Every 2022 Mac release Apple Silicon gets REAL
2020 brought our first taste of Apple Silicon with the M1, and it blew people away. 2021 brought the redesigned iMac and MacBook Pro, giving our first glimpse of Apple’s retro future design direction with plenty of nods to their historical designs. In 2022, Apple Silicon goes into overdrive with basically everything getting updated and the end of Intel Macs. So let’s talk about that.
There are three major blocks through the year where Apple can release, or at least announce new Macs. The Spring event, typically in March or April, June’s WWDC and “The Fall”, meaning any time from September to November. We’ll take these events one at a time, and work our way through the year.
First up, Spring, and the presumed date of the event is March 8th, putting the event announcement just over a week away. Until recently the only expected products were to be an updated iPhone SE 3rd generation and iPad Air 5th generation, neither with new designs but updated faster internals and potentially cameras too. But last week, Apple filed 3 new devices with the EEC database, two desktops and one laptop. The desktops are both most likely to be the Mac mini with both the M1 pro & Max (under one model number) and the first look at the M2 chip.
M2 is expected to contain 4 efficiency and 4 performance CPU cores along with 10 GPU Cores, though 8-9core graphics binned products may well be available too at the entry level. Graphics, assuming they follow the same pattern as the iPhone 13’s A15 SOC that the M1 is based on will be drastically better, with the best performing A15s gaining up to 55% faster performance based on the previous year.
But back to the Mac mini, this is the one we’re expecting to see with a new design, flatter but with a similar footprint, and moving the power supply from internal to an external power brick like the iMac. The M2 chip would also find its way into THAT laptop, but what laptop is that? Well right now we have an M1 based MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and 2 MacBook Pros with the new M1 Pro and Max chips. That said, we have re-designed MacBook Pros in there, and the next MacBook Air with M2 is rumoured to be getting a re-design too, adding MiniLED displays and a complete new look to justify the also rumoured increased price tag.
So, that’s Spring. Next up, Dub Dub.
June’s WWDC is always thought of as the super pro event of the year. Its’s been the place where Mac Pro and iMac Pro has been released, basically every time in the past decade. 2013, 2017 and 2019 have all seen iMac Pro or Mac Pro announcements.
Will we be getting an iMac Pro? Well, I think the answer here is kinda. It sounds like we’ll get the same M1 Pro and Max chips as the MacBook Pro with a 27” MiniLED display and presumably more pro colourways than the somehow controversial iMacs – which I have to say I think look incredible in their new, lighter colours. But, as its still M1 Pro and Max inside, perhaps not the power level people are wanting.. Just makes sense, and also means that the 13” MacBook in Spring with M2 shouldn’t get it.
The Mac Pro however will be the real deal. 2 or 4 M1 Max SOCs for 40 CPU cores, 32 performance and 8 efficiency in total, and up to 128 graphics cores. These things will be insane, but perhaps don’t expect to order them right away… given Apple’s track record.
Possibly rounding out this event may also be the M2 MacBook Air models, assuming the production of MiniLED displays has caught up to demand by then. Expect the same M2 chip as inside the Mac mini and MacBook , but in a thinner, fanless and flat design with new colours, a notch and MiniLED running at 60 Hz, not the 120hz ProMotion of the MacBooks Pro. It’s possible we also see the M2 iPad Pro there too, with a potential design update to allow wireless charging via MagSafe. Also the M2 iMac could be arriving too.
So that’s what and when I think we’ll be seeing Macs in 2022, but what do you think? Thought in the comments below.
Thomas Rabenstein
#iCaveAnswers : I am leaning more and more towards a new Mac Mini, should a model with M1 Max be announced in the coming spring event.
I have a question about this: My monitor has three connection options: HDMI, Thunderbold 2 and Display Port. The expected Mac Mini will probably have Thunderbold and HDMI but no Display Port.
Which connection gives the best results and is recommended?
– HDMI direct connection
– Thunderbold 4 to Display Port (adapter)
– Thunderbold 4 to HDMI (adapter)
Arthur Swart
#icaveanwers Why doesn’t Apple use oled to make MacBook screens? It seems there is plenty of production of those and they already use oled for iPhones and iPads.
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