Umm, then you've misunderstood me, I loved the Macbook design (minus the chip), but by the time I've boarded the Apple bandwagon it was already dated.
In my opinion it was designed for a chip Intel promised but failed to deliver. Just like the 2018 Air redesign. And these Intel shortcomings led to Apple Silicon.
This still misses a product I was talking about: a lightweight notebook for non-gpraphics pros, a mac version of dell xps and likes: a professional, small device around a kilo (preferably under) for managers, it people and scientists. A macbook retina with m2, which can drive 2 displays and pack 32 gb ram.
They do need something in that price point. They could replace it with a 14” MBP with M2 and maybe a few other features left out.
That’s hard to call. From the Gurman rumors in May, it was clear that the mini was being prepared with the MBPs, but not clear when it would be launched. I suspect that the product is ready but that they are struggling to get the parts that they need to ship as many MBPs as possible. Since they probably make a higher margin on the MBPs, they’ll prioritize them until they get past the crunch. Unfortunately for Mini fans, that means that Apple could launch them any time between now and March(?) and may not schedule an event but just do a press release.
In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that he doesn't expect Apple to hold another event or make any other major product announcements this year, while turning his attention to what we can expect next year.
Apple held an event in November 2020 to introduce its first Macs with its custom-designed M1 chip, but Gurman believes Apple has nothing else left of substance on its roadmap that would be ready to launch before the end of 2021.
Gurman believes that a new MacBook Air with an entirely new design and an Apple-designed M2 chip will launch in around six to eight months from now. He believes the upcoming model will represent the biggest redesign of the MacBook Air since 2010, with a rumor earlier this week claiming that the notebook will have a similar design as the 24-inch iMac, including off-white bezels around the display and a variety of color choices.
Gurman also expects a larger iMac with Apple silicon, a new Mac mini, a new iPhone SE, and a new iPad Pro to launch after the calendar turns to 2022.
Following the unveiling of redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with Apple's next-generation M1 Pro and M1 Max chips this week, the only Intel-based Macs remaining in Apple's lineup include a low-end 21.5-inch iMac targeted at the education market, the 27-inch iMac, the high-end Mac mini, and the Mac Pro tower.
Article Link: Gurman: Apple Event in November Unlikely, New MacBook Air With Biggest Redesign Since 2010 to Launch Next Year
That would either be the new iMac Pro or just the current iPad with a desktop chip inside? It would be interesting if they decided to call the new desktop chip line as D1, M for mobile and D for desktop. Now what about the MacBook Air, will there be a new Air or just a MacBook? If they decided to just name the new notebook as just MacBook and keep the current Air around (just lowering the price a bit), then what about the iPad line naming scheme? If they were to call the new notebook, Air, then what would they do with the current Air since the new Air is suppose to cost a bit more. If they were to rebrand the current Air as SE, they would have to somehow be able to differentiate it between the current Air to justify the name change. They could update the M1 to be an M1x or just use the M2, but if they just use the M2, then what would be the reason to come out with a new Air? Seems like there wouldn’t be that much of a different between the two notebooks to justify having both in the lineup. It would be strange if they just rebranded the current Air as MacBook and came out with a new Air, but then again, they could find a way to justify it. My guess is they will just differentiate the 2 Airs by their chips, MacBook Air M1 and MacBook Air M2, which wouldn’t be bad as long as they either lowered the price of the M1 a bit or have us more at the same price since the M2 will likely cost more.
M1 iPad Pro and M1 iMac released on April so why not M1 Pro/Max iMac and Mac mini?
It would be great if they added a desktop Mac that falls between the mini and Pro. With a larger case than the mini and big quiet fans, they could push the performance of the M1 Pro or Max beyond the MBP.
The event before that was a ‘Mac’ event but it was mainly about the M1, it just happened to appear in old styled devices.
Considering the M1 Pro and M1 Max chipsets are considering high end or prosumer chipsets, I think the M1 Pro / Max iMacs will likely have a starting price of about $2000 or even more depending on if they make an M1 Pro Max chip or something else which further pushes the limits of the M1 chip line up.
Yeah 100% we won’t see M2 anything until M1 is fully rolled out now… they don’t want confusing media reporting of M2 M1 Pro M1 Max all fighting for headlines.
