Apple’s M1 chip was launched in-house after moving away from Intel. It obtained near universal appreciation when it was introduced in the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Mini in 2020. But when it is well suited to these consumer-grade computers, its incapacity to work with more than 8GB RAM, lack of dedicated GPU, and limitation in the number of ports its computers have, put up questions about what may come next.
Now Apple fans do not have to wait for a long time to find out as a successor to the M1 chip has entered production. According to a report by Nikkei, the chip joined in the mass production this month, and the outlet reports that the chips could start delivering to Apple as early as in the month of the July of this year, with Macs holding them going on sale in the second half of 2021.
In 2020 Apple said that how the transmission process from the Intel processor to its own would take two years. The 13 inch MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air, Mac Mini, 2021 iPad Pro, and new iMac all are using the M1 chips, and Apple sells some of the iMac and Mac Mini with the Intel chips as well. However, the more giant 16 inch MacBook and the professional-grade Mac Pro are yet to transform.
Now updated MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models are undeniably candidates for these chips like Mac Mini and iMac. The Nikkei Asia report says the M2 can emerge in other Mac and Apple devices beyond the MacBook. That would look to recommend it can be an outfit in iPad models, something that looks less staggering now that the iPad Pro runs on an M1 chip.
This week, it is being reported that how M1 successor was temporarily known as the M2 for now and will eventually be used in the other Mac and Apple devices after the MacBook range. It looks like that this chip will be a performance developed over the M2 and will launch into a new MacBook later this summer and possibly replace the current 16-inch model.
Given the higher cost and professional influence of the 16-inch MacBook Pro, we will be interested in seeing when the M2 will give the laptop more than just a performance boost over the smaller 13-inch notebook. We would like to see more RAM as compared to the current limit of 16GB. Incorporating more ports as just two USB-C / Thunderbolt connections with one doubling as the power jack seems would not be enough for several professional users.
A reconstructed MacBook Air is also on the card for Apple in 2021 as against getting the new M1 chip in 2020, the compress laptop’s aesthetics have not changed for many years. Given the new color options for the iMac and we suppose to see something similar from a new MacBook Air, and we also consider seeing a larger iMac later this year too, as the Intel-powered 27-inch desktop remains on sale beside the new M1-powered 24-inch model.
Apple’s full range Mac Pro is supposed to be the last Mac computer to transform from Intel to Apple’s in-house chips, and a successor to the current model, which arrived in December 2019, is not supposed until 2022.
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