MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked

Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by alberth on Monday February 22, 2021 @08:23AM (#26224178)

Release Date?

Apple can take a few different paths to this “M1X” release. They can

A. Release in Spring. Use the current cpu & node generation tech, and add cores.

B. Release in Fall. Use the now old (2020) cpu & old node, and add cores.

C. Release in Fall. Use the now new (2021) cpu, new node generation - and add cores.

Will be curious to see which path they take.

I’d bet Option B. This would be similar to what’s currently going on with the iPad Pro vs iPad Air

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Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by hajile on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:24AM (#26225548)

I'd guess option A.

They aren't doing radical redesigns, so ramping up is easy and fast.

They've pulled an Osborne Effect on their Intel devices by announcing they are transitioning in just a couple years. Nobody wants to buy a brand-new second-class product.

Finally, launching their new laptops this fall means they are half-way through their transition time, but just getting started with their most powerful segment.

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Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by gumby on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:55AM (#26225916)

There are still a lot of people who need Intel, primarily people doing cloud development and in particular those who aren’t using an interpreted language.

I don’t how big this group is as a percentage of Apple customers, but in an absolute sense it’s significant — several $B worth anyway.

Also there are people who won’t buy M1 because they are (probably correctly, though I haven’t had any problems) hearing that not everything works right yet. If my mother needed to replace her MacBook Air today I’d get her an Intel one. I expect her next machine with be Mx though.

I suspect Apple will continue selling Intel-based machines into 2022, and perhaps longer. I doubt they will update them though.

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Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by tonyedgecombe on Monday February 22, 2021 @11:43AM (#26226571)

They said the transition would be completed within two years. I imagine they have a pretty good idea how many people are using Bootcamp or Windows VM's and have already decided it isn't significant enough to stop them transitioning.

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Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by gumby on Monday February 22, 2021 @04:11PM (#26230690)

I assumed they meant every Mac in the product line would have an ARM version. I presume a few of the Intel-based SKUs will remain until demand ebbs, but probably not every one (e.g. perhaps only the 16” MBP and the Pro)

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Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by tonyedgecombe on Monday February 22, 2021 @04:24PM (#26230850)

I suspect they won't want Intel hanging around any longer than necessary because it will delay the point where they can stop supporting both architectures in future versions of macOS.

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Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by akmarinov on Monday February 22, 2021 @08:49AM (#26224450)

Probably in June with WWDC, if they follow historic trends.

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Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by alberth on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:03AM (#26224606)

Wouldn't this follow the iPad Pro release date trend of Spring releases.

Will also be curious to see if these new MacBook Pro (M1X) will be the exactly same as what's used in the new iPad Pro.

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Re:MacBook Pro M1X benchmarks have leaked by gumby on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:56AM (#26225932)

Pretty small n for most such trends.

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