14"
12.1 wide
7 tall
13"
11.25 wide
6.5 tall
The usually guess is that the size of the case would not change because they would reduce the bezels. You would probably notice the larger size but it would not be world changing. This is just a bump up.
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How much price difference do you expect the new MacBook 14’’ to have? Will it be more or less expensive than the current m1 MacBook Pro?
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12.1 wide
7 tall
13"
11.25 wide
6.5 tall
The usually guess is that the size of the case would not change because they would reduce the bezels. You would probably notice the larger size but it would not be world changing. This is just a bump up.
I think they will want to charge abit more for a new design , new CPU , new display , but they also want to make a statement and penetrate the pro/enthusiastic market as fast as possible with their ARM offerings , so they will keep it competitively priced , so 100$ extra sounds like a good plan to go aggressively after high volume out of the gate.
They can make the margins back on the BTO`s.
I don't think there was a price increase for the 24" iMac, though there is now a higher tier so I'm assuming whatever bigger iMac comes later will definitely not start at $1,799.
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I guess it's debatable, the previous 4K iMac started at $1,299 with the $1,099 base model below it. The $1,299 24" is a somewhat nerfed 'base model' and the 'full' version starts at $1,499. So I guess you can argue the retina models started at $1,299 before and still do now, but you're missing out on some features sort of like the $1,099 model previously.
As it's the same display tech and the same chip family as the iPad I want to say yes, or at least there shouldn't be any technical reason not to. FWIW the iPhone Pro is also (finally) getting it this year by the sounds of it.
My guess is the 14" will start at $2199 with 512 GB drive, 16GB Memory. If so, it will be an instant buy for me.
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Where'd the 6.5 come from?
A 13.3" display at 2560x1600 is 11.28" x 7.05"
... and I can assure you my M1 MBP 13.3 display is more than 6.5" tall.
A 14.0" display at a similar 16:10 ratio would be 11.87 x 7.42
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Hmmm I used this trig calculator but may have got the angles wrong?
I assumed it was a classic right triangle 30/60/90.
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I'm fairly confident that 30-60-90 right triangles have a different aspect ratio than typical displays these days.
I used the Pythagorean c^2 = a^2 + b^2 and no trigonometry.
Assuming square pixels, aspect ratio gives the relationship of a & b -- in this case at 2560x1600 for the M1 MBP we have a 16:10 display, and thus we know that a = 1.6 * b
Thus, c^2 = a^2 + b^2 with a bit of rearranging becomes: b = sqrt ( c^2 / (1 + 1.6^2))
Since we know c = 13.3 then we get b = 7.05 and thus a = 11.28
With a 14.0 display of same aspect ratio, the dimensions become 11.87 x 7.42
That's a 5.25% increase in width and height, giving a 10.8% overall increase screen display area.
Even at 14.4" the increase is around 17% overall area, with 8% width/height increase.
Thus my thought that folks anticipating a substantial apparent display size difference may find themselves disappointed.
It would be great to see 5G on the Mac. I think we are 2 years away from that feature.
You are right, I missed the different aspect ratios in that calculation.