Rumor Recap: New Apple Products to Expect in March to April, Including Yellow iPhone 14

[Allen_Wentz]

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.

Because they need to differentiate the low end. The higher end MBPs drive multiple external displays.

 

[MrPresident]

That Urine colored iPhone is fire and will be MINE!!!!

It’ll go great with my Hermes colostomy bag.

 

[JerryDon]

Apple should just take a year off and see it anybody notices . . .

 

[sorgo †]

Apple should just take a year off and see it anybody notices . . .

Their shareholders would, first and foremost.

 

[marsattacks]

That Urine colored iPhone is fire and will be MINE!!!!

The urInePHONE

 

[Allen_Wentz]

It doesn't have a fan. People don't want fan noise at all in a laptop and moving parts always break.

Fans are necessary to remove heat when users do substantive computing work on a laptop. Users of the low end doing less substantive computing work using less RAM, less display, less processing, less i/o, etc. may get away without fans.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

I’m so psyched to get the 15 inch air/mac, but having it come out with a M2 so close to the release of the m3 is kind of a bummer. As much as I want it as soon as it releases, I think I’ll try to hold off until they update it with the M3.

What would you expect the low end to get from M3 that exceeds what it gets from M2? Seriously.

I can see that the high end MBPs may well get some nice things (such as thinner and/or lighter and stronger) from M3. However IMO we have no reason to expect the low end MBAs to change much, since M2 already provides far more than the low end is positioned to use.

 

[steve123]

Whatever is being tapped out now on TSMC's N3 node won't be released until the Fall.

True. But Apple already tapped out one or more designs for N3 which are already in production. M3 might arrive earlier than the fall. It makes sense to produce the low volume design first as the production ramps. So M3 Ultra could be the first M3 to arrive, with M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max later the cycle.

 

[ric22]

Sorry, MBA is the low end. Wanting high end performance from the low end is wishful thinking.

Errr, for £1,300+ the MBA is hardly "low end". Sure, if it was a regular low spec £300 laptop I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[kp98077]

15" air would be great, just have to figure out what to do with my newly purchased 16" MBP lol!

 

[ric22]

15" air would be great, just have to figure out what to do with my newly purchased 16" MBP lol!

Unless weight is proving a problem, why would you want to downgrade?

 

[DaveN]

I have Apple gift cards and my VISA ready to order that 15” MBA!

LETS GO!

What are the numbers on your gift cards again? /s

 

[applesed]

Because they need to differentiate the low end. The higher end MBPs drive multiple external displays.

But you have to look at the market, this is a direct competitor with the LG Gram. It weights less than 3 pounds and can drive one monitor over usbc and another over hdmi. And its a similar price class to what this will be. This isn't about low-end v. high-end, its about a lighter, larger screened laptop that can do basic things like driving multiple displays without being a brick.

 

[Makisupa Policeman]

Cannot wait for the 15” MBA!

 

[Tagbert]

What would you expect the low end to get from M3 that exceeds what it gets from M2? Seriously.

I can see that the high end MBPs may well get some nice things (such as thinner and/or lighter and stronger) from M3. However IMO we have no reason to expect the low end MBAs to change much, since M2 already provides far more than the low end is positioned to use.

An M3 or M3 Pro would gain more sustained maximum processing without needing a fan. The smaller process node should generate less heat. You have posted about wanting fans to remove heat. A 3nm M3 (or even M3 Pro) might be less affected by heat during longer running processes.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

What are the chances of Apple announcing Mac Pro Mini.

 

[Tagbert]

What are the chances of Apple announcing Mac Pro Mini.

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So cute!

 

[kp98077]

Unless weight is proving a problem, why would you want to downgrade?

portability and weight basically. but agree 16 of course is much better overall..

 

[Serqetry]

The M2 Ultra Mac Pro rumors are nonsense. They only exist in Mark Gurman's head.

Apple will not release such an unimpressive "Mac Pro". Gurman's hallucination is nothing but a Mac Studio inside a giant cheesegrater case along with a lot of air.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

Errr, for £1,300+ the MBA is hardly "low end". Sure, if it was a regular low spec £300 laptop I wouldn't be surprised.

Errr, yes the MBA is Apple's low end laptop, by definition; with the MBPs as the high end. The fact that one can find lower price non-Apple elsewhere is irrelevant when discussing how product features/competence are configured across Apple's range of laptops.

 

[kp98077]

Errr, yes the MBA is Apple's low end laptop, by definition; with the MBPs as the high end. The fact that one can find lower price non-Apple elsewhere is irrelevant when discussing how product features/competence are configured across Apple's range of laptops.

To be honest in todays inflation market, 15” air makes total sense. Econ model with good size screen. People aren’t buying expensive items that often anymore.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

An M3 or M3 Pro would gain more sustained maximum processing without needing a fan. The smaller process node should generate less heat. You have posted about wanting fans to remove heat. A 3nm M3 (or even M3 Pro) might be less affected by heat during longer running processes.

Of course M3 will be more efficient. But Apple does not need that efficiency for the low end MBAs in the seeable future (~2023) since (by now evolved to high yields, therefore cost-effective) M2 is already more than capable of meeting low end MBA demands. I expect Apple to improve the high end first.

However we are ignorant of overall SoC production, yields and product line demands. If for some (unlikely) reason Apple was presented with a plethora of extra high-yield M3 chips that suit MBAs, Apple could bump up the low end line sooner.

 

[Hyperchaotic]

I wonder how many engineers were working on the color yellow.

Just a designer with a UTI.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

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.

Why would you expect Apple to first put M3 into a 15" MBA or Mac Minis when the M2 by now has evolved to higher yields and be more cost-effective? Certainly neither the low end laptops nor low end desktops need the very latest (therefore low yields and pricey) M3 chips to provide low end performance.

Low end pricing screams for M2, not for M3.

 

[Boil]

What are the chances of Apple announcing Mac Pro Mini.

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Ditch the feet, no need for a desktop-sized chassis without any bottom intake...

Ditch the handles, most place the chassis once and never really move it again unless moving the entire computing setup...

Offer it in Space Gray as well as Silver...

And it would not be the Mac Pro Mini, I prefer the following headless desktop naming:

• Mac mini
• Mac Studio
• Mac Cube
• Mac Pro