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Mine hasn't changed, but it's not due for another week, since I got the 16GB RAM.

I'm curious to know if any of the people who got on and ordered right away got the 17th as delivery for a 16GB machine, or if it was always held up by a week or so.

neilm said:

Very surprised the M1 MBP can only support a single external monitor. Probably half our current MBP users have a dual monitor setup, usually a pair of 4K, in addition to the built in display. This limitation takes the M1 off my list.

Clearly it’s not an inherent limitation of the M1 GPU, since the M1 mini can drive dual monitors.

I expect, although I have no information either way, that when we finally see an Apple Silicon 16" MBP, it will have support for two external monitors. Whether that will be through having an additional GPU, or an improved SoC GPU remains to be seen (I think they're pushing for all Apple Silicon inside the box, but there might be a transition period). This is for the reason you specify - two external monitors is a common configuration, even for just boring administrative work.

I also hope it will come with more than 2 TB ports. I'm all in on TB3 and USB-C connectors, but only two of them isn't enough. The mini does have two additional USB-A ports and HDMI, but it's still a bit annoying to only have the two TB ports.

22july2013 said:

This makes you wonder if Apple Silicon Mac Pros will also prohibit eGPUs. Or even internal GPUs on expansion cards.

I expect not. Of course, I could be wrong, but I think the Pro desktops, especially the ones with add-in GPUs currently, will have eGPU support. I'd have thought they might skip the MBP altogether if that wasn't ready, but I expect they have better data on how the 13" is being used. Plus, they do still sell a fairly modern Intel-based MBP 13" which will support an eGPU.

I'd like to see it included when the 16" MBP transitions, but I'd also like to see more ports, especially on the 16"/ (By which I mean the 4 ports they currently have. Two ports is just a bit too far.)

22july2013 said:

I guess I was right, in my posts on this website. The Mac Mini would be one of the first Apple Silicon Macs. I don't recall anyone else predicting that. Yay me!

I predicted it, but I may have walked it back because everyone was denying it. I was still hoping for it, and now I'm substantially poorer because of it.

Plus, upgrading the RAM means it takes a week longer to get here.

I do have a slight concern about the lack of ports on these new Macs. I think 4 was a sweet spot, and two is kind of a problem. Once you plug in your dock, that's pretty much it, and I'm disappointed in the number of ports in the available TB docks, although once the TB4 ones become available, that should help.

tshapi said:

melgross said:

The date is interesting because all the pundits have been giving reasons why Nov 10 wouldn’t be possible, why it just HAD to be the 17th.

The 17th is too late if they want ramp up before BF/CM. The 10th gives them 2 weeks to delivery any new products to Brick and Mortar that isn’t already there before BF/CM

My personal opinion on the 17th was solely based on the shipping dates for 16 inch MBPs from the Australian Apple Store. Which may not even be related to this event, especially if it's not an ASi update.

I hadn't heard of anyone being insistent that it couldn't be the 10th, but I'm not really in any of the loops at the moment. I don't even listen to tech podcasts just now, because theyve all been more or less the same for so long.

Fingers crossed for a Mac mini.