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Prediction:
 2021 massive redesign, all made possible by the fundamental change Apple Silicon brings. Current Air was designed for a fan.

Next fall:
M2
13”-13.3” Air, minimal bezels, closer in size to the 12” MacBook. Fully designed around no fan.

14.1” MBP. M2 eliminates the need for 2 fan design, so there’s only 1 model instead of 2 separate models. Hopefully 4 ports.

Before next fall:
16” gets M1X, only needs 1 fan.

After next fall:
16” MBP. Bezels are reduced. Overall footprint reduced. 1 fan. M2X. 

Japhey said:

MacQuadra840av said:

For $19, you can buy Apple's USB-C charger and charge your phone at the full 20W with the lightning cable.  For $129 + $49, you can charge at only 14W.  For $129 + $19, you can charge at a measly 11w.  This being a product that requires two hands to get your phone off the magnet without causing your watch to fly across the room.  And a product so cheaply made, only the cheap plastic material holds the two sides together.  Who would fall for this?  Talk about getting ripped off.

We’re about to find out. And I agree with every single thing you said. 

I am an Apple fanboy 100%. But my mind is blown at how low the value proposition is for this product. The concept is great, but the price is insane. You have to really, really, really want this to get it.

And, I have a $20 clear case from Amazon. Don’t know if MagSafe will work with it. You gotta have that $50 Apple case + the $129 MagSafe Duo + a $19 or $49 power adapter, all to gain consolidating from 2 separate chargers to one.

I will buy almost anything Apple makes, but I will not be buying this.

ArielBar_17 said:

Does that mean that the next big fall update will be called macos 12 instead of macos 11.1?

That is the immediate question after reading the headline. I was wondering if that would be in the article.

To each their own, but Apple definitely made more money (read: profit). Quantity is not always a leading indicator.

Nomenclature Hypothesis:

Now that AS is coming to desktop, I don’t think they are going to hide the specs on Notebook and Desktop. I also don’t think it will just be the A14T, and you have to use Geekbench to see the clock and cores.

I think you will have just like you have now with Intel listed on MBs and iMacs.

2 option example for 16-inch MacBook Pro:

Standard Model for $2,399 - “Apple 14th gen (A14Z) 3.0 GHz 10-core processor (6 high power and 4 high efficiency)”

Next model for $2,799 - “Apple 14th gen (A14Z) 3.4 GHz 14-core processor ( 10 high power and 4 high efficiency)”

I wonder if they will mention turbo boost or peak clock speed as well.

iMac would be same, but A14T series. You’d have 2 or 3 options.