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MacBook Pro Models Said to Start at 16GB RAM and 512GB Storage, Feature Upgraded 1080p Webcams and New Charging Brick
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It certainly does matter. A lot of us (me included) despise Windows and like using macOS so the OS matters a ton.
I suspect $1899-$1999 for the 14” and $2499 starting price for the 16”, both starting at 16GB/512GB SSD. The mini-LED display is going to increase the base price at least $100, just as it did with the M1 iPad Pro.
I meant to put lol beside it, I figured it was in good fun, no worries lol.
Can’t blame the studios at all, apples had the ability for years now to be more gamer friendly, it’s clearly not the direction they want to go. But at the same time, touting all this onboard graphics performance. The m1 gpu can easily support many great aaa titles already, the M1X, if rumours are true, could easily compare to mid/high level dedicated graphics.
im hoping they port over more pc/console titles to iPadOs as I would love to stretch the legs of my m1 iPad more and have a more powerful on the go gaming machine.
I know that it will likely cost an arm and a leg, but I'm really hoping for a minimum of 64GB of RAM, and at least 4x the GPU performance of the current M1.
After that, fingers crossed for a great display with ProMotion.
After that, fingers crossed for a great display with ProMotion.
On another MacRumors thread today I read: "The 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro models will have upgraded "M1X" Apple silicon chips with a 10-core CPU that features eight high-performance cores and two energy-efficient cores, along with 16-core or 32-core GPU options." I notice 'will have' and observe that noone here is talking about the GPU option and wonder/ask what the guess is on the price between the 16 and 32 core GPU might be?
The 16" might hold the line at $2399 since it will be losing an Intel i7 CPU and AMD 5300 GPU and the Touchbar so there will be component cost savings.
I do believe the 14" will go to $1899 or $1999 and I understand the argument that it, too, is losing the Intel i5 and the Touchbar, but is is also gaining a larger display and Apple could argue the price comparison between the 14" and the 13.3" is with the i7 model, not the i5, which is also $1999.
Order the minimum Apple SSD option then order any 3rd party (fast) SSD using a 3rd party external enclosure (Thunderbolt - $80 from OWC) ) and achieve the SAME performance of the Apple supplied SSD for a lot less money. This is how I built my M1 Mini.
With the MacBook-centric Apple event now set for Monday, October 18, leakers are beginning to share a few new details that we haven't previously heard about the machines.
According to Dylandkt, the base 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro models will feature 16GB RAM and 512GB of storage space, which is in line with the current high-end 13 and 16-inch MacBook Pro options.
As he has said previously, the new MacBook Pro models are also expected to feature an upgraded 1080p webcam, and the M1X chip will have the same configuration in both sizes with 10-core CPU.
Dylandkt claims Apple will provide a new charging brick, which is not a surprise since the upcoming machines are rumored to feature a new MagSafe charging port, which would necessitate new charging hardware.
The MacBook Pro models will feature mini-LED displays and smaller bezels with no bottom logo, which we have heard before, and pricing is expected to be similar between the two different sizes. The pricing gap between the 14 and 16-inch options will be "much more narrow" than the current 13 and 16-inch high-end MacBook Pro options.
Display analyst Ross Young earlier today said that the new MacBook Pro models could feature a 120Hz refresh rate for the mini-LED displays, and Dylandkt claims that 120Hz was "being tested on a Mac prototype" earlier in the year, but that he has "no clue when it's coming."
Full details on the new 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro models will be announced next Monday, and until then, we have a roundup of all of the rumors we've heard so far available in our MacBook Pro guide.
Article Link: MacBook Pro Models Said to Start at 16GB RAM and 512GB Storage, Feature Upgraded 1080p Webcams and New Charging Brick
Well the price difference between the 7 core and 8 core GPU Air is $50 so if Apple considers each core worth $50, then we'd be talking $800 to go from 16 GPU cores to 32 GPU cores so $500 sounds rather good, in comparison.
Naw, shipping next Friday ... for the first 100 lucky customers. But, yeah, you won't get yours until December.
And precisely what is more versatile than a port that can can be turned into pretty much any port that exists? And for what, so you don't have to carry another adapter that weighs in at less than 10 grams? The same port also allows me to charge on either side of said laptop, hook up to real docking station, etc. One cable at my desk turns into all my peripherals, charging, ethernet, and a 5K display. But hey, let's bury that nonsense for the "versatility" of cutting edge technology like HDMI and SD-card readers. Good lord.
When I was doing a lot of network testing at a shop, it was sweet to be able to have 3 dedicated ethernet connectors, including a 10G for testing. Should a laptop have that many ports? No because the use case is tiny. Cool thing is, my Pro machine could do it with a couple adapters. I didn't lose FireWire either which I used all the time for servicing old Macs. Should modern Macs have FireWire? Uhhh... no. Guess who also had to bust out a serial adapter to work on old routers? Me.
The best part? Instead of whining about dongles and adapters, I was pleased with the fact that my laptop could basically connect to anything I needed it to connect to and with Thunderbolt, it wasn't some crappy USB adapter but something operating more akin to PCIe.
I gotta hear around here all the time that "Apple doesn't understand what Pros need" and that statement hasn't been entirely wrong. The pursuit of thinness, for instance, has been kinda silly on the Pro machines—not because of ports but because of cooling and things actually tied to performance. And years in, the TouchBar is decidedly not a Pro feature. I did my best. It's neat. But "neat" doesn't cut it.
Anyone lumping in the likes of HDMI as a "Pro" feature, however, has absolutely no business telling anyone else what pro features are. Connecting to 10G Ethernet, SSD RAID arrays for dealing with massive pools of data, and features of that nature are what Pros actually need—either that or being able to connect to very expensive Pro gear that was very expensive 20 years ago and needs weird connectors like FireWire. Can you really imagine someone in a legitimate professional field (networking, graphic design, videography, programmer, AI, etc.) being like, "Well, I can't use this machine. No HDMI. That's key to my work." If your monitor doesn't accept DisplayPort, it also ain't Pro.
Very few people griping about ports have any experience with using actual professional features on a laptop—also these people are easily identified when they start whining about paying over $100 for some kind of adapter. Pro equipment tends to be stupidly priced. This is not new.
512 SSD for a base in 2021?? That is pathetic for a so called" PRO" MacBOOK...
That is so Apple so they can rip you of with obscene upgrade prices to 1TB
That is so Apple so they can rip you of with obscene upgrade prices to 1TB
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If it was base 1 TB they'd just increase the price of the base.
No, SSD go down in price with time NOT up...
That is way 8TB USB external drives are $160 and not 800 anymore...
So it is just plain Apple greed.
It doesn't matter what the cost is, Apple would likely increase the price if that was the base storage. They likely want to have a lower base price so they start it at 512.
Still playin’ that same old tired album, eh?
I wonder if all the rumors are true, and with a design that's post Jony Ive:
- More ports. Moar! You have a port, and you have a port!
- Magsafe, with ethernet in charging brick?
- OLED screen would be superb, but happy for miniLED
- Thinner screen bezels, but not a thinner body so we can have a decent battery
- No touch bar, though keys with tiny displays on them would be awesome
- 1080P camera; heck, I'll buy a 2021 stand-alone 4K iSight camera.
- FaceID? Using Windows Hello was a fun.
- Annnnnnd.... a new mouse would be welcomed.
We're starting to get into "too good to be true" territory, so I'm going to try and manage my expectations.