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I don't think iMac will be announced. Most likely in Spring 2022. Apple will be focusing on MacBook Pro 14", 16", Mac mini and Maybe AirPods. Pretty sure they will also announce services.
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What to Expect From October 18 'Unleashed' Apple Event: New MacBook Pros, AirPods 3 and More
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If that notch is real (and I'm almost certain it isn't... but only almost) I'm out. Not spending 3k to have to look at something that fugly. Would have to be an iMac for home and an unnotched MacBook for travel.
I’m not buying this unless it has at least 2 100 Gbit optical ethernet ports.
Everyone knows real pros need laptops bristling with all sorts of ports on all sides!
I also need a 3.5” floppy drive because you never know when you might find an old disk buried in a drawer since the 1990s and wonder what’s on it.
The days of minimalism at Apple are over! Poor Jony Ive must be rolling in his grave!
Everyone knows real pros need laptops bristling with all sorts of ports on all sides!
I also need a 3.5” floppy drive because you never know when you might find an old disk buried in a drawer since the 1990s and wonder what’s on it.
The days of minimalism at Apple are over! Poor Jony Ive must be rolling in his grave!
The amount of money I’ve spent replacing Apple chargers that fell apart through normal use compared to replacing USB cables is about 100-1.
My keyboard skills must be (from your level of skill) below basic because I find it very useful
Add-in a new iMac Pro/big version alongside the MacBook Pro and that’s my computing needs sorted for the foreseeable future.
Assuming the larger iMac and Pro Mac Mini will use the same SOC as the new MBP, is there any reason why they won’t also be launched on Monday?
Then that just leaves the Mac Pro which will be done in the first half of next year and clearly will be a very different machine internally.
Assuming the larger iMac and Pro Mac Mini will use the same SOC as the new MBP, is there any reason why they won’t also be launched on Monday?
Then that just leaves the Mac Pro which will be done in the first half of next year and clearly will be a very different machine internally.
I wish more apps supported the Touch Bar predictive text - then I could easily select troll for your comment
There is more of us, who are fine with usb-c only! And also keep the usb-c for charging. No need for more expensive and prone to damage magsafe ********.
I have a work computer with a regular round pin charger and I hate that! I much prefer my macbook pro usb-c choose whichever port you want computer.
I have a work computer with a regular round pin charger and I hate that! I much prefer my macbook pro usb-c choose whichever port you want computer.
Monday Oct 18"- MacBook Pros 14" and 16" announced. M1X iMac 24" to replace the four port model currently offered. [All ports will become Thunderbolt.]
Spring 2022 Pro Mac mini will debut - sporting 2x M1X, alongside 27" iMac replacement, also sporting 2x M1X.
WWDC 2022 - new redesigned MacBook Air with M2 announced, (with $150 price bump). 13" MacBook Pro discontinued. Current M1 Air stays in line up to maintain $999 price point. New consumer focused external display also announced. Lastly, sneak peak at new Mac Pro with 2x M2X base, up to 4x M2X, but not available until "Later this year", (i.e. Dec 2022).
Mac transition to Apple Silicon complete √
Spring 2022 Pro Mac mini will debut - sporting 2x M1X, alongside 27" iMac replacement, also sporting 2x M1X.
WWDC 2022 - new redesigned MacBook Air with M2 announced, (with $150 price bump). 13" MacBook Pro discontinued. Current M1 Air stays in line up to maintain $999 price point. New consumer focused external display also announced. Lastly, sneak peak at new Mac Pro with 2x M2X base, up to 4x M2X, but not available until "Later this year", (i.e. Dec 2022).
Mac transition to Apple Silicon complete √
I’m going to rush! I have the M1 MBA, and it’s such a great device that I trust these will be even better!
Have been wondering if the larger iMac might (when eventually released) also incorporate an M1X (or whatever it is called)?
That would have been a reason to defer its launch until Monday - or later. Apple would not have wanted to release an M1X iMac ahead of M1X MacBooks Pro.
Could even become an option in the smaller screen iMac.
I agree, no new Mac mini next week. Having a new "pro" Mac mini so soon would be an absolute dream for many Mac geeks, but it's not going to happen. Some time next year at best and maybe by then the cost of additional memory will come down a little. I would expect that a Mac mini with an M1X processor and 32GB of RAM would be over $2000.
Another widely used term for cables, especially lighter ones, is "flex". Perhaps they are meant to bend?
When the initial Apple Silicon products launched, it was the MacBook Air & 13" MacBook Pro laptops alongside the entry-level Mac mini, then the 24" iMac about half-a-year later...
So we could get the same; two laptops & a desktop, with a 27" all-in-one to follow Spring 2022...?
Leaving WWDC 2022 to preview the Apple Silicon Mac Pro lineup; Mac Pro (Cheesegrater 2.0), Mac Pro Cube, and a possible 30+" iMac Pro; all to be released December 2022...
Come Dec. 2022, Tim Cook lands on an aircraft carrier and tells us the transition to Apple Silicon is over, MISSION COMPLETE...!!! ;^p
As for M1X Mac mini pricing, I envision two base models:
10-core CPU (8P/2E)
32 GB RAM
16-core GPU
512GB SSD
1Gb Ethernet (add $99 for 10Gb Ethernet)
$1999
10-core CPU (8P/2E)
64GB RAM ($400 over 32GB model)
32-core GPU ($400 over 16-core model)
1TB SSD ($200 over 512GB model)
1Gb Ethernet (add $99 for 10Gb Ethernet)
$2999
I can't see it having an M1 - limited to 16GB RAM and one external display. M1X seems like a "minimum" - and the rumours have suggested that there is more than one configuration of "M1X" with 16 or 32 GPU cores (...and maybe more than the predicted 8+2 CPU cores). A 27" 5k (or better) iMac with a plain old M1 wouldn't be a bad machine, but while it might give the higher-end iMacs with 10-core i9s and upgraded GPUs a run for their money on some workflows it's not going to match them on apps optimised for multi-threading and/or GPU acceleration, and it wouldn't really be a compelling upgrade.
The burning question is whether "M1/M2/M3... for general use and M1X/M2X/etc. - with more of the same CPU and GPU cores - for pro" (...superseded by M2, M2X etc. in the future) is going to be it or whether there will be a third "workstation" class of chip chip in the future to cater for the Mac Pro/iMac Pro market... and, if so, whether the iMac will have to wait for them.
The other thing that might hold up the "big" iMac is whatever screen technology they want to use with it (although the existing 5k display isn't exactly rubbish).
Having two slightly different models of the 24" iMac with different cooling and extra ports is rather bizarre - I wonder whether the higher-end model was intended to be M1X-powered at some stage.
Well, we can guess - all of the M1 systems released so far have had the same starting price as the Intel systems they most closely replaced (except the Mini which was cheaper - but was also a downgrade from the entry-level Mini in terms of max RAM and display support, so that follows). The rumours so far suggest that the new MBPs might follow the same pattern (...accepting that the 14" is a replacement for the "4-port" 13" MBP, not the entry-level "2 port" one)/
Also note that Apple charges $200 per 8GB of extra RAM across the range - regardless of whether it's just slotting a different bog-standard SODIMM into an iMac, a mainboard with extra soldered-in LPDDR RAM on an Intel Mac Pro or supplying a different system-on-a-chip package for an M1.
So, the still-available Intel Mini starts at $1099, and the 32GB version is $1699.
Being optimistic, though, since the M1X MBPs are supposedly starting at 16GB (as do the MBPs they replace) it doesn't make sense to even produce 8GB M1X SoCs - so maybe you'll get 16GB in the $1099 Mini and the 32GB version will "only" be $1499. (5k iMacs starting at 8GB are going to look pretty stupid once you can no longer upgrade them yourself). Yeah, OK, and Tim Cook's gonna announce his engagement to Miley Cyrus...
I have the M1 13" MacBook Pro. I have ZERO heat issues. The Touch Bar has NOTHING to do with heat. It's purely an Intel problem. That includes running VirtualDJ Pro, which had my former 2019 13" MacBook Pro's fan screaming, and dragging the whole system to a crawl if I had more than 3 apps running. VirtualDJ runs silky smooth on the M1, and I can have as many apps open as I please with zero performance or heat issues.
As for what I "use the Touch Bar for daily," that's the wrong question. There are several functions I use it for, depending on the app. The issue for me is, I NEVER have a need for F keys. I'd wager the majority of MacBook users don't, either. Don't be surprised if the Touch Bar stays, at least as an option.
M1 runs cooler, but the problem is that the chip is in the laptop. That can be solved by putting the chip in a separate box and wirelessly connecting to the (now super light and cool) laptop. If wireless video is too slow still, then connecting with a thunderbolt cable.
