New rumors, which confirm previous rumors, indicate the Apple’s next moves in the marketing of Mac computers. Which will have the new M1x processor, oriented towards pure performance, waiting for the new generation of M2 for 2022.
A few weeks from the announcement and then from the launch of the iMac 24, in fact, it is learned from a source close to the assembly line of Apple products that the company is finalizing its new models of MacBook Pro: the laptops that will have a new design, new accessories and a new processor. IMacs also arrive with larger screens (27 or 30 inches) and with a choice of two processors.
According to the source, in fact, Apple reserves the right to use the name “M2” for its new processors in 2022, with the launch of the next generation of MacBook Air (which currently are part of the first launch of Apple Silicon e use M1 processors). Instead, the MacBook Pros and iMacs that will be unveiled between now and the end of the year will use the M1x processor, an extension of the current M1, with a number of differences geared towards greater computing power.
iPad Pro with M1 chip, the preview test
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While the M1 processors presented now are essentially identical (there is only a small difference with the version with 7 or 8 computing cores for graphics), the M1x will be assembled in a different way, however, using the same components: by increasing the computing cores it will be possible to have different performances with a greater vocation for power.
We start with the cores of the processor itself, that is the CPU: if on M1 there are eight (four for performance and four for energy saving, which come into operation depending on the type of use and the voltage available) the M1x CPUs will have eight cores for power and two for savings, bringing the total to ten cores. In addition, the graphics or GPU, which on M1 has seven or eight cores, on M1x will have 16 or 32 depending on the version. The memory will always be shared between CPU and GPU, but instead of being available only in cuts 8 or 16 Gb of the M1s, it will also have 32 and 64 Gb denominations.
Furthermore, according to new rumors gathered by the source who calls himself Dylandkt, Apple would have prepared a new generation of laptops with 14 and 16 inch screens and a new design, intended for the professional market and with new ports and power connector. The M1x processor will allow you to support a greater number of Thunderbolt channels, which in turn will allow you to manage, for example, more external monitors, greater power consumption, but the HDMI port, a 1080p webcam, an SD Card reader will also return. three Thunderbolt channels instead of two, and then a new type of power supply that will use a magnetic link, that is, a re-edition of the MagSafe present on the pre-Usb-C generations of Apple’s PowerBooks and MacBooks.
Dylandkt in the past had the launch of the iPad M1 has already been anticipated along with a new generation of iMacs, and even said they would be smaller iMacs first marketed (as it happened) with the M1 processor, while those with the larger screen, with new design and option for the M1x processor would come later.
The latest news is aesthetics and concerns the new design idea of Apple products. With the iMac 24 Apple has the front logo has already been removed present on the body of the iMac, but leaving it clearly visible on the back, and introduced processing on the aluminum to have seven different colors. The company would do a similar operation with the upcoming MacBook Pros, to which it would be removed the logo also to make the screen surface even larger inside the computer cover. It is less clear whether Apple wants to bring colors to professional machines as well or reserve them for the new MacBook Air next year.
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