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Shaky Rumor Claims Redesigned MacBook Pros Will Feature 'M1X' Chip and Remove the Front Logo
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Richie is being silly. The M1 is not “the A14X.” It’s much more different than the A14 than any X-variant has been from its namesake. The only thing that it is the same is the core microarchitecture. The core physical design, overall microarchitecture, etc. are completely different.
In any event, there is no M1X.
At the end of the day it’s the specs that really matter… I would think that from a marketing perspective there won’t be any “x” chips anymore, iPhone always used the next number and only some iPads got a “x”. Also, “x” indicates an iteration, not a “new” chip, but that’s just me…
Yah, the correct term is "logotype" since it's type, not a symbolic image, or icon.
I know Apple is aiming for continue minimization, but this seems silly.
What is interesting is that the China Times codename for the "A14T" which they said was planned for the iMac (now iMac Pro?) and MacBook Pro was "Mt. Jade" and now we have Bloomberg saying the 16 GPU version will be called Jade C-Chop and the 32 GPU version will be called Jade C-Die.
Someone mentioned that Apple might be only making the 32-core model and then electrically disabling 16 of the cores ("chopping" them off) and this does make sense - we've seen Intel do something similar with CPU caches and cores and selling the "neutered" CPU for less. It is cheaper to produce only one model of SoC with 32 cores than to make separate 16 and 32 core models.
One could argue this could mean they will be based on the A14/M1 architecture and use the existing "Firestorm" performance CPU cores as opposed to the A15 architecture and use the newer "Lightning" performance CPU cores those will have.
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I kind of find it hard to believe they are dumping the touch bar. All that investment into it only to roll back to function keys?
And yes I know it's not popular here on MR. I'll be honest I don't find much use either but it's something unique and has lots of potential uses.
And yes I know it's not popular here on MR. I'll be honest I don't find much use either but it's something unique and has lots of potential uses.
Not long until WWDC and we hopefully find out exactly what this chip is and what it's called. It'd be pretty sweet if we were already on to M2X designs.
I hope they don’t keep the 13.3” MBP. Confusing, and makes it more likely the 14” will be insanely expensive 
They have already done it. The iPad Air got the A14 chip before the iPad Pro. The MBA got the M1 chip before new MBPs. This seems to be the way Apple are going now. Non pro first then pro models later with an X version of the same chip.
i think the 10 core (2x efficiency, 8x performance) is perhaps a good idea. apple probably realized that when you need to be efficient, 2 cores is all you ever needed. someone the other day told me that efficiency cores have 1/6 the performance as the performance cores, so if you do the math and assuming the speed per core is the same, the m1 chip has a total of 4.6666 performance cores while the new chip would have a total of 8.3333 performance cores. this would mean 78% more multicore performance while perhaps being more efficient during low workloads.
It's actually not cheaper to do that. You pay per wafer start, which means you want to minimize die area. The one-time costs producing separate masks for the 16 core version is tiny compared to the extra cost of all that useless silicon area.
It's just marketing fashion, at least as I see it. They aren't de-branding, just being more selective about it. Same reason Nike ads/products often don't say "Nike" anywhere. Simplicity, focus/minimalism, understated, content-focused, etc. Can you imagine how weird it would be if the iPad Pro said "iPad Pro" in big white letters right underneath the screen? Why wouldn't a laptop screen be the same? Only real difference is customer expectation, i.e. precedent.
Looks to me like what is coming is an M2 which ultimately replace the M1 in the lower end products as well as a beefier version of the M2 with more performance cpu cores, gpu cores and thunderbolt channels as well as support for more RAM which Apple will name something (M2X, M2 Pro, X2... who knows) that will go in higher end Macs (MBPs and probably higher spec iMacs and Mac Minis).
I have a mid-2014 MBP. No branding on the bezel. I prefer this aesthetic.
Maybe the new bezel will be too thin to afford any branding. I'd be ok with that.
Maybe the new bezel will be too thin to afford any branding. I'd be ok with that.
I'm thinking MPx for the high end and Mx for the low end.
I still wonder if we'll see an even/odd entry/pro numbering method, and that there will be x variants but the x will denote that the system has multiple SOC packages on the logic board? Perhaps just as BTO options for the pro level Macs?
This year entry in M1 and Pro is M2, next year M3 entry, M4 pro, etc...
M1x* and M2x* could denote multiple M-SOC packages on the logic board? A future BTO iMac could allow for a M1x2 config? Future Mac Pros could have BTO options for M2x4? Etc...
Probably wrong, but would make life easier for consumers to decode just what is in each Mac moving forward?
This year entry in M1 and Pro is M2, next year M3 entry, M4 pro, etc...
M1x* and M2x* could denote multiple M-SOC packages on the logic board? A future BTO iMac could allow for a M1x2 config? Future Mac Pros could have BTO options for M2x4? Etc...
Probably wrong, but would make life easier for consumers to decode just what is in each Mac moving forward?
I thought they might go with Big Apple but NY already has that taken. So I'm thinking they want to go full-on minimalism and just use "A" as the brand, or go the way Prince did and just use the apple logo and forget the name.
The consumer market is so much larger than the pro market I can see where this might make sense. Sales of the mid-tier products could really suffer though. Picking between a pricier M1X MBP and cheaper M2 MBA will be a tough call for users who want performance, but don't need more than one external display.
My guess is Apple will launch the M2's as a fairly expensive upgrade option to the MBA and 24" iMac. That way the M1 is still available as a budget option, and the M1X products won't look ridiculously overpriced compared an M2 device.
But, if the bezel is almost completely gone, they’d end up printing the worlds uncomfortably small
Im throwing a parade. Touchbar was straight TRASH. Everyone will be better off without that gimmicky garbage.