Don’t agree, the M2 replaces the M1 as the low end chip with the latest cores, we might skip the M1X and have the M2 and M2X release at the same time in October.
Agreed. A September launch seems to be bad timing.
Everything seems to point out that the "Pro" versions of Mac laptops and desktops (MacBook Pro, Mac mini and iMac) will have some sort of beefed-up M-series processor.
It would make sense for Apple to release the iPhone 13 in September (just like it has been doing during the last years) with the A14 processor. Then, around November, about one year after the release of the M1 chip, it would release the M2 chip for the lower-end Macs. And, finally, by the same time, or even later, Apple could release the M2X chip alongside all-new redesigned MacBooks.
It could go several ways. What does not make much sense, at least for me, is to release an M1X for the Pro models, just before the A14 launches with (perhaps) faster single-core speeds. Or perhaps it makes sense to use the M1 in a higher-core version (an M1X with lower single-core speeds but higher multi-core speeds) to streamline the production lines while the M2 equips the lower-end Macs.
Or perhaps the A14 is just delayed this year due to the chip shortage, and Apple decided to fill the September gap by releasing the redesigned Macs instead.
The release schedule became a little confusing to me when Apple did not release the new Macs with M1X during the WWDC. Perhaps Apple is behind its own schedule due to chip shortage, as it announced a 2-year transition a little over one year ago and so far has managed to update only a few models with the new processor, and all higher-end models are all still stuck in Intel processors released over a year ago (save for the 27-inch iMac which was last updated in August 2020). Apple is probably losing sales, as many Pro users, who tend to be more computer-literate, are certainly waiting for the new M-series versions to upgrade.
