Apple is reportedly working on nine new Macs, including its upcoming M2 processors, according to Mark Gurman of Bloomberg. These rumors come hot after Apple launches Mac Studio and its announcement that the M1 Ultra will be the latest chip in its current range of generations.
Bloomberg has not yet planned a replacement for Studio, but has announced that most other Mac models will be upgraded. Gourmet says he has seen evidence of a M2-powered MacBook Air with a 10-core GPU – contrary to previous predictions that the redesigned Air will still have an M1 – as well as an entry-level M2 MacBook Pro with the same specifications. The 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro also appear, along with the new Mac Mini and Mac Pro, all of Apple’s next-generation rocking silicon.
The Mac Mini with the current generation M1 Pro has also appeared, although it’s hard to imagine that it will hit the market now that Mac Studio exists.
It is reported that the higher-end machines will have M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, with Max having 12 CPU cores and 38 graphics cores (two CPUs and six GPU cores additionally compared to the current M1 Max). Bloomberg does not include details on the breakdown of cores for efficiency and performance. The M2 Pro also appears as an option for the Mac Mini, and Gurman predicts that the Mac Pro will have a “successor to the M1 Ultra.”
(By the way, if you’re trying to figure out how it holds up to nine computers, as I originally did, it’s a MacBook Air, an entry-level Pro, two Mini models, two models each with 14- and 16-inch MBPs – with Pro chips, respectively). and Max – and desktop Pro.)
Interestingly, the original MacBook Pro can stay around and still be barely different from the Air. Whenever I discuss laptops with my colleagues, they usually predict that Apple will quietly discontinue the 13-inch model, given that it looks like an unfortunate environment between the Air and the 14-inch Pro. It’s also a bit extraordinary with its Touch Bar, but the question is whether the successor will have one, according to a Bloomberg report.
Remarkably absent from the list of computers is any iMac. There is no mention of a successor to the 24-inch M1-powered all-in-one or a replacement for the recently discontinued 27-inch iMac.
Gourmet says this wealth of information comes from developer logs, which probably came about because Apple was testing its new computers using third-party applications. While it wasn’t hard to predict that Apple would work on the next generation of chips, it’s exciting to see evidence of their existence in the wild and get early details.
It may not be that long before at least a few of these computers are officially announced – Bloomberg reports that “at least two Macs” may launch “around the middle of the year”. And don’t you know that WWDC is on the June 6 calendar.
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