We known this for months. Apple's not that dumb to ship a M2 Max/Pro Jan 17th 2023, then later at WDC 2023 finally have the M2 Ultra available in a updated Mac Studio, and also the new Mac Pro, then announce a M3 the same year, it be of no benefit considering all the yield issues of new 3NM die technology. M3 availability has to be achieved on a larger scale to meet the demand, thats predicted for 2024 timeframe initially.
Anyone that is a iMac owner doesn't want the update to be just a base M3 and thats it after 2 1/2 years of waiting for the successor of the M1 based 24" iMacs. Not enough of a performance increase for a non-battery Mac.
M6?
A17 is rumored to be N3b and is clearly required in high volume.
The MBP was updated this year in January.That sucks. I was really looking forward to a new M3 MBP for the new school year. Hardware raytracing lets goooooooo!
What happened to the good ol' days when there were new laptops for the school season? I guess Apple's complacency has driven them to the point of "it's ready when it's ready". Good on them that they have the ability to take their time with limited competition.
I don’t think N3E is actually in volume production yet though?
I'd tell her to buy one when she needs one, not when she wants one.
Tell her any machine she gets now is going to be night and day a drastically more powerful and fluid machine than her 2013.
Cool. I may switch to Android when my new 13 mini is EOL in 6-7 years if Apple refuses to release a phone that’s not ginormous.
Why not? iMac is the last product still on M1.
Not sure about N3E in volume production, I’m pretty sure it’s ramping but again, not sure about the volume cause those M chips are so big (reaching reticle size).
It depends how long she is willing to wait. I don’t expect a new MBA until spring or summer. The 15-in. just came out in June.
Maybe the 24“ iMac doesnt sell good, so Apple doesnt care upgrading it. Maybe they realized many customers would want a predecessor of their 5k 27“ iMac and maybe this would outsell the current 24“ iMac, so they focused on the development of a newer better iMac, rather than wasting ressources on a mac nobody cares🤷🏻♂️
Yes but my understanding is that the “heart” of the max/ultra/whatever else they’re called is the base M. So given that, I don’t think they’d be using N3B because longer term that’s a complete dead end.
They’ve had 24-in. iMacs since 2006. I’m just they sell just fine.
It would make sense to launch M3 in the iMac as it’s still on M1 and won’t cannibalize MacBook sales regardless.
Depends what MB's you're referring to. If it's the MBP's, up to this point Apple has consistently released the base M# before the M# Pro/Max, which means we should be seeing the M3 iMac before the M3 MBP's.
