Apple is planning to introduce a brand new MacBook Professional that can comprise its second-generation M2 SoC (system-on-a-chip) at its Spring 2022 occasion this March, in accordance with a report by DigiTimes (opens in new tab).
This MacBook Professional will exchange the present M1-powered 13-inch mannequin, which stays the one MacBook Professional to nonetheless characteristic the controversial Contact Bar, in addition to a scarcity of ports that had been reintroduced with the discharge of the 14-inch MacBook Professional and 16-inch MacBook Professional. This can be a prediction based mostly on provide chain rumors that declare manufacturing traces had been stored working throughout the Lunar New Yr vacation.
This is not the one gadget anticipated to launch in March, with different Mac merchandise similar to a brand new MacBook Air, iMac and Mac Mini anticipated to additionally comprise the following technology of Apple silicon, very similar to we noticed on the launch of the primary M1 SoC. A brand new budget-friendly 5G suitable iPhone and iPad are additionally anticipated to be introduced on the similar occasion.
Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman anticipates that this up to date 13-inch mannequin will not have the identical Mini LED ProMotion show that options on the bigger, extra highly effective MacBook Professional laptops. This seems to be backed up by the DigiTimes report, which claims that “aside from the processor, most different parts used within the new MacBook Professional reportedly will characteristic nearly the identical specs as these for present mannequin that includes M1 chips”.
This implies that we can’t get a lot of a design or options improve from the brand new MacBook Professional, however Gurman did predict that Apple is more likely to ditch the Contact Bar for its new entry-level MacBook Professional.
As with all rumors, do not take any of this as gospel till an official announcement is made. Apple predictions can differ wildly within the run-up to a seasonal occasion, so it is best to remain cautious to keep away from disappointment, however at the very least we can’t have lengthy to attend.
Evaluation: The place is the love for Professional desktop?
All of us love a MacBook, however issues are suspiciously quiet relating to the Professional line of Mac desktop computer systems. It was beforehand rumored that no different updates to the MacBook Professional line can be made till the remainder of the Mac household has been up to date to comprise some variation of Apple Silicon, however given the explosive recognition of the M1 MacBook Line, we will hardly blame Apple for the neglect. In any case, in a world the place so many have needed to adapt to a hybrid fashion of labor, portability is king.
Nonetheless, the iMac Professional has had an particularly tough time. After being launched again in 2017, it acquired a number of updates in 2019 and 2020 and was then silently discontinued on March 19 2021. It is unclear if this discontinuation was relating to the sequence as an entire, or if there are nonetheless plans to unveil a brand new iMac Professional within the coming months.
Given the product traces we’re already anticipating to see, we may see an M1 Professional and M1 Max-powered model of the iMac Professional introduced throughout the Apple Spring 2022 occasion within the subsequent few weeks, which might then go away the Mac Professional as the one system nonetheless utilizing Intel processors and AMD graphics. An replace will come to the enduring ‘cheesegrater’ Professional Desktop in some unspecified time in the future, it is solely a query if it will likely be refreshed to comprise Apple silicon like the remainder of the Mac household.
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