Apple has reportedly delayed the launch of its redesigned MacBook Air with M2 chip till later this 12 months. The corporate may additionally not launch the brand new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro fashions till 2023, in accordance to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who acknowledged in his Energy On e-newsletter that he doesn’t count on Apple to replace its high-end 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro fashions this 12 months. There can even be greater than two new Mac units launched across the center of the 12 months.
Gurman said that there will likely be a minimum of two or three new Mac units launched across the center of the 12 months — with M2 variations of the MacBook Air, Mac mini, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and 24-inch iMac set for launch throughout this 12 months.
An iMac with Apple’s “Pro” chips is claimed to be in improvement however neither that nor the subsequent MacBook Pro will likely be hitting the markets anytime quickly, as per Gurman. There’s additionally a chance that Apple is holding off on the brand new MacBook Pro till the M2 Extremely and a twin M2 Extremely — upgrades to the M2 chip — are prepared.
Gurman has additionally hinted that Apple had been engaged on a MacBook Pro that options double the efficiency of the M1 Extremely, with 40 CPU cores and 128 graphics cores. The MacBook Pro would be the final new Mac to transition to Apple Silicon.
Thus, Apple appears to be making ready to launch a collection of new MacBook fashions with the M2 chip in late 2022. This might observe an analogous path that Apple took when it unveiled the M1 MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and entry-level Mac mini in November 2020, suggesting that the corporate’s M-series chips have an improve cycle of roughly two years.
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