That's utterly irrelevant. The sentence about using Apple Silicon remains unnecessary and obvious. That paragraph could just start with the next sentence and make as much, if not more, sense as it currently does.
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Kuo: MacBook Air With Mini-LED Display Still on Track for 2022 Launch
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That's utterly irrelevant. The sentence about using Apple Silicon remains unnecessary and obvious. That paragraph could just start with the next sentence and make as much, if not more, sense as it currently does.
Do realize that even when Intel actually released the chip, sometimes they were not actually in volume. Even in Windows PC side, often times it took months for the OEMs to be able to actually ship in volume. Maybe Apple cannot deal with that kind of uncertainty.
Besides, the performance improvements between recent Intel generations are hardly a big deal. This is why AMD easily trounced Intel nowadays. Intel actually had not done any significant improvements on their chips for the last few generations.
Yup. It would be nice if Apple do a 15" Air. Not everyone who wanted larger screens need a Pro performance. But Apple seems to equate larger screens to Pro premium price (iPad Pro 12.9, iPhone Pro Max, MacBook Pro, etc).
All these reports and yet nobody seems to be able to identify a timeframe more specific than “2H 2021” for the new MBPs, still!
Worse yet the iMac is always “later this year.” How much later?
Worse yet the iMac is always “later this year.” How much later?
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Looks like I'll be back to upgrading my macs every 18-24 months... my brain is excited, my wallet is not.
It is a shame their lineup is set up in this way, particularly as the 15/16" MBPs have really inflated in price over the last decade or so, necessitating a major investment into a powerful workstation whose power will sit idle for office tasks.Yup. It would be nice if Apple do a 15" Air. Not everyone who wanted larger screens need a Pro performance. But Apple seems to equate larger screens to Pro premium price (iPad Pro 12.9, iPhone Pro Max, MacBook Pro, etc).
Don't care what's coming. Nothing wrong with the current M1 Air.
I think because that one guy is out already, the leakages are being tightened out now.All these reports and yet nobody seems to be able to identify a timeframe more specific than “2H 2021” for the new MBPs, still!
Worse yet the iMac is always “later this year.” How much later?
Who knows, usually everything would be out in the open a day/days prior to the keynote, so we'll see.
Still makes no sense there, Skippy. The 2020 MBA uses Apple silicon. Where is the cost reduction from Apple Silicon to Apple Silicon?
I think it really comes down to human resources being stretched thin and coordinating the projects to develop a new model. Its not necessarily like there is a separate MacBook Pro, iPad, iMac iPhone teams; Apple might give that impression in their presentations. But, I believe, when the team finishes one project like say the iPhone 12 and iPad Air, they then start full work on the next.
Its why I wasn't surprised the M1 Mac was using the same 5 year old design. Its not because they are holding back, but the work to engineer something differentiated, while functional and adding value, takes a lot of work. Also, the big issue, can we manufacture this at scale, sensitivity to the market its being sold to, material cost, testing the chemicals used, coordinating with the suppliers and different manufacturers in Asia, the process to actually either make a different color sku. Thats a lot of work even for company the size of Apple. Also, there is always the elephant in the room, which is the next iPhone. There is likely a golden rule in the company, don't affect that train at all cost. If iMac has to be delayed, if new iPads have to be delayed, so be it.
*shuts notebook lid
"Whelp. There's no prize for 2nd place on the internet, and first is clearly taken."
*goes home
It appears that user wants a laptop with a large screen, not necessarily a "pro" laptop.
"Extreme mobility" is the MacBook Air when it was released. But that was more than 10 years ago. By now, 15inch MacBook Airs are technically feasible with the same weight as the 2010 MBA. But they preferred to keep the MBA with a small display, so that dumb customers understand the price (MBA low cost because small display, MBP high price because bigger display --yes, that's dumb, but that's the way dumb costumers buy).
Now you are telling me "you want a pro laptop if you want a big display". No, sorry but no: I have a 2018 15inch MBP, and I miss (a lot) my older MBA low weight. I don't need the MBP performance. I only need the display. The MBA performance is just more than adequate for me.
I just want a 15inch display at 1.23kilograms (can be done, as shown by LG: yes, call it "plastic", bendable, or whatever, but of course materials need to be light if you want a huge display with almost no weight).