Given the size of a possible 27" iMac successor, I don't have a problem with anything they use as a better AS processor, just release it.Well, we’ve been told sometime back there won’t be an M2 iMac, but an M3.
Given the size of a possible 27" iMac successor, I don't have a problem with anything they use as a better AS processor, just release it.Well, we’ve been told sometime back there won’t be an M2 iMac, but an M3.
Tell your work to buy this one, it's only $2.5k and top quality:Dell precision 7670. Has Intel UHD in it.
Storage 1TB. RAM 64G. i7 12850HX
Asus stuff is ok if you can be without it for 3 months if it breaks.
The M2 Air is barely 6 months old and Apple has shifted to closer to an 18 month cycle for Mac products. The M2 Pro/Max MBPs aren't even late yet.I wonder what happened to M2 Pro and M2 Max. The MBA with an M2 is already mid-cycle so only releasing M2 Pro and M2 Max now is a little late.
What if M2 family is not a placeholder and first M3 using 3 nm samples is late 2023 at the earliest? Then takes most of 2024 to design/produce Macs that use them?M2 family of SoCs is a placeholder, filling a few gaps while Apple awaits the 3nm-based M3 family of SoCs...
This is not what Apple wanted to do, but what Apple is forced to do; all this is due to the tailspin the worldwide supply chain & manufacturing has been in for the last few years...
Agreed, especially at those prices. I thought AS was supposed to speed up updates…
What are you basing this bad take on?M2 family of SoCs is a placeholder, filling a few gaps while Apple awaits the 3nm-based M3 family of SoCs...
This is not what Apple wanted to do, but what Apple is forced to do; all this is due to the tailspin the worldwide supply chain & manufacturing has been in for the last few years...
A lot of consumer-grade routers already support 6E (Nest WiFi and Eero are the ones I’ve seen). I have 6E on my home Ubiquiti setup, you have no idea how nice it is to run a 160Mhz channel, my Windows desktop negotiates a 2Gbps link that’s entirely free of channel interference.It'll be great in the 3-5 years it takes for all those places to role out 6Ghz. But it won't have much advantage in the short term other than if you live in an apartment and buy a 6E router.
M2 family of SoCs is a placeholder, filling a few gaps while Apple awaits the 3nm-based M3 family of SoCs...
This is not what Apple wanted to do, but what Apple is forced to do; all this is due to the tailspin the worldwide supply chain & manufacturing has been in for the last few years...
What are you basing this bad take on?
I have mixed opinions - yes and no. I agree that we are in a era of computers where "this year" and "last year" aren't necessarily that different in performance. Nothing like the 1990s where a two year old computer is obsolete.I am all for a 2-year cycle!
People underestimate the huge performance increase we gained with the lower consumption..... that's the main reason why the ditched Intel.
The M1 iMac is only days past the 18 month window since launch. The M1 Pro/Max/Ultra devices are still well within that. The Mini is the only thing that you could reasonably consider to be well overdue for an M2 refresh.Speculative reasoning and the fact that only a few top-selling Macs/iPads have gotten the M2 SoC, while a number of Macs/iPads remain stuck on M1 SoCs...
They switched architecture not to release more often, but because they wanted to control how the machine works.
While MacBooks have become thicker, you forget that they are super silent, super zippy, and very easy on the battery drain.
So yes as you stated : "I thought a big part of the issue with Intel was new revs coming to market and the thermal issues."
Thermal issue and performance gain were addressed (heck the mini M1 is almost as fast as a Mac Pro).
Also, computers have become thicker because we wanted some ports back and they gave us what we wanted.
I am all for a 2-year cycle!
People underestimate the huge performance increase we gained with the lower consumption..... that's the main reason why the ditched Intel.
Well, a lot did happen between Apple Silicon transition announcement and today. There’s Covid, supply chain woes, China locking down, the late efforts to diversify out of China, and Apple talents leaving the company. The fact that Apple almost completed the transition sans the Mac Pro is quite a feat.At the rate at which they are launching these new chips, might as well they stuck to Intel. I thought a big part of the issue with Intel was new revs coming to market and the thermal issues. Now, they are taking longer with newer chips and the chassis of devices of MacBook Pro have gotten thicker.
M1 Pro and Max were further behind M1 than thisI wonder what happened to M2 Pro and M2 Max. The MBA with an M2 is already mid-cycle so only releasing M2 Pro and M2 Max now is a little late.
My biggest question about that is getting a feel for update cycle. If M3 late 2023, the we starter to get a feel that update cycle is about 18 months. The one thing we don’t know is if that is because of shortages and not what they are intending.Looking forward to the release of M2 MacBook Pros, even though I’m set with my M1 Max 16” for a LONG time. And it will be interesting to see if Apple releases M3 MacBook Air in fall ‘23 or saves it for 2024. The big improvement for MBPs will come with M3 Pro/Max in ‘24 and that will be very tempting upgrade potential.
Yes, as you noted in one of your other posts, that was due to supply shortages perhaps— and, more of a runway given to first two M1 machines (MBP & MBA 2020) to give developers lead time to write for the new architecture.M1 Pro and Max were further behind M1 than this
Probably a juggle between supply and demand. Apple knows they are selling a lot more laptops than desktops, so updating the laptops took priority.I’m surprised the M2 hasn’t been updated in all current M1 machines yet (iMac and Mac Mini).
Do we feel like 2022 has been lacking AS updates, yes. Has Apple at least attempted to show some strategy with 2022 model rollouts, yes. Will 2023 be a more active year, yes considering the change of covid policy in China.![]()