The range of headed computers is likely to be greatly enriched in the coming months.
It’s no longer a secret that Apple is working on new MacBooks and their presentation might happen very soon. According to rumors, the WWDC scheduled for June 6 would finally be the opportunity for Apple to unveil at least two new MacBooks. But according to Bloombergit actually looks like Apple is designing… at least nine new Mac configurations!
As clarified by Mark Gurman, these nine new computers would use four different M2 chips, intended to succeed the M1 chips currently in operation since 2020. The versions affected would be M2, M2 Pro and M2 Max, while a redesign of the M1 Ultra is planned, but which would not a priori be called M2 Ultra according to Gurman.
The new computers on which Apple would work would thus be a MacBook Air with an M2 chip equipped with an 8-core processor and a 10-core GPU, a Mac mini with the M2 chip and a variant with the chip M2 Pro. An entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro with M2 chip et a 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips would be in the plans regarding the pro range. The M2 Max chip would have a 12-core GPU and a 38-core GPU, as well as 64 GB of memory.
Finally, and not least, a Mac Pro is planned and would include a successor to the M1 Ultra used in the Mac Studio.
In internal test phase
An M1 Max version of the Mac mini would also have been considered, but very quickly dropped by the wayside given the existence of the Mac Studio. As mentioned above, an M2 and M2 Pro update would have been preferred.
For now, these new Macs are in the internal testing phase, a key step in the development of new Apple products. After internal testing comes small-scale production, then mass production.
However, the fact that Apple is working on so many new Macs does not particularly mean that they will all be presented on June 6th. To be sure, it is better to wait…
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