Yeah. There’s precedent. The largest pro notebook didn’t go up in size. 16” stayed at 16”, so 27” staying at 27” isn’t too far out of a notion if a 30” just isn’t feasible right now.
If it came in Space Grey (and silver?)-only, plus all the things that are part of the M1 Pro/Max guts, plus the MacBook Pro port offerings, that sets it off well enough from the 24” in price, appearance, performance that it’ll be very clear the difference between the two lines.
And if they do the same sort of thing with the updated/redesigned non-pro notebook, things may suddenly get real easy and sensible on the Mac-buying from. Would be nice!
2022: Pro-oriented Macs named as such, styled/colored in serious, sedate tones, sporting M1 Pro/Max guts and more ports. The M2 powers everything else under $2,000 without “pro” in its name.
The wildcards being the rumored beefier Mac mini (sub-$2,000, but still gets the M1 Pro/Max offerings) and then the Mac Pro…maybe it gets the M2 Pro/Max, leapfrogging all other Macs (as it should)…unveiled at WWDC and allowing Apple to keep their 2020 promise?
Damn, it’s gonna be a neat year on the Mac front, 2022…possible four brand new models (M2 Air update/successor/replacement, beefier Mac mini, larger iMac and a new Mac Pro). And then M2 updates to the current M1-based models (regular Mac mini and 24” iMac).
By summer, everting on an M1 and M2, with or without the Pro/Max versions. Less than two year transition, and only going up from there. Again, Apple wouldn’t be doing this if they didn’t have a long, solid plan/roadmap in place, making all this design and engineering effort worthwhile. They’re just getting started, and scratching the surface.