Apple's Mac lineup will be fully updated: M3 debuts This lineup is a bit strong

【CNMO】Time into March, the digital circle began to be lively, and another wave of new machines will shine in many manufacturers, Apple's popularity has been high, and many fruit fans are looking forward to the arrival of the next wave of new products. As is customary, Apple releases some new products every year in the spring. Previously, foreign media speculated that Apple will hold a spring new product conference on March 16 or March 23. However, there is no official announcement of the specific time of the spring conference.

As we all know, compared with Apple's autumn new products in September, the spring new products in March are generally not so heavy, of which the Mac product line is the focus of everyone. At last year's spring conference, Apple brought the Mac Studio with the M1Ultra chip, officially known as the "world's most powerful personal computer chip", the M1 Ultra has a 20-core CPU, a 64-core GPU, 8 times the GPU performance of the M1, and twice the performance of the media processing engine of the M1 Max.

Although the official time has not yet been announced, the news about the new products has never stopped. Mark Gurman, a well-known Apple columnist, said that Apple is preparing to launch the next generation of Mac laptops and desktops, which also includes a new iMac.

In addition, in June last year, Apple unveiled the first M2 chip and the latest MacBook Air equipped with the chip at the Worldwide Developers Conference. According to previous news, Apple may launch M3 chips and products equipped with the chip at this conference. Users who are interested in Apple computer products must be very curious about what updates this new product will bring, CNMO has summarized relevant information for you, let's take a look together.

The new 15-inch MacBook Air

Apple officially shows that Apple's current MacBook Air can be selected from M1 chip version or M2 chip version, of which the M1 model is equipped with 13.3 inches, and the new M2 model is equipped with a 13.6-inch screen with a "bang" design. However, the latest news shows that Apple is about to launch a large-screen version of the MacBook Air, and the screen size will reach the largest 15.5 inches in Air history. Previously, due to the focus on thinness and portability, the notebook was only introduced in 13-inch and 11-inch sizes.

Apple MacBook Air

Analyst Ross Young said that starting in February this year, supply chain manufacturers began to produce 15.5-inch new panels for Apple. As a result, the new 15-inch MacBook Air notebook is expected to be released in March this year and available in early April.

According to the news, the 15-inch MacBook Air will be equipped with an M2 series processor, with 18% CPU speed, 35% GPU speed, and 40% increase in neural network AI computing. In terms of other configurations, the larger screen version of the MacBook Air will be equipped with LCD screen, Force Touch trackpad, MagSafe charging interface and other configurations.

Of course, the further the performance increases, so will the price. For reference, the new MacBook Air equipped with the M2 chip starts at 9499 yuan, so the starting price of the 15-inch MacBook Air may exceed the 10,000 yuan mark. However, compared with Apple's other notebooks, the new MacBook Air will most likely be Apple's cheapest 15-inch notebook.

Upgraded 13-inch MacBook Air

We note that in addition to the large-screen version of the MacBook Air, Apple seems to be working on a 13-inch version of the iteration of the MacBook Air. The current 13-inch model, released in July 2022, is equipped with an M2 chip based on the 5-nanometer process, while the new MacBook Air is expected to be equipped with Apple's new chip M3, which has not yet been announced.

Apple MacBook Air

At present, the 13-inch MacBook Air has already used the M2 chip, and if it continues to carry the M2 chip, it will not be attractive to the market. Therefore, the industry believes that the new 13-inch MacBook Air will be equipped with the M3 chip.

It is understood that the M3 chip will have an 8-core CPU, using TSMC's 3nm process technology, compared with the 5nm process, TSMC's 3nm logic density gain at the same speed increases by 60%, reduces power consumption by 30-35%, and supports the innovative TSMC FINFLEX architecture, which can provide better overall performance for the MacBook Air series while improving the battery life of the MacBook Air.

New iMac

In addition to laptops, Apple will also update desktop computers. Although compared to the MacBook, the iMac does not seem to have that much fame. But for some professionals, they prefer iMac. Now, Apple will also bring a new iMac, which will bring more powerful performance.

Apple iMac

Mark Gurman said Apple's next-generation iMac has entered the "advanced development phase" of engineering verification testing (EVT), and Apple is conducting production testing of the all-in-one.

In response, he said that the new iMac will have the same 24-inch display size as the current model, and the models currently tested will use the same colors as the existing iMac, including blue, green, pink, silver, yellow, orange, purple. The difference is that the new iMac will be more powerful, or will be equipped with an M3 chip, and the current iMac is equipped with an M1 chip. In addition, Apple will also adjust other configurations of the new product, including relayout and redesign of internal accessories, and the production process of the matching iMac bracket will also be different.

It should be noted that the development process of the new iMac has entered an advanced stage, but it will have to wait at least another 3 months for mass production. That is to say, new products will not be shipped until the second half of the year at the earliest. However, the latest iMac was released at Apple's spring new product conference in 2021, and it has not been updated for almost two years, so many fruit fans are still very much looking forward to the arrival of the new iMac.

The new Mac Pro

With extreme performance, scalability and configuration potential, Mac Pro will also be renewed.

Apple Mac Pro

At the 2019 WWDC Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple released what it claims to be the strongest new version of the Mac Pro computer in history. This product is equipped with an Intel Xeon processor, which can reach up to 28 cores, which is also the largest in the history of the Mac.

According to the news, the upcoming Mac Pro will have the same design as the 2019 model, but will be equipped with M2 Ultra/Extreme, which will make it the "fastest Mac ever." However, given the full-chip architecture of Apple's chips, users will not be able to upgrade RAM memory.

Write at the end

It is not difficult to see that Apple has put a lot of effort into the Mac product line, which is bound to bring consumers a more extreme innovative experience. At present, these new products will debut as early as March this year, and may also be unveiled at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in June at the latest, let's look forward to what surprises Apple will bring us.