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In just some weeks, Apple will unveil the iPhone 16 and Apple Watch Collection X, possibly new AirPods and an iPad or two. However a brand new report claims that received’t be all—a brand new lineup of Macs is perhaps on the way in which as nicely.
In his newest Energy On publication, Mark Gurman studies that Apple is planning a bevy of updates this yr to usher within the M4 chip, together with the Mac mini, iMac, and MacBook Professional. He notes that the Mac Studio, Mac Professional, and MacBook Air will even get M4 chips, however not till 2025.
Final yr, Apple held its Scary Quick occasion in late October to usher within the M3, M3 Professional, and M3 Max chips, which had been featured in updates to the MacBook Professional. It additionally up to date the iMac on the similar occasion, although not one of the new machines acquired a lot in the way in which of upgrades past the chip. Moreover, the MacBook Air’s M3 improve earlier this yr was little greater than a spec bump.
The Mac mini, Mac Studio, and Mac Professional all nonetheless run M2 chips, so this could possibly be the primary time all of Apple’s Macs are operating the identical era of processors.
Whereas the upgrades will probably deal with the brand new capabilities of the M4 chip and its impact on Apple Intelligence in macOS 15, “not less than one Mac mannequin will get extra dramatic modifications,” Gurman studies. He doesn’t say which mannequin it’s or what the modifications might be, however solely a few Apple’s present Macs make sense.
The MacBook Air simply received a significant new look final yr with a brand new 15-inch mannequin, so it’s extremely unlikely one other redesign is on the way in which, and the identical goes for the Mac Studio, which has solely been on cabinets for about two years.
The iMac can be unlikely to see a dramatic redesign because it solely simply received an overhaul in 2021, however Apple might swap up the colours and add a Professional mannequin. And the Mac Professional has had the identical design since 2019 regardless of switching to Apple silicon.
However the probably candidate for a “dramatic change” is the Mac mini. Apple hasn’t modified the design of the Mac mini since 2018, and there have been rumors for years that it has been engaged on an overhaul of the diminutive desktop. And since all of the Mac equipment nonetheless have Lightning ports, Apple might take the chance to launch a brand new Magic Mouse, Keyboard, and Trackpad as nicely.
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