With the Apple March event in the rearview mirror, we're still waiting for a new MacBook Air and a new 13-inch MacBook Pro, and a new report says we may have to wait a bit longer.
Many of us expected the two new MacBook models to appear this week, so much so that the announcement of Mac Studio and Studio Display surprised some. Unfortunately, a new report from 9to5Mac indicates that we may have to wait until later this year to see the new devices.
According to anonymous sources, the new MacBooks will include the M2 system-on-chip (SoC), codenamed J413 and known internally as "Staten." According to these sources, the SoC is based on Apple's A15 Bionic chip that powers the iPhone 13, though it's obviously an upgraded version of that processor to power a full-size computer rather than a mobile device.
These sources also indicate that the M2 will have the same 6-core CPU, but will have a slightly more powerful 10-core GPU. That would give it two or three more GPU cores than the M1 (which is available in seven- and eight-core GPU configurations) and there's no word yet on whether there will be an upgrade to the SoC's Neural Engine core count or anything else. features it might have.
The report also states that the M2 Pro, M2 Max, and M2 Ultra are also in the works and that the M2 Ultra would have a massive 24-core processor, but that's probably too far in the future for us to even begin to speculate. for.
Analysis: take it all with a grain of salt
As this author pointed out earlier this week, reports from anonymous sources are not always wrong, but it is impossible to distinguish between what is speculation and what is fact, and until you get official confirmation, you should treat everything with skepticism. .
While there's no reason to doubt that 9to5Mac's sources are legitimate (they announced that Mac Studio and Studio Display are in the works), not all details of their exclusivity were accurate. The Studio Display isn't a 7K monitor but a 5K monitor, for example, and the Mac Studio and Studio Display weren't "in preparation" for a WWDC announcement, they were ready to go less than a week after the report was published. . published.
So, in short, these reports may be more or less specific, but we can't know until we see it confirmed, and even then it might only be partially legitimate. The problem is that we can't say which parts will happen, and that's especially true for historically low-key Apple.
We've received conflicting reports on whether the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air will get a redesign, whether they'll feature an M2 chip, and honestly, the release date rumors have been doing the rounds. the target. Hay a razón por la que casi all esta semana esperaban un anuncio de MacBook Pro de 13 pulgadas, comme mínimo, pero no vimos ninguno.
Ultimately, it's a pretty reasonable guess that we'll see a new MacBook Air at some point, maybe even this year. It's by far Apple's most popular computer, and arguably the best laptop you can buy right now. We cannot imagine a world in which it is suspended. But honestly, take even that assumption with a grain of salt.
If there's one thing we can definitely say about Apple, it's that it loves to make surprise announcements that no one expected. It's an amazing marketing strategy that has worked well for the last couple of years, so we don't expect that to change anytime soon.