User predictions for Apple Prosumer Silicon (M1X, M2 etc.)

[Jorbanead]

I provided my reasoning for those "Tuesdays in November" weeks ago here. I was responded to in an educated and respectful manner on Sep 17, 2021. After that date it was brought back to life by a troll.

I apologize I didn’t realize you were the same person. I saw your original post claiming:

Mac event will occur 2nd or 3rd Tuesday of November.

Without any context or reasonings. I would suggest putting your reasonings in your OG post for future reference. Though the reasonings you gave didn’t make much sense.

Either way, there is an event on Monday which is incredibly exciting!

 

[NJRonbo]

I apologize I didn’t realize you were the same person. I saw your original post claiming:

Without any context or reasonings. I would suggest putting your reasonings in your OG post for future reference.

Either way, there is an event on Monday which is incredibly exciting!

He was wrong?! Wow!

 

[Jorbanead]

Gurman is doubling down on new MacBook Pro’s for next weeks event! I think we all expected that though. What are peoples final predictions and thoughts? Edit: for the chip name (M1X, M2, M2X etc.)

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1447957495893438464

 

[NJRonbo]

Gurman is doubling down on new MacBook Pro’s for next weeks event! I think we all expected that though. What are peoples final predictions and thoughts?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1447957495893438464

I think we all know what's coming.

My question would be if we can customize and order our new MBPs immediately following the event.

My guess would be YES, based on the fact that in 2019 following the press release of the last new MBP, the hardware was immediately available to preorder.

If all that falls into place, everyone should have a new MBP in their hand by the end of this month.

 

[pshufd]

Gurman is doubling down on new MacBook Pro’s for next weeks event! I think we all expected that though. What are peoples final predictions and thoughts?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1447957495893438464

I don't make predictions. I just know what I want. 16 inches or more, 32 GB of RAM, 16 GPU cores or somewhere around there. They might ship next week or next month; at least we know they will in the near future.

 

[leman]

What are peoples final predictions and thoughts? Edit: for the chip name (M1X, M2, M2X etc.)

P1 based on A15 arch…

I think we all know what's coming.

I don’t think we know anything besides the obvious number of core guesses and RAM capacity…

 

[Krevnik]

I just know what I want. 16 inches or more, 32 GB of RAM, 16 GPU cores or somewhere around there. They might ship next week or next month; at least we know they will in the near future.

This. And I want to know how much of the savings account earmarked for this I get to keep after making my purchase.

And at the end of the day, "M1" is a marketing name. A useful one, but still a marketing name. I'm more interested in the guts of the thing meeting my bar. Firestorm-based designs would still work for my needs, but it'd just be more disappointing to launch on Firestorm when the newer CPU cores are already in production, especially when the M1 was able to follow on the A14 just fine.

 

[NJRonbo]

P1 based on A15 arch…



I don’t think we know anything besides the obvious number of core guesses and RAM capacity…

My apologies. I was generalizing the release of the MacBook Pros. That is a given.

The specifics of the specs are unknown. I am personally hoping for 64GB of ram as that was in question as to whether it would be limited to 32GB.

 

[Hexley]

I apologize I didn’t realize you were the same person. I saw your original post claiming:

Without any context or reasonings. I would suggest putting your reasonings in your OG post for future reference. Though the reasonings you gave didn’t make much sense.

Either way, there is an event on Monday which is incredibly exciting!

You guys are take this whole thing way too seriously. If I were to follow your suggestion by editing my posts then someone else will accuse me of gaslighting.

With how I am being treated by others that sort of lunacy would not be surprising.

On my part I do not enjoy harassing people over stupid speculations. I got better things to do like live a life.

I find it odd that the event is being held on a Monday and not a Tuesday. I wonder whats with deviation. Are they expecting shipments to arrive the next day?

 

[Jorbanead]

I find it odd that the event is being held on a Monday and not a Tuesday. I wonder whats with deviation.

Apple has held events on Monday’s before. Next Tuesday is the Google pixel event. Apple likely wants to get a head of the news cycle and dominate the week with their headlines.

P1 based on A15 arch…

I think P1 would be reserved for the Mac Pro, but I would love this!

 

[NJRonbo]

You guys are take this whole thing way too seriously.

Yeah, like the newbies who come to this forum seeking information and reading posts that claim to be 100% accurate about hardware release dates thinking they are getting accurate information....

....which once again, we find are always wrong.

 

[Serban55]

“Panel suppliers are the same between the iPad Pro's and MacBook Pro's - LG Display and Sharp. Expecting similar technology - oxide backplanes, miniLED backlights and 120Hz refresh rates. MiniLEDs, 100% confirmed.”

 

[pshufd]

This. And I want to know how much of the savings account earmarked for this I get to keep after making my purchase.

And at the end of the day, "M1" is a marketing name. A useful one, but still a marketing name. I'm more interested in the guts of the thing meeting my bar. Firestorm-based designs would still work for my needs, but it'd just be more disappointing to launch on Firestorm when the newer CPU cores are already in production, especially when the M1 was able to follow on the A14 just fine.

My 2007 MacBook Pro 17 was around $2,800 and it would be cool if this one came in under that. I suspect that I'm going to wind up paying about $3,000 though.

 

[chrisdazzo]

“Panel suppliers are the same between the iPad Pro's and MacBook Pro's - LG Display and Sharp. Expecting similar technology - oxide backplanes, miniLED backlights and 120Hz refresh rates. MiniLEDs, 100% confirmed.”

Probably a long shot, especially considering the LG monitors Apple offers on its own store, but it'd be nice to see a refreshed 27-32" display at a lower price point (vs. the $5,000 Pro Display XDR). Hoping we're surprised.

 

[leman]

I think P1 would be reserved for the Mac Pro, but I would love this!

My guess (based on previous rumor mill) is that Mac Pro and MacBook Pro will use the same scalable chip platform, so I’d expect them to have the same name (just with different core counts etc.)

 

[roguefury]

All male presenters will wear jeans, and not have tucked-in shirts

 

[MrGunny94]

Curious to see if we get any new external Apple displays.. At least "budget" ones...

 

[chrisdazzo]

My guess (based on previous rumor mill) is that Mac Pro and MacBook Pro will use the same scalable chip platform, so I’d expect them to have the same name (just with different core counts etc.)

If we get a new (i)Mac Pro next week, at a ~$4-5k price point (well-equipped), I may have to make the leap.

 

[Krevnik]

My 2007 MacBook Pro 17 was around $2,800 and it would be cool if this one came in under that. I suspect that I'm going to wind up paying about $3,000 though.

That's what I originally had put aside in spring, but I kept adding to the account since then while I waited. Could probably get an "M1X mini" too at this rate.

 

[pshufd]

That's what I originally had put aside in spring, but I kept adding to the account since then while I waited. Could probably get an "M1X mini" too at this rate.

I was considering getting an M1X mini as well but no hurry on that as my current desktop (i7-10700 desktop with 128 GB RAM, GPU, 5 TB SSD + M1 Mac mini 16/500) are already a potent combination. I am expecting to see the M1X mini in the spring and I don't expect that there will be shortages on the mini compared to the MacBook Pro. I believe the M1X Mac mini will be the biggest value in computing in terms of power/watt/price. Sure, you can get more power in an Alder Lake 12900 but Alder Lake is going to be expensive and it draws 250 watts to get that top performance. And you'll need to add a GPU.

 

[Krevnik]

I was considering getting an M1X mini as well but no hurry on that as my current desktop (i7-10700 desktop with 128 GB RAM, GPU, 5 TB SSD + M1 Mac mini 16/500) are already a potent combination. I am expecting to see the M1X mini in the spring and I don't expect that there will be shortages on the mini compared to the MacBook Pro. I believe the M1X Mac mini will be the biggest value in computing in terms of power/watt/price. Sure, you can get more power in an Alder Lake 12900 but Alder Lake is going to be expensive and it draws 250 watts to get that top performance. And you'll need to add a GPU.

Yeah, more just pointing out how long I’ve been waiting. I’ll consider the higher end ARM Mini once the M1 starts getting stretched.

But yes, there’s a reason my home servers are a pair of Mac minis right now. And the fact that my use cases (and how I balance loads between the M1 and the Intel) keeps my total usage at the wall under 30W 95% of the time is a big part of it. If only I could get those numbers from my NAS too.

 

[Pressure]

I'm still waiting on 8K monitor support ... that's all I wish for.

 

[NJRonbo]

I was considering getting an M1X mini as well but no hurry on that as my current desktop (i7-10700 desktop with 128 GB RAM, GPU, 5 TB SSD + M1 Mac mini 16/500) are already a potent combination. I am expecting to see the M1X mini in the spring and I don't expect that there will be shortages on the mini compared to the MacBook Pro. I believe the M1X Mac mini will be the biggest value in computing in terms of power/watt/price. Sure, you can get more power in an Alder Lake 12900 but Alder Lake is going to be expensive and it draws 250 watts to get that top performance. And you'll need to add a GPU.

We *could* see an announcement of the new M1X mini on Monday. It has been circulating in the rumor mill for months now. Just a question as to whether it has been in production these past few months and Apple feels now is the time to release it alongside the new Macbook Pros.

 

[Serban55]

So its kind of confirm the promotion too now
So mini-led promotion display for both 14" and 16"

 

[pshufd]

So its kind of confirm the promotion too now
So mini-led promotion display for both 14" and 16"

It's a leak from a highly reliable leaker. As this year has shown, nothing's confirmed until it happens. Apple has had all kinds of problems but they've also been playing with us this year.