You've made a lot of assumptions, such as believing M3 is coming in October. I'd suggest reviewing TSMC public statements along with predictions from Kuo and Gurman about M3 products including iMac.
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Will Apple Vision Pro delay M3 MBA till Summer 24?
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You've made a lot of assumptions, such as believing M3 is coming in October. I'd suggest reviewing TSMC public statements along with predictions from Kuo and Gurman about M3 products including iMac.
I noticed since the Intel transition, Mac and Apple users in general have developed a fascination with feed and speeds. How many Mac users even knew about processor lithography back in the PowerPC these days. Vision Pro is primarily about the user experience more than the underlying technology even though it plays a significant role. What Apple is portraying here is a natural computing experience: spatial, communicative, hand gestures, real world immersion. There was a lot of emphasis of the evolution of the input methods of Apples platforms since 1984.
Well Gurman said two MacBook Air models were coming late 2023 or 2024, he was wrong only one new model came, and it came in mid 2023… so I take everything they say with a pinch of salt
Apple Product Roadmap 2023–24: Over 15 New Devices in Development
Apple is working on at least a dozen new devices set to launch between late 2023 and early 2024, according to an updated product roadmap shared by...
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Apple Product Roadmap 2023–24: Over 15 New Devices in Development
Apple is working on at least a dozen new devices set to launch between late 2023 and early 2024, according to an updated product roadmap shared by...
"Starting this year or early 2024"
Nothing about them coming both at the same time.
If what Gurman is saying is true and from what you believe that M3 isn’t launching until early next year… that means according to Gurman between January and June we will get:
M3 MacBook Pro
M3 Pro/Max MacBook Pro 14 & 16
M3 iMac
M3 MacBook Air 13 & 15
That’s a lot of product lines to refresh in a 6 month period considering that isn’t even including iPads and the launch of the headset also…
Don’t get me wrong it could potentially happen, but I just feel like with the launch of the MacBoom Air 15” which was highly expected to feature M3 actually launching with M2, to me that suggests Apple are anticipating keeping the M2 in the Air line up for a good amount of time yet. People buying the Air don’t really care about specs that’s why they are buying the Air and not the Pro.
And based upon what Apple is doing with their other product lines it makes sense that is the way apple is headed, they’re entry level products having older silicon than their top of the line products…
iPad Air is currently M1, iPad Pro is M2
iPhone 14 & 14 Plus is A15, iPhone 14 Pro & Pro Max A16
It makes perfect sense now for the MacBook Pro (base touchbar version) which I believe is getting a refreshed design to feature M3 with the Airs retaining M2.
Apple may kick off M3 launch with 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air by WWDC, OLED iPad with M3 coming next year - 9to5Mac
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Also Gurman fully expected M3 to have launched by now earlier this year, he isn’t at all credible these days and changes his mind as products launch, and basically states what he believes will happen with the common, Apple May launch, apple could possibly launch, apple is expected to launch… all intro’s to ‘leaks’ that he can quite easily get out of when they end up being wrong.
At the end of the day no one ever truly knows what apple is planning or what they are launching, they have become quite unpredictable as of late and that’s exactly how they like it because no one can say with 100% certainty if a new model is around the corner (except for the iPhones of course), but one thing is for sure Apple launching the 15” Air with M2 this late suggests that the Air line is quite likely sticking with M2 for at least 12 months, so I would say the earliest the Air lines will get M3 will be at WWDC 2024 but I think it’s more likely towards the end of 2024 in all honesty.
John Gruber mentioned that he was asking about the release date and was told by an Apple rep “we said early 2024”.
I think there are indications that the M3s might not come out before spring 2024, which is a time that Apple has used for product updates before. Maybe a month or two after the VP launches.