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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
by 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 agoDon't you think "M" is just for "Mac"?
- grecy 6y agoIt 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 agoThey 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 agoI 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 agoThe Intel Mac Mini and iMac both use Intel's desktop chip line, with 65 watt TDP.
- macintux 6y agoHuh, I stand corrected, thanks. Did that change at some point or have I been consistently wrong?
- ridiculous_fish 6y agoThat I don't know! Except the original Bondi iMac definitely was laptop parts.
- tcskeptic 6y agoI think you are right in the P series, that would make a bunch of sense