Maybe their policy is to add the "Pro" moniker to products that have a least one pro feature, like the iPhone 12 Pro 😂. But there is no consistency in their strategy since they also offer an Intel Mac Mini, which is an entry-level consumer product with 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports and optional 10Gbit Ethernet. Perhaps, they are just adding the "Pro" so they can charge more, since pro-level products usually cost more. This way they can justify their prices and buyers will feel less guilty for expending that kind of money.
Not everyone - I’m ambivalent about it - can see both pluses and minuses - now that they’ve put a real physical Escape key back where it belongs (well, technically, it belongs where ~` is these days but close enough).
Again, folks here need to stop speaking as representatives of everyone, when they are demonstrably not.
I’m guessing M1X 16” MBP in springtime or at WWDC (appropriate because it’s highly relevant to developer’s interests).
After all the Apple products you have bought in the last few weeks, I’m surprised that it’s not melted.😊😂😂😊😁😄
What's your current setup? Would the base Air be adequate for you? If so, it's about $900 with Cyber Week deals at various re-sellers. My guess is that perhaps in 2022 they release a smaller, lighter version (maybe what the 12" MacBook was meant to be).
Me as well, but now that I have an M1 MBP I am tempted to return it and keep using my iPad Pro until the new hardware design next year. Which is what I said last year about waiting for an M1 Mac ...
Honestly if your current laptop is close to its end , I would just get one of the M1 airs that you can get today. The 2022 system will have likely a newer processor ( maybe M2) but for most people that is really not going to matter. The M1 is so fast, especially if you are coming from a intel air, that you will have trouble believing it. Get Apple care and call it a 3 year laptop. You can take advantage of the M1 and move forward in 2023.
Most developers I know work at a desk. Spring time 16 and 14 pros and a new take on the Mac Pro at WWDC.
Kuo has always called it research notes, because it is notes from his research into Apple supply chains.
Quite simply the M1 is designed for the machines it was put into. That's why 3 machines were updated at the same time. The 3 lowest end Macs.
Oh Pleeeeze. I like the touchbar and so do a lot of other people. You don't talk for Everyone.
I've hardly saw any developer in 10+ years with 15/16 inch macbook. It's either the 13 inch or a gaming laptop (unless it's a single company issued model). However those 13" machines are mostly used in either 1+2 display setup, or in clamshell mode with two external. Apple shot themselves in the leg with reducing external display support.
