Apple Gears Up To Launch Its Next Crop of Macs Early Next Year (bloomberg.com) 19
Apple's next group of Macs probably won't launch until early next year, Bloomberg News reports, which means it will have fewer new devices to sell in the holiday quarter. From the report: Apple has been gearing up to launch a slew of new Macs, and now we have a clearer idea of when that will occur: early next year. I'm told that Apple is aiming to introduce the upgraded models -- including M2-based versions of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros -- in the first quarter of calendar 2023 and has tied the launches to the upcoming macOS Ventura 13.3 and iOS 16.3. Those software updates are expected to debut between early February and the beginning of March.
[...] The new MacBook Pros will continue to look like the current models, but they'll trade their M1 Pro and M1 Max chips for the first M2 Pro and M2 Max processors. The M2 Max will go to 12 CPU cores, up from 10, and see its top graphics option move to 38 cores from 32. A new Mac mini remains in development, and the company continues to test versions with the same M2 chip as the 13-inch MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, as well as an M2 Pro chip, which hikes the CPU and graphics counts. If Apple indeed launches the M2 Pro variation, we can expect the company to probably wind down the still-available Intel model.
[...] The new MacBook Pros will continue to look like the current models, but they'll trade their M1 Pro and M1 Max chips for the first M2 Pro and M2 Max processors. The M2 Max will go to 12 CPU cores, up from 10, and see its top graphics option move to 38 cores from 32. A new Mac mini remains in development, and the company continues to test versions with the same M2 chip as the 13-inch MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, as well as an M2 Pro chip, which hikes the CPU and graphics counts. If Apple indeed launches the M2 Pro variation, we can expect the company to probably wind down the still-available Intel model.
Could we go back to... (Score:5, Insightful)
...user replaceable batteries?
User upgradeable memory?
User upgradeable SSD?
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iFixit has a guide for replacing the battery in these things, but the RAM is physically bonded to the top of the CPU, and the SSD is soldered elsewhere on the mainboard. Nobody's going to be replacing the RAM or SSD in an Apple Silicon Mac.
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They do exist, in the original iMac and the new Mac Studio.
The problem is the SSD controller is on the motherboard, and with it goes the SSD encryption key. Which means you remove the memory module, you lose all your data.
The first iMacs did this, everyone was eager to upgrade, and did, but when they did, they failed to realize the SSD key got regenerated by formatting the SSD and lost their existing data, of which they had no backup for.
The Mac Studio have SSD slots to hold the memory
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and the new Mac Studio.
No, they don't.
The problem is the SSD controller is on the motherboard, and with it goes the SSD encryption key. Which means you remove the memory module, you lose all your data.
Hah. Wouldn't that be nice.
What actually happens, is that they're not recognized.
Now, as it turns out- if you have a second mac, you can do a DFU restore and replace the SSD modules with ones of equal size, but if they're larger, the machine will refuse the DFU update and blink the SOS light pattern instead of booting.
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For that you have backups, and restore the new SSD from such ... seriously?
Guess Until You Get It Right (Score:5, Insightful)
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Apple Might Do Something (Score:2)
Is Dell gearing up to release new computers next year? How about HP? Lenovo?
Well, yeah, obviously.
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It's news because Apple *doesn't* release computers often enough. The mac faithful have long waits where they have to choose between old machines still sold at the same price they were at launch or waiting patiently for the next iteration that may or may not arrive at an unspecific quarter in the future. This leads to a voracious appetite for leaks and rumors. And of late the machines have been even more expensive than the usual overcharging, somewhat monkey's paw in the good vs. bad specs and of limited av
They need to release an 27" iMac M2 (Score:2)
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I concur. Studio + decent 5K monitor is very pricey. I don't think that the M2 design would allow adding RAM slots, but it would be nice if they would add 2-3 user-accessible SSD slots, and move the SD card slot to the front or side edge (and maybe add a Thunderbolt port there too).