WWDC of the year 2020 was historic, and not because of the conditions in which it was to be held. In it, Apple announced its transition from Intel chips to its own Apple Silicon architecture, indicating that it would be a two-year transition.
The clock was kicked off when the M1 chip was unveiled at a fall event that same year, and if we apply generosity to the countdown, we can say that This two-year period ends with outstanding rights: all Macs already have their Apple Silicon chip except one.
Launch products against the grain
With the Mac Pro still powered by an Intel chip, Apple was unable to deliver on the two-year promise in time. And we cannot claim that the Mac Studio is already the new Mac Pro, because precisely in the opening speech from Mac Studio, it was explicitly mentioned that we were going to see a Mac Pro. And we can also point out here the absence of a big-screen iMac, another computer that many people have been waiting for.
Rumors now say that this Mac Pro could see the light of day in 2023, which will lengthen this transition from the promised two years to almost three years. But is it Apple’s fault? Should we interpret it as a failure? I wouldn’t say that.
Let’s think about the conditions under which Apple had to deal with this transition, which had to be planned years in advance. This transition went through a global pandemic, which caused an unprecedented component crisis.
No company is ready for a pandemic, crisis and war, no matter how big
To this was added a logistical crisis, which required Apple to juggle its release schedule and shipping capacity. The icing on the cake was geopolitics: big companies want to diversify their production and depend less on China, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine contributed to soaring inflation and all prices went up like crazy. ‘foam.
Apple may have certain forecasts to cover the unexpected, but no company could have foreseen a global pandemic, logistical crisis, and war in Europe. All this in less than two years. It is logical that one of the consequences is that the transition to Apple Silicon lasts another year. In fact, I wonder how they managed to (more or less) fill the diaries with the iPhone and the iPad.
You can blame Apple for a lot of things, I’m the first to do it. But when it comes to delays in what’s missing from their Mac lineup, I think we should have some leeway given the current global situation. Hopefully as the months pass it improves, and while it’s later than expected, we’ll see Apple Silicon’s maximum exponent in a Mac Pro sometime in 2023.
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