credence. What precedence is there of Apple ever putting their most hi-tech hardware into a 12" Macbook? I'll give you some help: never.
 
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Lol, why? Have you not seen the size of your pocket computer called an iPhone?
And that thing actually saps quite a bit of battery when playing games when you don't turn down the graphics and in turn all that power usage makes it quite hot.
 
This seems so ridiculously unlikely I don't even know why MR has bothered giving it credence. What precedence is there of Apple ever putting their most hi-tech hardware into a 12" Macbook? I'll give you some help: never.
I think the term "ridiculously unlikely" is a good way to describe the kind of hardware we should expect to see this decade. Whether it be Apple, Intel, Google, Qualcomm, we should expect just that.

Let's just coin the term right now - The Roaring 20s.
 
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Not sure how it would handle all the heat when pushed to it’s limits without a fan? When I’m editing on my M1 Max 16” MBP I always have the fans running at 2,000 rpm with SMC fan control to keep my Mac cool or the MBP parts hit 70-90°C on average if I leave to Apple’s automatic fan control.
 
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I'm not sure how they plan to fit a high-end SoC in such a thin enclosure (the former fanless 12-inch MB with low-end CoreM chips) - current M1 Max/Pro MBPs cannot do without proper ventilation with their relatively thin enclosures.
 
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That doesn't make any sense does it? The new Pro machines are Pro because they are designed for maximum performance without compromise - so are larger to accommodate better cooling systems and larger batteries.

A 12" MacBook based on them would probably look like the old 12" PowerBook G4s!

I will absolutely buy a new M2-based 12" ultrabook, but I can't see how they make that a Pro-branded laptop. Other than cost of course!
Well there might be a use case - for those that work on an external screen at home but like portability.

Still I think this is a not a convincing use case - so I doubt this is coming.
 
So far the M2 and all the M1 derivates have been 5nm.
There is a strong roumor that Apple will move to 3nm for M2 Pro / Max / Ultra and 5nm could mean higher performance but also lower power requirements. A 3nm M2 Pro could have lower thermals than a 5nm M2 so a 12" M2 Pro is definitely possible. Fingers crossed, I would be all over such a machine.
 
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12" MBP? That's really bafflingly. Too small a screen for Pro work.

If anything it should be a MBA.

Personally I find that size screen too small for a laptop. 13.3" would be my minimum for a laptop.
 
Wait, wait, at you telling me that we will see a heavy 12” MBP instead of a lighter and more portable 12” MacBook? This is insane.

There’s a niche for the light, more portable 12” MacBook, and that’s just what I need.

On the other hand, if the 12” MBP is lighter than the MacBok Air, I will get the Pro. But with a fan system I really doubt it.

We need light portable machines, Apple.
 
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