With this week’s announcements of new iPad Pro, iPad and Apple TV models aside, attention now turns to the Mac. Rumors suggest Apple plans to launch new high-end MacBook Pro and Mac mini models with M2-series chips later this year.
In his newsletter this week, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman said the initial release of macOS Ventura launching Monday, October 24 will be includes support for new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, which he expects to see released in the “near future”. The oft-accurate reporter said the new MacBook Pro models will be available with both M2 Pro and M2 Max chip options, but he thinks there will be few other changes to the laptops.
Regarding the Mac mini, Gurman previously claimed that new models with M2 and M2 Pro chip options were in development.
At this point, it seems likely that the new Macs will be announced in November with press releases on the Apple Newsroom site. As Gurman noted, Apple has launched new Macs several times in November in recent years, including the original 16-inch MacBook Pro in 2019 and the first three Macs with the M1 chip in 2020.
The current 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips were released in October 2021 and featured a complete redesign with a notch in the display and additional ports like HDMI, MagSafe and an SD card reader . Apple last updated the base model Mac mini with the M1 chip in November 2020, and it continues to sell more expensive Intel configurations with Core i5 and Core i7 processor options.
As for the Mac Pro, Gurman now believes the high-end desktop tower won’t be updated with Apple silicon chips until 2023. He previously reported that the next Mac Pro will be available with M2 Ultra and M2 Extreme chips. The next models of MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and 24-inch iMac are also expected to launch next year.
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