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Redesigned MacBook Pro Models With 10-Core Apple Silicon Chip Said to Launch as Early as This Summer
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nobody is saying the M-Mac pro will be the same chassis as the “last’ intel mac pro. These are two different machines. the intel will go in the same box we have now.
And not sure what your port argument is.
Or for Microsoft to invest significant resources in Windows for ARM as well as ARM emulation/virtualization of x86 Windows apps. We can dream…
From the Bloomberg article:
16 or 32 graphics core variations (Me speculating, perhaps the 32 cores are limited to the 16"?)
My MacBook Air 2012 has served me well, but it's time to salute it and move on.
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14" & 16" MacBook Pros
10 cores (8 high performance + 2 energy efficient)16 or 32 graphics core variations (Me speculating, perhaps the 32 cores are limited to the 16"?)
My MacBook Air 2012 has served me well, but it's time to salute it and move on.
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Apple had a chance to add HDMI, SD, Ethernet, USB-A, and whatever else they wanted to the iMac given the larger body. They chose not to (instead removing almost all the port options), so there’s absolutely no reason to believe they would do so for a thinness-focused MacBook.
Well, yes, I'm running a 12-core (2x3.46GHz) fully upgraded 2009 Mac Pro right now, and certain things do scale nicely, like the aforementioned Handbrake. But there is a LOT of software that still doesn't, including quite a lot of Apple's own software. I quite frequently see far less multi-threading than I would like.
So that's really what I'm getting at here but probably didn't articulate properly; has Apple engineered a way around the problem that poorly written software simply doesn't scale well across cores? How will this effect massively multicore GPUs (and CPUs) under MacOS going forward? Will we finally start seeing all the performance potential of these machines or will we forever be at the mercy of the coding of the specific apps themselves?
For example if any software using the GPU will automatically take advantage of all 32 GPU cores in the (rumored) high-end GPU option then that's going to offer very fast real-world GPU performance. If software has to be written properly to take advantage of the GPU cores, then that's going to offer very fast theoretical GPU performance in most cases. One is useful, the other, not so much.
Ideally, it would be DisplayPort 2.0 over USB-C, which was announced last year. It may not be ready for devices though.
they added Ethernet to the imac. You don’t need to carry dongles around with you for an imac because you don’t carry an imac. And these are bottom-of-the-line iMacs and not pro iMacs. I’m really not sure what you are getting at. Moreover, this thread is about CPUs, not ports.
Oh ****, there is no word of miniLED in this article. That would be a deal breaker honestly.
I suspect that scaling performance will be the same - not much you can do to magically make software not designed for scaling and make it scale.
a Macbook that does not open, have ports, lacks a ssd drive (icloud only)and cant be repaired.
the iV'brator (purple) can be charged to the rear section of the notebook for an extra $69.99,
and apple cared for $29.99 per year.
remember:
"Let your joy be in your journey, not in some distant goa"
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miniLED is not a small thing though. no point in buying in 2021 if miniLED is in 2022
Ethernet is not available on the low-end iMac and is not built into the machine. You can bet this is the last iMac that will include any Ethernet option whatsoever. It’s fanciful to imagine that Apple will bring back the recently-discontinued iMac Pro and that they will add any ports back. That would be like them adding a headphone jack back to the iPhone for the 1% who would use it. SD, for instance, is an extremely niche feature in the modern world.
What I'm getting at is that a leaker who provides unreliable, unsubstantiated information about ports that no one else has reported on cannot be trusted to deliver accurate information about release date or CPU/GPU.
miniLED is not going to be a night and day difference in the way that the M1 will. It will improve brightness, contrast, and dynamic range, but that matters more if you work in professional photo/video or use your MBP to watch movies. For most people the screaming fast M1x alone will be worth the upgrade.
The option to get up to 64GB RAM would be great. I think I'll probably try and hold-off for the second or third generation of the AS 16" at this stage. A higher-end Mac Mini than the current M1 Mac Mini would be very tempting though. All my Mac Minis are very old and I should be looking to replace them with newer machines at some point, certainly the 2009 ones.
I don’t expect an iMac Pro, but i do expect a 30” imac with M2 and more ports. And this leaker has been right many times before.
MiniLED sounds great, but definitely not a deal breaker for me.
I gues what isn’t clear is if these will be the M1x/M2 processors in the existing designs, or the new MBP designs with new/old ports etc. If the latter, I cannot see Apple rushing out the MiniLED models 6 months later...
I hope it performs better than the 2019 model. My Macbook Pro 16-inch has serious overheating problems, like many other users. Google it. My old 2015 Macbook Pro had no issues at all when using the same apps. I am a Mac user for many years. Very disappointed in Apple. I hope the new Pro will be good quality again.
Apple plans to launch new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with an improved iteration of the M1 chip as early as this summer, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The new chip is said to include a 10-core CPU with eight high-performance cores and two energy-efficient cores, with 16-core or 32-core GPU options.
Gurman said the next-generation Apple silicon chip will also support up to 64GB of memory compared to the current maximum of 16GB. This would be in line with the current Intel-based 16-inch MacBook Pro, which is available with up to 64GB of RAM. The new chip is also said to support additional Thunderbolt ports for expanded connectivity.
As mentioned in his previous reporting, Gurman said the new MacBook Pro models will feature a redesigned chassis with the return of more ports, including an HDMI port, SD card slot, and a MagSafe magnetic charging cable.
Gurman said Apple is also working on a revamped MacBook Air for as early as the end of the year, in addition to an all-new Mac Pro, a higher-end Mac mini, and a replacement for the Intel-based 27-inch iMac.
Article Link: Redesigned MacBook Pro Models With 10-Core Apple Silicon Chip Said to Launch as Early as This Summer
I hope it performs better than the 2019 MBP16 model. My Macbook Pro 16-inch has serious overheating problems, like many other users. Google it. My old 2015 Macbook Pro had no issues at all when using the same apps. I am a Mac user for many years. Very disappointed in Apple. I hope the new Pro will be good quality again.
It says this comes with a redesigned chassis so I'm not sure what to think. The smaller bezels won't work without an miniLED controller.
So much smoke around miniLED production improving that I'm guessing we'll see something like the iPad Pro 12.9". Maybe it'll only be on the 16" and it will be hard to come by, with a delay in shipping.
At least, I really really hope so...
I'm over blooming and grey blacks 🤮
So roughly how much will the 14" MBP cost? I'm assuming the base model will be 16gb ram and it's essentially a replacement for the 13" 2017 MBP I have right now. No need for anything fancy, as long as it can do the job i need it to which is is stream netflix, youtube, watch some films etc. For work I have Slack open, Photoshop with roughly 4/5 files open (not that big) and google Chrome with 4/5 tabs minimum opened.