Huge number of heat complaints in the MacBook Pro forum. The heat issue likely caused problems in other areas too. They might have even had some responsibility for the keyboard problems.
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Huge number of heat complaints in the MacBook Pro forum. The heat issue likely caused problems in other areas too. They might have even had some responsibility for the keyboard problems.
Correct. Not a “hard” problem at all assuming the SoC is Mac specific. Which it will be. There is not going to be any iPad Pro logic board sharing for the production machines. It will be USB4, that’s my bet. 2 of them in the MBA and 4 on the MBP. We’ll find out in about 12 minutes!
Was expecting a 16" refresh, but thinking about it it might be even better with some sort of "M1X" inside.
These M1 13" laptops, M1 Mac mini seems a more logical first step then releasing a 16" with M1 inside only. I suspect Apple wants to really impress us all, on the next round of computers next year. There is still the mention of a Apple GPU rumor.
It's interesting that these M1 SoCs seem to support only two thunderbolt3/usb4 ports. (The 2018 mac mini had 4 thunderbolt3/usb3.1gen2 ports.)
I think they're going to have to support more ports than that eventually. I guess that would require either (a) a beefier SoC, (b) multiple SoCs, or (c) custom i/o chips elsewhere on the mainboard.
I think they're going to have to support more ports than that eventually. I guess that would require either (a) a beefier SoC, (b) multiple SoCs, or (c) custom i/o chips elsewhere on the mainboard.
I think that you have the "low-end" processors right now and "high-end" processors for iMac, Mac Pro and MacBook Pro 16 next year.
You can never tell with Apple. I'm sure that they are aware of the demand. A 16 inch pro without thermal issues.
Is it Mac specific ?
The Mini and MBP 13" just dropped in the number of supported external monitors. ( can only drive two display like an iPad)
MBP 13" is limited to two ports. (not enough output on SoC to drive two TB controllers )
No 10GbE on the Mini. ( apparently not enough output on SoC to drive a 10GbE controller )
The RAM is integrated into the SoC. ( trying to save space in Mac where no where near iPad Pro like logic board contraints ).
If this turns out to be the same size package as the A14X in the next iPad Pro ....... there is decent chance this is a labeling thing than something specific for the Mac. There really isn't a reason to go backwards on graphics output support and I/O on a Mac is doing something specifically for a Mac.
It does have Mac stuff on the SoC that the iPad Pro probably won't use. But this doesn't appear to be something that is a clearly a large break from the A-series.
The RAM is on the SoC? How big is this thing? I guess that's why you only have 8 GB and 16 GB options. I assume that throughput is a lot better than the traditional DIMM solution.
It showed up in the video presentation on the M1. The specs look like it is the exact same M1 design across the three systems ( Apple has one tweak on clock speed and just two RAM configs). So a limited range SoC. . Either two RAM chips to get to 8GB or 16GB. The Mac Mini drops from capping out at 64GB down to just 16GB. The chip can only drive two monitors ( so the laptops can only do one. that is actually opposite direction from Intel Xe which finally moved from 3 to 4 ).
Apple culled the solution space smaller so they can win "bigger" in a smaller pond.
I'm giving some thought to replacing my 2014 MacBook Pro 15 with one of these. But I'd want a bigger configuration. I am considering getting one of these things to port Firefox (I have strange hobbies).