we've been getting a ton of leaks about Apple's new Apple silicon M3 chip coming
to the MacBook Air which is going to be amazing because it's going to be on
tsmc's three nanometer process which means a huge performance boost but it
looks like apple is going to make a grave mistake apple is apparently
putting this brand new M3 chip into quite possibly the worst MacBook that we
have right now which is the 13-inch MacBook Pro so in this video I'm going
to explain why that is such a terrible idea and I'm gonna theorize why Apple
would possibly think that this is okay and have actually come up with a couple
of different reasons so let's get right into the video now getting started with
this bombshell leak which is exclusive from nine to five mag just a couple of
days ago they said that both the new 13 and 15 inch MacBook Air models are gonna
use the M3 chip and that is a big deal because for quite a while we've been
getting rumors that it's going to come with the M2 Chip and maybe even an M2
Pro and that actually lines up to some rumors that we got last month saying
that the 15-inch MacBook Air would be set for an early April release which to
us meant that it would be a spring event however we just got a huge leak from
Mark grimmon who was the most reliable Apple leaker out there saying that apple
is getting ready to launch some new Macs including a new iMac but the crazy thing
is he said that apple is scheduled to launch about three new Macs between late
spring and summer so not early April like that leak was saying for the 15
inch so that means it's not going to be coming that soon and here's the problem
Ross young once again even after that report from Mark German said that the
15-inch is still on track to launch in April completely going against Mark
German now if it does come in April then it does make sense for it to come with
the M2 Chip but it looks like no according to 95 Mac they said both of 13
and 15 will come with the M3 chip which by far makes the most sense in terms of
a lineup standpoint so the big question is are these new M3 Max coming this
summer at wwc or are they getting delayed until the fall I'm not really
sure but the craziest thing about this leak is that nine to five Max says that
a refreshed MacBook Pro is also in the works and not just any MacBook Pro it's
actually going to be the 13 inch model which is codenamed j504 so yes that
leaked as well and it's an entry-level MacBook Pro model with the same 8 core
M3 as the new Macbook Air is supposed to get now apparently Apple considered
dropping the pro branding from this model and just calling it the MacBook
because of course it kind it sucks but they decided not to do that and they're
still calling it the MacBook Pro so with that said let me explain why that is
such a terrible terrible idea but first I've got to show off the single best
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the description below just by looking at Apple's website where you can see the
compare Mac models page we have the MacBook Pro 13 inch on the left and the
MacBook Air M2 right here in the middle first of all you can see that you get
more finishes on the MacBook Air Model but the MacBook Pro is
12.99 a hundred dollars more expensive and the issue with that is it's using
the old design that is way outdated you can see it has the big black bezels all
the way around especially at the top compared to the new M2 MacBook Air which
has thin bezels that are rounded along the edges with the notch so it looks
much more modern and of course the 13 inch MacBook Pro has the touch bar which
I can't stand I hate having it I love having those function keys on the new
Macbook Air and even worse the old MacBook Pro Design has the 720p webcam
which everybody hated compared to the really nice looking 1080p version that
we have now in the MacBook Air and getting even worse that old MacBook Pro
Design is lacking one of the things that I love the most on the new Air which is
the max save 3 connector which is so awesome because it enables fast charging
and it frees up the other Thunderbolt ports so you can use them for
accessories instead of having to use one dedicated for charging and honestly that
old design shouldn't even be called a MacBook Pro because if you look at the
higher end models like the 14 inch and the 16 inch those designs are on a whole
another level they look absolutely amazing with much better displays with
120 hertz Pro motion Technology support and a bunch of extra ports and macsafe
they're on a whole nother level compared to the 13 inch which doesn't even
deserve to be called a pro model so now the issue is that old design that sucks
we honestly don't recommend it to anybody we've been telling people to buy
the MacBook Air because of the design forget about everything else the design
matters the most because you don't want to feel like you're outdated with this
old design so the big question is why in the world would Apple give their brand
new M3 chip that is super fast awesome with three nanometer technology from
tsmc why why would they give that ship to that old design MacBook Pro they
should have just canceled it completely but nope nine to five Max says that it
is coming with verification from multiple sources well I actually have
four reasons for why Apple would do this and the first one is giving people a
MacBook Pro at a lower thirteen hundred dollar price point because then they can
advertise that Apple's MacBook Pros start at 12.99 so it's just a way to say
that they have a lower priced MacBook Pros for marketing number two is by
offering a really bad outdated product with the M3 chip that would actually
make the M3 MacBook Air look a lot better so it's almost like giving people
a choice do you want this crappy old outdated model or this really nice one
and then when they look at the old one the newer nicer MacBook Air looks a lot
better and it might actually push people to buy more of them number three is that
maybe it's actually going to perform better with the fan now that fan was the
only reason that apple had for continuing the M2 MacBook Pro old design
they said the fan allows it to have higher performance and yes of course it
does have slightly better performance so what if the M3 Chip is going to be super
super fast and what if it's going to be limited in the MacBook Air chassis which
has passive cooling maybe that's enough justification for Apple to release this
old 13-inch MacBook Pro model and I don't think that the 15-inch air is
getting a fan either I think it's going to be almost identical to the smaller
13-inch air so that means fanless so you basically only have the 14 inch MacBook
Pro that comes with a fan at two thousand dollars so maybe Apple wants to
offer a cheaper version with a fan and for reason number four it's simply
because Apple can it's going to be cheap efficient and easy for Apple to just
switch out the M3 chip into that model put it back on the market even though it
doesn't make sense just a simple chip swap and that's it it's easy for them to
do and they're gonna have a bigger lineup I guess with the M3 chip inside
of it but in my personal opinion I think it makes sense for Apple to just scrap
that model start off with the regular M2 MacBook Air then the 15 inch then the 14
and 16 on the high end and it's going to be much more simple and I think that's
the way to go but maybe you disagree with me let me know down in the comment
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