Details on the first models

Soon have Intel-CPUs in Macs nothing to lose, Apple separates from the processor partner and will prefer to build their own ARM chips – so that Announcement at WWDC. They can already be found successfully in iPhones and iPads and soon they should also Macs fire. The world-famous Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo now provides the first details about the changeover. This is usually spot on, thanks to be trusted sources in the Apple environment.

Apple’s plans: the first ARM Macs are …

How MacRumors reports, Kuo now reveals in his latest report the two Mac computers, which are the first to receive the new ARM chips and therefore have to say goodbye to Intel chips.

• MacBook Pro in the form factor of the current 13.3-inch model: The smallest variant of the Pro series should get the ARM chip first, the current model – updated in May – is then completely discontinued. Kuo does not provide any information directly on the display, he only speaks of the form factor. It is quite possible that we will get the long-awaited 14.1-inch display.
• iMac with 24-inch display: The ARM version of the iMac should be a lot more spectacular, according to Kuo there is a redesigned model with a previously unused 24-inch screen. But before that, it should actually be in the third quarter of 2020 (July to September) new iMacs with Intel processor give. This could either at the WWDC or can be launched shortly afterwards.

The Intel switch 15 years ago in picture and sound:

Intel goodbye schedule

And when can we start using the ARM Macs? Apple is already talking about the end of the year. Kuo previously also suspects at the end of 2020 or early 2021 at the earliest. All of this miraculously fits the Apple story. After Apple’s announcement at WWDC in 2005 to switch to Intel processors, a visibly proud Steve Jobs showed it on January 10, 2006 – coincidentally, a MacBook Pro and the iMac were the pioneers of the Intel era. Now history could repeat itself and the same Apple computers could usher in a new era of ARM design.

The iMac should get a new design, a possible look into the future:

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There were rumors before, one Reissue of the MacBook with 12-inch display could become the first ARM Mac, but Kuo is now rejecting it. But that doesn’t mean that the small MacBook will not come in general. According to Kuo, all new Macs in 2021 will only contain ARM chips. The entire changeover for all types of computers should take between 12 and 18 months.

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