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You can see the gaps in the lineup that they have yet to fill, since the 4-port 13" Macbook Pro and high end Mac Mini are still being sold with Intel CPUs. Bot

You can see the gaps in the lineup that they have yet to fill, since the 4-port 13" Macbook Pro and high end Mac Mini are still being sold with Intel CPUs. Both of those machines need at least 32GB options to properly replace them. I would guess we see that support in an M1X with more cores and more Thunderbolt lanes next year as they work their way up the lineup.

grecy 6y ago
It's a total guess, but I figure "M" is for "Mobile", and it will increment up in numbers like the A series has done in iphones/ipads Then we'll see some other letter (Maybe) "D1" for Desktop perhaps for the machines next up the list performance-wise (higher-end Mac Book Pros and minis and lower-end iMacs.) And finally we'll see "P1" for the pros, which is the iMac Pro and Mac Pro. The real beast, hoping for at least 128 cores. All of them will just go up in number as the years go on.
- joakleaf 6y ago
  Don't you think "M" is just for "Mac"?
  - grecy 6y ago
    It sure could be, but I'll be shocked if they have their current M1 in the $999 MacBookAir and something still called "M1(x)" in the Mac Pro that has 128+ cores and >128GB RAM, etc. etc. IMO, that's a totally different product, and it needs a different naming convention. But I'm just guessing.
    - mattnewton 6y ago
      They put an M1 in a mac mini, I think it just stands for Mac. "M2 Max" or something is exactly what I expect for their next desktop chip name
      - macintux 6y ago
        I suspect M stands for Mac, but it's fair to note that the Mini (and iMac) were using mobile (laptop) hardware previously, so it's certainly plausible that M stands for mobile.
        ridiculous_fish 6y ago
        The Intel Mac Mini and iMac both use Intel's desktop chip line, with 65 watt TDP.
        macintux 6y ago
        Huh, I stand corrected, thanks. Did that change at some point or have I been consistently wrong?
        ridiculous_fish 6y ago
        That I don't know! Except the original Bondi iMac definitely was laptop parts.
    - tcskeptic 6y ago
      I think you are right in the P series, that would make a bunch of sense

grecy 6y ago

It's a total guess, but I figure "M" is for "Mobile", and it will increment up in numbers like the A series has done in iphones/ipads Then we'll see some other letter (Maybe) "D1" for Desktop perhaps for the machines next up the list performance-wise (higher-end Mac Book Pros and minis and lower-end iMacs.) And finally we'll see "P1" for the pros, which is the iMac Pro and Mac Pro. The real beast, hoping for at least 128 cores. All of them will just go up in number as the years go on.

joakleaf 6y ago
Don't you think "M" is just for "Mac"?
- grecy 6y ago
  It sure could be, but I'll be shocked if they have their current M1 in the $999 MacBookAir and something still called "M1(x)" in the Mac Pro that has 128+ cores and >128GB RAM, etc. etc. IMO, that's a totally different product, and it needs a different naming convention. But I'm just guessing.
  - mattnewton 6y ago
    They put an M1 in a mac mini, I think it just stands for Mac. "M2 Max" or something is exactly what I expect for their next desktop chip name
    - macintux 6y ago
      I suspect M stands for Mac, but it's fair to note that the Mini (and iMac) were using mobile (laptop) hardware previously, so it's certainly plausible that M stands for mobile.
      - ridiculous_fish 6y ago
        The Intel Mac Mini and iMac both use Intel's desktop chip line, with 65 watt TDP.
        macintux 6y ago
        Huh, I stand corrected, thanks. Did that change at some point or have I been consistently wrong?
        ridiculous_fish 6y ago
        That I don't know! Except the original Bondi iMac definitely was laptop parts.
  - tcskeptic 6y ago
    I think you are right in the P series, that would make a bunch of sense