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MacBook Pro Models Said to Start at 16GB RAM and 512GB Storage, Feature Upgraded 1080p Webcams and New Charging Brick

My guess on the new lineup is:

  1. 13 inch M1 MBA with 8/256 at $999
  2. 13 inch M1 MBA with 8/512 at $1299
  3. 14 inch M1X MBP with 8/256 at $1499
  4. 14 inch M1X MBP with 16/512 at $1799
  5. 16 inch M1X MBP with 16/512 at $2399
  6. 16 inch M1X MPB with 32/1TB at $3499
Notice what's missing? The 13 inch M1 Pro! It will be discontinued. The low end will be the iPad Pro/MBA with M1 and the Pro models will have M1X only. This allows the line to expand year after year with M2/M2X, M3/M3X, etc.
 
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I'm probably going to nab one of these, probably a 14" w/ 16 or 32GB RAM and 1TB or 2TB drive, depending on pricing and how much they'll give me for my 13" MBP 2020 w/ Touchbar, which let me tell you, I really am not in love with. One of the hottest laptops I've ever used, and it lags a lot at times, probably when throttling I guess. Ready to ditch Intel in a big way.

Now, I really wish the M1X was based on ARM v9, but that doesn't seem likely at all. So I might keep the specs low, with the intention of trading in again for an M2X or M3X MBP in a year or two.
 
jz0309 said:
SD is being replaced by CFExpress, most new cameras feature that, provides the bandwidth needed for high fps ...
We will find out Monday ;)
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No, CFExpress is replacing XQD, which has an identical form factor. SD is absolutely still the standard for more consumer/prosumer applications, and many digital cameras only have SD to this day.

Nobody's going to put a CFExpress port on a laptop I don't think, unless maybe for some industrial application. Have you seen such a thing? I sure don't remember too many laptops with XQD slots.
 
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infernoguy said:
My guess on the new lineup is:

  1. 13 inch M1 MBA with 8/256 at $999
  2. 13 inch M1 MBA with 8/512 at $1299
  3. 14 inch M1X MBP with 8/256 at $1499
  4. 14 inch M1X MBP with 16/512 at $1799
  5. 16 inch M1X MBP with 16/512 at $2399
  6. 16 inch M1X MPB with 32/1TB at $3499
Notice what's missing? The 13 inch M1 Pro! It will be discontinued. The low end will be the iPad Pro/MBA with M1 and the Pro models will have M1X only. This allows the line to expand year after year with M2/M2X, M3/M3X, etc.
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Actually think they'll keep the low end MBP around as it fills a certain niche for now (still need sustained performance but don't want to pay that much). In the future, they might get rid of the low end pro since there's so much overlap with air, but I'm betting that will happen with the Air redesign next year when they introduce M2 and not this year. But who knows, Apple may surprise me and kill the low end this year in favor of the 14 inch, just not sure there's much of a market for a $1500 laptop with the 8/256 configuration
 
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Very excited about this event. I'm still 1-2 years from moving to an M series machine—in fact, I picked up a used 5K iMac recently and am not actually sure how much I want to go back to a laptop, lol. (Not having to go to the office and back is a nice benefit.) But still, I don't wanna jump ship until most of my dev tools work without binary translation.

Things I'm most curious about:

1. Will MagSafe replace USB-C charging or compliment it? (The former would really suck. USB-C charging has been nice on so many levels.)

2. How many displays will these machines support? (And please, do not force me to use HDMI for one of them. Can we just do Thunderbolt 3 chaining like adults.)

The rest the is the same old stuff. What's the form factor going to look like? What's the new charger look like? How much battery life? What other ports are going to be on it?

And in general, after the Mac Pro changeup, I really want to see how they really approach the Pro market again and how.

I'm not sure I'll be rocking a MBP pro again though. My day-to-day on an iMac has just been... fantastic.

(I'll be sort of philosophically annoyed about the loss of Thunderbolt ports but I cannot think of a time I have ever used more than 3 at once for legit Thunderbolt stuff.)
 
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The proper MacBook Pros already started at 16gb RAM & 512gb SSD. I wonder if storage is going to stop being a gouge considering the iPhone Pro upgrade from 512gb to 1tb le$$ than Macs.
 
infernoguy said:
My guess on the new lineup is:

  1. 13 inch M1 MBA with 8/256 at $999
  2. 13 inch M1 MBA with 8/512 at $1299
  3. 14 inch M1X MBP with 8/256 at $1499
  4. 14 inch M1X MBP with 16/512 at $1799
  5. 16 inch M1X MBP with 16/512 at $2399
  6. 16 inch M1X MPB with 32/1TB at $3499
Notice what's missing? The 13 inch M1 Pro! It will be discontinued. The low end will be the iPad Pro/MBA with M1 and the Pro models will have M1X only. This allows the line to expand year after year with M2/M2X, M3/M3X, etc.
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I do not believe there will be a 14" MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD.

I also expect the 14" MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD to be $1899 or $1999.

Rumors say the 16" will hold the line at $2399 for 16/512 so agree with you there (and that might just get me to go to 16" when I planned on going 14").
 
Literally just bought a 16" Pro base for $1300 on ebay. Hope I don't regret it, but I have my reasons.

1. I work in managed IT. I still often need bootcamp, x64 virtulization

2. I am a light gamer and have recently gotten rid of my gaming computer (older i7-4770k with RX580). This will be both my work computer and home desktop replacement for gaming. The 5300m appears to be on par with something like a Nvidia 1650 which should still play almost any game on high at 1080p

3. Both at Home (Two thunderbolt displays) and at office (2 displays plus laptop) I need multi monitor support. I'm sure the new macs will have that, but I am not in the position to drop $2k on a laptop right now. $1300- what I sell my 2016 15" is doable.

I did breifly try the MBA M1 and was impressed but I did find I needed 16 GB, needed Windows support beyond the ARM/X86 virtulization, and multi monitor support.

I believe Apple will support Intel for at least another 3 years and thats abotu how long I ussually keep a device.
 
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If the new MacBook Pro laptops arrive with MagSafe charging port, it would be ideal for Apple to offer USB-C MagSafe adapter for existing USB-C only MacBook Pro laptops
 
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jz0309 said:
SD is being replaced by CFExpress, most new cameras feature that, provides the bandwidth needed for high fps ...
We will find out Monday ;)
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Depends highly on the camera. Most of the drones and GoPro-type devices of the world will stick to SD or microSD. Most cheaper cameras will use SD as well. CFExpress is only needed by a small subset of cameras, ones that record in over 4K video or very high megapixel sensors.
 
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Since when is a 1080p webcam news. My god, what is in my current mbp?

Also, it was nice using a standardized USB-C charger while it lasted. Back to proprietary garbage.
 
cult hero said:
1. Will MagSafe replace USB-C charging or compliment it? (The former would really suck. USB-C charging has been nice on so many levels.)
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I expect we will lose one USB-C port for MagSafe (so 3 ports, total, instead of the current 4).

cult hero said:
2. How many displays will these machines support? (And please, do not force me to use HDMI for one of them. Can we just do Thunderbolt 3 chaining like adults.)
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With more USB4/TB3 controllers, I expect we will be able to support at least 2-3 4K directly via USB4/TB3 and then one more via HDMI or 2 6K directly via USB4/TB3.

criticasm said:
The proper MacBook Pros already started at 16gb RAM & 512gb SSD. I wonder if storage is going to stop being a gouge considering the iPhone Pro upgrade from 512gb to 1tb le$$ than Macs.
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I expect it will be the same:
$400 to go from 16GB to 32GB of RAM
$200 to $2400 to go from 512GB to 1TB/2TB/4TB/8TB
 
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BGPL said:
Since when is a 1080p webcam news. My god, what is in my current mbp?
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720p

BGPL said:
Also, it was nice using a standardized USB-C charger while it lasted. Back to proprietary garbage.
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Agreed. Much rather have four UB4/TB3. I bought a third-party TB3 MagSafe adapter for my 2017 MBP 15 that plugs into the end of a USB-C / TB3 cable and the other plugs into the USB-C port. It's a bit weak (which I guess is the point so it disconnects easier), but allows me to have four fully-flexible ports.
 
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