Apple recently launched its new line of iPad Air and iPad Pro models, the latter powered by the latest M4 chip. The Cupertino, California-based company plans to overhaul its entire Mac lineup, updating its computers with the AI-focused M4 processor. While new iMac and MacBook Pro models may arrive later this year, Apple doesn't plan to release Mac Studio and Mac Pro models until mid-2025.
The information comes from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who said in the Q&A section of the latest edition of his Power On newsletter (via MacRumors) that Apple's release schedule through the middle of the year upcoming does not include new Mac Studio and Mac Pro models.
Apple last updated its Mac Studio and Mac Pro models, with M2 Max and M2 Ultra chips, at WWDC in June 2023. With no new models slated for release until 2025, the company could be two years early to update the line.
The iPhone maker is set to host WWDC 2024 next month, where it is expected to announce iOS 18 with AI features. Gurman told the newsletter that Apple will not announce any new Mac models at its annual conference. Other Mac models, however, except for the recently updated MacBook Air, should receive the M4 update before the end of 2024.
According to a previous report by Gurman, Apple plans to introduce new iMac models, a low-end 14-inch MacBook Pro, a high-end 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro, and a Mac mini later this year and will be extended early next year. year, all powered by M4 chipsets.
The M4 update should hit the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models in spring 2025, with the Mac Studio update likely in the middle of next year and the Mac Pro later in 2025.
Apple launched the latest M4 chip alongside the new M4-powered iPad Pro at its “Let Loose” event earlier this month. The M4 processor is based on the company's second-generation 3nm technology and supports hardware-accelerated ray tracing. The new iPad Pro features a “Tandem OLED” display with a 120Hz refresh rate (ProMotion) and a maximum brightness of 1,000 nits.
