Only at one end, at the other end an PCIe5 bridge providing at least 32 PCIe5 lines and 24 PCIe4 lines for UpTo 4 ISA peripherals. Tb4 still provisioned directly from M2 max soc.
Yes aimed for m3 MacBook Air 15, later iPads, Mac mini iMac etc, m3 Pro, max utra version to be meaningful different than current m.2 maybe all based on the same chiplet just different fabric chip. But not for first wave.
M.2 extreme never cancelled (actually neither m2 ultra nor extreme exists) confusion is about its bridge as people wrong believe to exist two different bridges One two-way and another four ways because apple only ordered a single bridge, but happens the M2 Max provisions two UltraFusion ends north and south, allowing daisy chain dominoes-like arrangements, but even it may bridge two m2 pro (actually intriguing Why m2 pro also include single UF TBC), there are also a terminator varían that doesn't add extra m2 just PCIe5 lines.
Perfect. I can keep buying those really cheap clear plastic cases and not worry about them turning yellow.
It doesn't have a fan. People don't want fan noise at all in a laptop and moving parts always break.
I know, right?
I wonder why they don't allow 2 external monitors if you close the lid. A lot of x86 laptops allow an extra monitor if the laptop screen is disabled.
Solid rumormongering suggests that a 15" MBA is imminent. If you want the lesser display, lesser audio, lesser ports, less RAM, lesser throughput, lower price of an MBA, you should wait if you can. Personally I far prefer MBP.
Sorry, MBA is the low end. Wanting high end performance from the low end is wishful thinking.
