In this video, I want to talk about the M1X MacBook Pros
which according to rumors are coming out very, very soon.
And I wanted to talk about some of the features
I really, really want them to have.
Now this video will contain some leaks.
You guys know how I feel about leaks.
They are pretty stupid until we actually have something
that comes out and it's confirmed by Apple themselves.
Don't believe anything you see or hear on the internet.
But unfortunately, due to the nature of this video
and the fact that none of these devices
are actually out yet all of you guys can understand
but I mainly wanted to talk about my opinion
and after 10 years of using MacBook Pros,
what I would really like to see in the upcoming versions.
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Okay, so let's start with CPU's.
Now I have a M1 MacBook Pro here
and this bad boy has been very impressive so far.
You guys have seen me test this
in basically every single situation and scenario.
Now this has eight cores.
So you have for efficiency cores
and for high-performance cores.
Now I have seen some rumors going around out there
and also some leaks that the new M1X MacBooks
later this year will feature up to 20 cores.
But I think that's a little bit extreme
and I don't see Apple going from eight to 20 cores
in just one generation, that's quite a large jump.
Now I have seen information suggesting that we're going
to be seeing 12 core CPU's
and they will be featuring eight high-performance cores
and four efficiency cores.
So double the amount of high-performance cores
then the M1 MacBook.
But that doesn't necessarily mean double the power.
Now in addition to the CPU, we also have the GPU.
So you guys know with the M1 MacBook Air,
there are two GPU variants.
You have the seven core and the eight core
with the MacBook Pro and also the Mac Mini,
you get the eight core variant
which again is already quite powerful.
But I have been seeing again,
more leaks and rumors pointing towards a 16-core
or even a 32-core M1X MacBook Pro
which to me would be a really, really cool addition
because at the moment although the M1 Macs
are super, super powerful especially
compared to other relatively entry-level computers
out there, it really is just lacking
that raw performance and power
that some other laptops can bring.
Now going from eight to 16 or potentially 32 cores
it's going to have a huge impact
if you play games, if you do editing
or if you do any kind of 3D modeling
or even if you're an architect
or you do a lot of blender rendering,
those additional GPU cores
are going to really come in clutch for you.
Now cramming all of this performance into the chassis
of a 14 or even 16-inch MacBook Pro,
it's going to be a little bit difficult as you guys know
especially with the Intel CPU's
just the really slim design choices that Apple makes
in particular for its 16-inch MacBook really limits
the amount of cooling and heat dissipation you can get.
Now I've covered this in a previous video on the channel
as to why Apple has done this spoiler alert,
it's mainly Intel's fault.
The most recent 16-inch MacBook Pro overheating issues
but I'm hoping with the upcoming MacBook Pros,
the cooling is really, really efficient
or the actual chips themselves are really heat efficient
as well which will be great to see.
I also wouldn't mind seeing a slightly thicker chassis
especially on the 16-inch MacBook Pro
compared to previous generations.
Because as you guys know,
Apple has an obsession with making stuff super, super thin
almost to the point where it negatively impacts performance.
Now lucky you guys have seen with previous videos
on my channel, the M1 Macs aren't exactly icebergs.
Guys, they do get hot if you're gaming or you're rendering
the CPU will get up to about 85, 90 degrees
but it doesn't seem to thermal throttle that bad
which was good to see.
So I'm very, very interested to see how Apple
is going to cram all of that power into what I'm assuming
is going to be a relatively thin chassis
but also keeping the cooling as good
as the existing generation in M1 Macs.
Now when these new Apple Silicon MacBooks come out
and we see what kind of performance they're packing,
it's going to be very, very interesting to compare it
against some of the other competing laptops out there
such as the Razor Blade 14 or the Dell Express.
By the way guys, yes,
I will be featuring some of these Windows laptops
on the channel in the future particularly
when these new Macs come out
because I really do want to see how they stack up
against Apple's latest version, Apple, Silicon.
So stay tuned for those videos.
Now moving on to a feature that I really do solely miss
and that is of course MagSafe.
Now there are a couple of rumors surrounding the Mac
and that MagSafe is coming back.
But as much as I do want to see MagSafe,
I don't really want Apple to just bring back the old design.
So what I mean by that is yes,
I do love MagSafe particularly at night,
plugging it into a charger is very easy with MagSafe.
Also, if you do knock your MacBook for example,
you're not going to rip anything out.
I love that about MagSafe.
But I really do like the versatility of actually
using the USB-C ports to charge the MacBook.
So for me when I go traveling,
I tend to only bring one that USB-C cable
and that's going to charge not only my MacBook
but all of my other USB-C accessories.
But if I do actually end up losing the charger
for this device or it stops working,
I can just take the USB-C cable, plug it
into my wall adapter or phone charger
or whatever I have and plug this bad boy in and charge it.
Admittedly, it's going to take a lot longer to charge
than the normal charger but it still works.
So expanding on this, what I would love to see
is some kind of hybrid MagSafe charger.
So what I mean by that is you guys may have seen
those third party plugin MagSafe chargers out there
where you essentially just plug in a port into a USB-C port
and that kind of allows you to do
your little janky version of MagSafe.
If Apple could come out with their own version for that
and also have the USB-C ports on both sides
like they traditionally do
that would be awesome because you can not only choose
which side you want MagSafe on,
you can also remove it altogether and just charge via USB-C
which has the best of both worlds.
Even if they offer this little dongle or adapt a separately
for like 50 bucks, I would still purchase it.
I think that would be a great idea.
Now staying on the topic of ports, I remember back in 2016,
when Apple came out with this new design
and they ended up ditching all the ports on both sides
in favor of a couple of USB-C fundable ports.
Now I understand why they did it.
They wanted to drive the market to actually endorse
and start using USB-C more than what it had,
five years later unfortunately
it hasn't really penetrated the market as much
as I would have thought.
But for me personally, I do like the flexibility of this
'cause you can charge, you can plug monitors in
and you really only need to carry around one dongle
that provides you everything you need.
That being said, there's one thing I really hated
about that redesign five years ago
and it is the dropping of the SD card slot.
Now, with this thing,
you can take it pretty much anywhere with a charger
and you're good to go but if you're a photographer,
a videographer or even just someone with a GoPro on holiday,
you absolutely need a dongle or some kind of adapter
just to use a SD card.
And for me, that's really not good because I can go
without a dongle with this machine
but I have to bring one everywhere
I go just for the SD card.
So if Apple can reincorporate that SD card it'd be awesome
even better I'm hearing rumors that it's going to be UHS2
which basically means that you can put SD cards there
and read and write up to a around 300 megabits per second
which is quite fast.
Although bear in mind, you need a compatible SD card
for that, that can actually keep up
with that speed to get the full benefits
of that type of slot.
Now, in terms of the screen,
I would love to see mini LED technology incorporated.
So having a mini LED screen on this
is going to mean your battery is going to last longer
and the overall viewing experience of the screen
is going to be superior than the previous retina display.
Now, for me personally, I don't really care about mini LED.
If I have to choose one of these features to drop,
it would be mini LED.
For two reasons, number one,
I've tried mini LED in contrast with a retina screen
with the new M1 iPad Pro.
I really didn't notice that much of a difference.
The only scenario is where you will notice
a massive difference is in content consumption.
So if you're gaming for example,
the colors are really bright and vivid and the blacks
are really dark or if you're consuming media.
So a movie for example, it's going to look great.
But for just general day-to-day tasks like email browsing,
word documents, web browsing,
you're not going to notice a difference
but of course it will conserve battery life
better than the red a display could.
Now, reason number two is that
it's going to be relatively expensive
so that's probably going to bump up
the cost of this machine
or at least Apple will keep the price the same
as it traditionally was.
But cut back on some of the other specs like the WebCam
or maybe even the keyboard for example.
Now as we all know, we've had the retina screens
for almost a decade at this point
and that means that Apple has been able to establish
a huge economy of scale for those screens.
And what I mean by that is they've been mass-produced
in such high numbers for the last eight to nine years
that they are relatively cheap.
Mini LED technology is relatively new for Apple
and I say new it's been around for a while
other companies do use it but as you guys know,
Apple is generally pretty slow to the party.
So they quite haven't developed the economies
of scale needed to reduce the price
of implementing mini LED screens.
And that's just my opinion, it might be different,
no one really knows apart from Apple.
Now, one other thing Apple should start doing
is actually removing the touch bar.
So as you guys can see, this one has a touch bar there.
I have mixed feelings about the touch bar,
personally I don't like it because a lot of the time
with my MacBook, I'll be sort of lying on a couch
or lying on the bed and I'll be typing on it like this
and I can't actually see the touch bar at all.
And if I want to change the volume or the screen brightness,
it's just such a pain in the ass compared to buttons.
I know a lot of people really do love the touch bar
and it does have its pros.
For example, when you're editing
there are shortcuts or when your web browser,
you can bookmark things there.
Definitely I'm not trashing the touch bar
but I think overwhelmingly the vast majority
of people don't like it.
So again, I just think it's smart business practices
for Apple to just remove it at this point
and just add back the top row of function keys.
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