First Apple Silicon M3 Mac releases rumored for October launch
Apple is still on track to bring out its first M3 models of Apple Silicon Macs before the end of 2023, a report claims, with an October launch for the models thought to be in the works.
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Apple often launches new Macs in the fall as part of a catalog-wide refresh, and 2023 will probably involve the same routine. For this fall, launches in October are thought to include Mac and MacBook models using the M3 chip.
Writing in the "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg, Mark Gurman says that an October event could happen for the Mac launches. For this fall, the lineup is anticipated to include an M3 iMac, an M3-equipped 13-inch MacBook Air, and an M3 version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro.
While the list includes a MacBook Air update, the change won't necessarily impact the 15-inch MacBook Air. An M3 equivalent of the larger model was said by Gurman in June to be arriving in 2024.
Though in previous years Apple has held events for its fall Mac launches, there's no guarantee that will happen. With the update being a spec bump version rather than one introducing new designs, it's plausible that Apple could instead do a press release-based launch instead of a full event.
Gurman has previously insisted M3 chips were due by the end of 2023 at the earliest.
Moving to the future, Gurman doubles down on the development of a large-screen iMac, with a 30-inch model possibly debuting in 2024.
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My kids need a computer for school work and light games, but I don’t want to get shafted with older tech for the original RRP.
I’d hoped Apple would have stopped leaving models to languish for no discernible reason once they’d ditched Intel.
If this happens, then it’s like the A14/M1 release, only a month apart. But that may be the exception, not the rule. We’ll see.
https://www.tsmc.com/english/dedicatedFoundry/technology/logic/l_3nm
"N3 technology will offer up to 70% logic density gain, up to 15% speed improvement at the same power and up to 30% power reduction at the same speed as compared with N5 technology."
This would allow them to reach M1 Pro performance for graphics and run cooler than M2.
They couldn't have announced it would ship with M3 as they haven't announced the chip yet but it's highly likely that once M3 is announced for the Macs, they will update the Vision Pro page to ship with M3.
My 15" 2019 i9 MacBook Pro runs like molasses sometime when using Vectorworks 2023.
I'm about ready to pull the trigger on 16" MBP with an M2 Max, but could wait a bit if it's certain (more or less, this being Apple) it were coming in the fall.
Hopefully Apple releases an M3 MBP along with an M3 iMac.
That said, we’re still early enough in the history of the M-series to not really be too sure about anything…
There’s a niche there, Apple knows it, so they keep selling it. I have to say I was tempted to move on from my M1 Mini when I was looking at the marketing materials just now!