Category: 📔 Notes Tech

I think Google and search engines may have lost their way when they started using people's location and providing localized results. I want to search the world for the best information when I search for something. If I want local results I'd include location in the search.

- 2026 Nov/Oct - M6 MacBook Air (New Design)
- 2026 Nov/Oct - M6 MacBook Pro (Old Design)
- 2027 Mar/Jun - M6 Pro MacBook Pro (New Design)
- 2028 Mar/Apr - A20 Pro MacBook Neo 2 (Old Design)
* Note - M2 debuted new Air, M4 debuted new iPad Pro

I wonder if one reason rumored M6 MacBook Pro with OLED touchscreen might be redesigned like iPad Pro with camera inside bezels and no hole punch is because touching very edge of large displays in front of you may not work well, unlike a small iPhone you hold steady in your hand.

Since MacBook Neo got A18 Pro, iPad Air and Pro have M1 and later, and touch is likely coming to MacBooks, I wonder if Apple might merge iPadOS into macOS, allow all iPad apps on all Macs, and have macOS install on iPads other than mini that have 128GB and M2, A18 Pro, or better.

• 2026 Jan - 12.9" MacBook Air M5
• 2026 Jan - 14.2" MacBook Pro M5 Pro (+16.2")
• 2026 Mar - 3X" Display + Mac Studio M5 Pro
• 2026 Jun - 13.3" MacBook A19 Pro
• 2026 Jun - 13.6" M3/M2/M1 Discontinued
• 2026 Oct - 3X" iMac M6 (2027 Mar?)

I wonder if the rumor about a MacBook with a new 12.9" screen size might actually be a new M-Series or M5 MacBook Air size and design, with the rumored budget A-Series MacBook being a separate device coming another time in either the current 13.6" design or former 13.3" design.

Budget A-Series MacBook Design

I would guess that the most likely scenario is the M-Series MacBook gets a redesign first, possibly as a 12.X" device with M5, and then the budget A-Series MacBook gets the "old" 13.6" design. Second most likely is just a budget 13.3", but that design is quite old and colorless.

• M5 will be built on 2nm GAAFET
• M5 uses hybrid bonding chiplets so CPU is 2nm
• M5 MacBooks come out in late 2025
• M5 MacBook Air is Mini-LED, maybe new size/design
• iMac and Mac Mini skip M5, wait for M6?
• Next iPad Pro uses 2nm A-Series Pro?

I wonder if Apple will have a higher tier brand called Ultra in more products, similar to Apple Watch and Apple Silicon. Maybe they would therefore have a Mac Ultra as their highest end desktop for instance.

I wonder if the 2023 iPhone release may even be around June instead of September, because ARM unconventionally missed its tick-tock cycle with 3 iterations of 5nm chips. The first 3nm chips for iPhone, based on ARMv9, may be ready to release earlier than normal.