There is now overwhelming evidence that Apple’s new
fully redesigned 14 and 16” MacBook Pros will be announced at Apple’s WWDC event on June 7th.
Now I know you might think I’m crazy.. But hear me out! There are so many puzzle pieces
that have FINALLY come together, which I’m gonna show you in the video, so just like before when I
called the iMac release a week before the April event, I’m gonna do it again and just call it.
Apple’s new redesigned MacBook Pros will be announced at their WWDC event,
and if I’m wrong, I will be shaving my goatee, which thankfully was spared last time!
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With that said, let’s go through a quick history of the leaks and rumors for these
machines before I get into the overwhelming evidence for the new Macbook Pros coming at WWDC!
The 14” MacBook Pro has been rumored for literally over a year now,
ever since Ming-chi kuo mentioned it back in March of 2020 as one of Apple’s next Mini-LED products.
And that’s important because Apple has already revealed the Mini-LED iPad Pro with insanely
impressive display performance, and analysts are expecting that same tech
to come to the redesigned 14 and 16” MacBook Pros as well,
with Trendforce claiming that they’re launching in the second half of 2021, which begins in July.
After those initial reports, we continued to get report after report of these new
MacBook Pros coming with Mini-LED displays as soon as July, which many analysts agree on.
And then last month, Nikkei Asia reported that the mass production of
the new redesigned MacBook Pro models will not happen until the second half of 2021,
which really makes it seem like they’re not coming until at least Fall.. but due to
recent revelations that were just revealed, I think it’s coming sooner than we thought!
And just this morning, we got a ground-breaking report from the same Nikkei Asia publication,
claiming that the next-generation Mac processor has already entered mass production
this month, destined for the redesigned MacBook Pros!
Now I know the article says the M2 chip, which is causing a bunch of confusion
because all of us are expecting the M1X chip, not the next-generation M2, but if
you look closely at what the article says, they mention that it’s tentatively known as the M2,
which basically means that the name is subject to further confirmation from Apple.
And if you think about it, last year, everyone thought that the first Apple Silicon chip
was gonna be named the A14X until Apple finally revealed the new M1 chip for the mac!
So based on that, I still believe that the M1X chip is coming in those redesigned MacBook Pros,
with most likely 12-cores for the CPU and 16 cores for the GPU.
But let’s get back to the main point of the article, the upcoming M1X chip has already
entered mass production, like right now, so here’s the main question to think about..
If Apple’s pumping these chips out right now,
why would they have them sitting on shelves for months until some Apple event in the fall?
Because we know these new Macbook Pros are gonna be a huge deal and they definitely
deserve some screen time at an Apple Event, so if they don’t show them off at WWDC,
the next event would most likely have to be either in October or November,
since September is never focused on Mac products, just iphones, apple watches and stuff like that!
So why would Apple have these M1X chips sitting and waiting around until October?
It just doesn’t make sense, and that’s why I’m calling an announcement at WWDC.
But wait, I’ve got a WHOLE LOT more evidence that points to this actually happening.
Last year, in September, Digitmes reported that mass production for the A14X chip,
which ended up being called the M1, will begin in the 4th quarter of 2020, which began in October.
And as we know, Apple announced those Macs on November 10th, so that’s a maximum of 5 weeks
between starting mass production of the chip itself and announcing the actual Macs.
So if this report from Nikkei Asia is true,
and the higher-end MacBook Pro Apple Silicon chips have already started production
right now, that gives us around 6 weeks between the start of chip production
and Apple’s WWDC event, somewhat matching up to the M1 chip timeline that we had last year.
And there is one more puzzle piece that now adds up and makes total sense.
Apple revealed their 24” redesigned iMac and their new M1 iPad Pro at their April 20th
event, but they’re not even allowing orders to be made until the 30th,
and they say that shipments won’t happen until the second half of May.
And Jon Prosser got info from sources saying that he believes that the new
iPad Pro could launch on May 21st, which is over a month after the actual event.
So what if Apple announces the new M1X MacBook Pros at WWDC, and then does the same exact thing,
pushing the actual launch date out an entire month into July?
This would match up perfectly to the many reports that claim that the redesigned MacBook Pros
are coming in the second half of 2021, which technically starts in July.
And if you think about it, the first Retina
Macbook Pro was revealed at Apple’s WWDC event in 2012.
And they also have a history of releasing MacBook Pros in July,
like when they updated them on July 29th, 2014, and then in July of 2018 when they added
6-core processors, and then once again in 2019, updating them for the back-to-school season.
So it definitely wouldn’t be surprising to see these redesigned MacBook Pros to get announced at
WWDC, since that would allow Apple to focus on the larger iMac release for the 4th quarter of 2021.
And if you’re still having a hard time believing this.. Here’s how I can imagine the event going:
They come out and talk about the massive success of their Apple Silicon transition
which was first announced at last year’s WWDC, and then they’ll talk about the great
success of the M1 chip and how well it’s been selling compared to their Intel-based models,
and then finally, reveal the next step in the transition, which is the new M1X chip
going into the redesigned MacBook Pros and maybe even the Mac Mini.
And with all of that said.. The final piece of evidence is that we’ve been seeing more
and more leaks and rumors about these new MacBook Pros over the last couple of months,
which usually happens not too long before an official announcement.
For example, both Ming-chi kuo and Mark Gurman claimed that the redesigned MacBook Pros
would have a new flat-edged design, with more ports like an SD Card slot,
HDMI and even a new MagSafe charging port.
And then just a few days ago, a hacking group actually stole the schematics
for these redesigned MacBook Pros, which clearly show an HDMI port, an SD Card slot,
more flat sides and the removal of the Touch Bar, which confirms the previous reports.
And of course, we’re also expecting the new mini-LED display,
as well as of course, the M1X chip, which was allegedly leaked within
macos beta code, which also usually only happens close to a release date.
So based on all of those little puzzle pieces finally coming together, I’m just gonna call it
and say that the redesigned MacBook Pros will be revealed at Apple’s WWDC event!
And if you’re curious about the specs and prices, I’ll quickly finish off with my thoughts on that.
There’s a small chance that the 14” MacBook Pro might actually come with the regular M1 chip
at the base $1800 price, and then have an upgrade option for the M1X.. but I feel like paying $1800
for the M1 is a bit of a rip off since you can get it with the Macbook Air for only $1,000.
But if you think about it, the current $1800 Intel-based MacBook Pro comes with
16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage at the base price, so if Apple matches those specs
for the new 14” base model, you’re really only paying $100 for the new redesign and the
new display compared to a similarly configured current M1 Macbook Pro, which isn’t bad at all,
so the M1 chip in the base 14” is still a possibility.
But I think another option is that Apple could offer a binned version of the M1X
on the base 14” model for either an $1800 or $2000 starting price, and that binned
M1X chip will have less overall active cores, like 12 GPU cores instead of 16, for example,
and then you’ll have an upgrade option to get the full-performance M1X if you’d like.
And then of course, the 16” MacBook Pro will get the M1X at the base $2400 price,
but I’m not really sure what they’ll do with upgrades to help upsell more expensive models.
But either way, I’m expecting new redesigned MacBook Pros at WWDC,
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