M1 Ultra to MacBook Pros?

[_BJ]

Will future MacBook Pros come with optional M1 Ultra or will it be strictly desktop only? MacBook Ultra isn’t the worst name ever ?

 

[Fomalhaut]

Will future MacBook Pros come with optional M1 Ultra or will it be strictly desktop only? MacBook Ultra isn’t the worst name ever ?

Highly doubtful if you look at the size of the thermal management solution in the Mac Studio....

Apple must think that this is necessary for optimal performance, so I don't see this going into a laptop, unless if were down clocked so much that it wasn't much faster than the M1 Max.

 

[killawat]

Highly doubtful if you look at the size of the thermal management solution in the Mac Studio....

Apple must think that this is necessary for optimal performance, so I don't see this going into a laptop, unless if were down clocked so much that it wasn't much faster than the M1 Max.

This is the answer. Its been a long time since a mini or a mini derivative held the performance crown next to the MacBook Pro in both GPU and CPU but here we are. It's the fastest Mac...ever...

 

[Boil]

Apple should kill off the 13" laptops...

New Apple laptop line-up...

• 14" MacBook - Mn
• 16" MacBook Studio - Mn Pro/Max
• 18" MacBook Pro - Mn Ultra

 

[UBS28]

I don't think so. Apple wants thin and quiet laptop with long battery life. So there is not a chance they will put the M1 Ultra in the 16". They could do it in theory, but it won't happen.

 

[Janichsan]

• 18" MacBook Pro - Mn Ultra

18" being the thickness?

No, seriously, as Fomalhaut already pointed out, the Mx Ultra obviously produces too much heat for a laptop.

 

[UBS28]

18" being the thickness?

No, seriously, as Fomalhaut already pointed out, the Mx Ultra obviously produces too much heat for a laptop.

Not really. If Apple made gaming laptops, they could easily fit in a M1 Ultra in it. But those are not the type of laptops Apple makes. They could do it if they really wanted to.

 

[Mike Boreham]

Apple should kill off the 13" laptops...

New Apple laptop line-up...

• 14" MacBook - Mn
• 16" MacBook Studio - Mn Pro/Max
• 18" MacBook Pro - Mn Ultra

The line up needs to include an ultra portable fanless 12" or 13".

I would prefer 12" which would have a nice progression 12-14-16-18.

But as others say, the 18" M1 Ultra is probably not feasible, but it would be a beast even with a lowly M1 Max

 

[bobmans]

No,
1. Apple can’t cool an Ultra chip in a Macbook chassis
2. Even if they could, they can’t provide enough power to the chip when on Battery power
3. Make a bigger laptop with a beefier cooling solution and beefier battery? Not happening as MBP battery is already at the limit of what’s allowed on airplanes.

Ultra is a desktop chip.