After the last iMac "update", which may happen in July (current builds are being pushed out to July 30), I predict that all new Macs will be powered by Apple Silicon and they will look like this:
July 2020: Intel iMac update (current design)
October 2020: ASx Mac Mini (new design); ASx MacBook (new design)
June 2021: ASx iMac (new design)
October 2021: ASx MacBook Pro (new design)
June 2022: ASx Mac Pro (new design)
I have no idea why I chose that timeline, other than it seems to make sense.
Processors are entirely up in the air. They may use Apple's current Ax nomenclature and share nearly identical bits, or they may slip into an Axx nomenclature and be entirely customized for MacOS. The current DTK Mac Mini is using the A12Z, but future systems are likely to have more CPU cores and possibly more GPU cores.
The current prediction is that the industrial design will take on the form and appearance of the current iPad Pro. Rounded corners, narrow bezels, square edges, etc., and I am okay with this, because the current iPad Pro is the sexiest of Apple's products.
There will be lasers!
