This potential M1X could potentially be added to the higher tier MacBook Pro and iMac machines. Many are expecting a small upgrade to the M1 architecture to unlock more power before a move to the M2.
While the presumptively named M2 chip will turn up in due course - presumably with many of the lessons from the massive public footprint of the M1 feeding into the design - it’s perhaps a touch too early to expect a full reworking of the chip. But that brings up another question.įor all of the gains and the benchmark destroying numbers, never forget that Apple’s M1 chip will be the slowest M chips for the Mac platform. In any case, Apple needs to bring the remaining hardware up to Apple Silicon, and the next step is expected to happen at this week’s “Spring Forward” event with the debut of an Apple Silicon powered iMac. If it’s two-years, then perhaps the higher tiered MacBook Pros will be launched, creating a yearly tick-tock rhythm? If the former, we’ll see new mac Minis and MacBook Airs. This is why I’m watching what happens in October 2021.
While the iPhone sits on a one year refresh cycle, as do the Axx chips, what cycle will the Macs move to? Will Apple follow an aggressive one year update on the M chips and the hardware, or will the realities of deskbound purchase styles see a two-year as the base? What remains are the higher 13-inch tiered MacBook Pro and the 16-inch MacBook Pro, the consumer desk based iMac, and the ultimate power in the Mac Pro. The macMini and MacBook Air have made that jump, joined by the lowest of the three tiers of MacBook Pro. Last year’s Worldwide Developer Conference saw Apple’s bold promise over the move away from Intel towards the ARM-powered Apple Silicon platform namely the entire Mac range would be running the latter by the end of 2022.
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