Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production for Mac
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Re: Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production for Mac
#2I know a lot of people waiting for this one, myself included. Here's hoping Asahi Linux is ready around then!
I'm guessing the 2021 MacBook Pro is going to be the fastest laptop ever made.
Re: Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production for Mac
#3While this news is about "a rumor according to sources familiar with the matter" it's obvious that Apple will be doing this at some point. Whether it's the M2 or if there will be a new letter designator (X-series silicon for eXtreme performance? Apple X1?) I am very interested to see what the performance numbers will be for an ARM-powered workstation rocking 16 to 32 high power cores. Aside from the Ampere eMAG, is a 16+ core ARM-powered workstation even a thing yet? (I don't count Amazon's Gravaton chips in this discussion because I cannot own a machine on my desktop powered by one).
Re: Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production for Mac
#4While this news is about "a rumor according to sources familiar with the matter" it's obvious that Apple will be doing this at some point. Whether it's the M2 or if there will be a new letter designator (X-series silicon for eXtreme performance? Apple X1?) I am very interested to see what the performance numbers will be for an ARM-powered workstation rocking 16 to 32 high power cores. Aside from the Ampere eMAG, is a…
There is something available for building workstations. Not sure what about performance though.
https://www.solid-run.com/arm-servers-networking-platforms/h...
Re: Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production for Mac
#5I know a lot of people waiting for this one, myself included. Here's hoping Asahi Linux is ready around then! I'm guessing the 2021 MacBook Pro is going to be the fastest laptop ever made.
Every generation is "the fastest ever made". The question is more: will this one be the Pro version?
Re: Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production for Mac
#6If Apple is having this kind of success, it seems they should look to compete in the data center with this or the following generation of chips. I wonder if it is a good time to invest in Apple.
Re: Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production for Mac
#7I know a lot of people waiting for this one, myself included. Here's hoping Asahi Linux is ready around then! I'm guessing the 2021 MacBook Pro is going to be the fastest laptop ever made.
I expect every mac user at my job to get one.
Re: Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production for Mac
#8Even earlier than expected. Perhaps my suspicion to skip M1 to go for M2 was completely right.
It doesn't hurt to wait a little or perhaps skip the first gen versions due to the extremely early software support at the time, rather than getting last year's model (Nov 2020) and suffering from the workarounds and hacks to get your tools or software working on Apple Silicon.
I won't have a wobbly software transition unlike most M1 early adopters. Afterwards, I'll most certainly skipping M1 to something higher. (Likely M2)
Like I said before, wait for WWDC and don't end up like this guy. [0] Those on Intel (Especially those on 2020), no need to run for the M1, Just skip it and go for M2 or higher.
Downvoters: Here's another foot-gun Apple hid behind the hype squad. [1] For the iPad Pro, if you bought the 2020 version, your keyboard is incompatible with the M1 version meaning you have to fork another $350 for a new one that works.
At the time of the Macbook Air M1 launch (Nov 2020), tons of software issues, even the recovery system fell apart for most people for M1. Even upgrading to this on launch day right here with those issues was an instant no deal.
Once again Intel Mac users, plenty of time to migrate to something even better. (M2 or higher)
[0] https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-sold-my-old-ipad-pro-to-back...
[1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/04/new-12-9-inch-ipad-p...
Re: Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production for Mac
#9I know a lot of people waiting for this one, myself included. Here's hoping Asahi Linux is ready around then! I'm guessing the 2021 MacBook Pro is going to be the fastest laptop ever made.
Every generation is "the fastest ever made". The question is more: will this one be the Pro version?
I didn't mean just Apple. I just meant the fastest laptop money can buy.
Re: Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production for Mac
#10If Apple is having this kind of success, it seems they should look to compete in the data center with this or the following generation of chips. I wonder if it is a good time to invest in Apple.
I'm really curious how this will play out. DataCenters haven't been apple's market for a long time, and the requirements of datacenter customers are kinda anti-apple these days.
More likely I would see Apple making an exclusive server chip licensing arrangement with ARM or something similar.