These eager on seeing new Macs with M4 chips will probably wish to make amends for the very newest from the rumor mill on these incoming units that are anticipated to be launched in October.
Mark Gurman has offered an replace in his newest Energy On publication (for Bloomberg) noting that the launch occasion that’ll introduce a number of new Macs with the M4 processor is ready to occur within the “coming weeks” and that it’s nonetheless following the very same roadmap the leaker put forth in April 2024.
We get a couple of firmer particulars on the purported Macs on this leak dump, even when loads of it’s about masking outdated floor once more.
To recap a few of that outdated terrain, we expect new MacBook Professional fashions, a brand new iMac and an overhauled Mac mini all sporting the M4 chip.
Gurman underlines a couple of extra specifics right here, and we’re advised that an entry-level MacBook Professional 14-inch (codename J604) is inbound with the vanilla M4 chip. That’ll be accompanied by higher-end MacBook Professional 14-inch and 16-inch fashions (J614 and J616 respectively) with M4 Professional and M4 Max choices.
Then now we have the brand new iMac (J623) with vanilla M4, and a revamped, extra compact Mac mini (J773) which is able to supply vanilla M4 and M4 Professional variations.
Gurman believes that almost all of those Mac fashions are already delivery, so Apple has every little thing in place just about, however will wait till all of the deliberate M4 Macs are prepared earlier than launching this new bunch of computer systems (clearly sufficient).
Anticipate the launch occasion to focus closely on the AI powers of the M4 chips and Apple Intelligence coming to the desktop (with lower-end iPad fashions additionally more likely to be revealed, Gurman reckons, alongside these Macs).
Evaluation: Thrilling instances
It’s good to listen to that Apple’s plans for M4 Macs stay on observe (and have achieved over the course of this yr apparently) – add seasoning, in fact – with these launches debuting some thrilling new machines. We suppose it’s nonetheless at all times potential one thing might slip on the final second, and plans might change, however Gurman sounds fairly satisfied.
We’re intrigued on the prospect of the smallest Mac that Apple’s ever made within the type of a shrunk-down Mac mini M4, however much more excitingly, we’ve additionally heard that Apple may simply equip all the brand new M4-toting Macs with a minimum of 16GB of RAM as a baseline. (It is rather undoubtedly about time that the bottom MacBook Professional 14-inch was furnished with this quantity of Unified Reminiscence). This RAM rumor is backed as much as some extent by the large AI play Apple is now participating in, with AI options probably needing extra reminiscence down the road.
Time will inform, as ever, and hopefully we solely have simply over a month to attend out at this level, leaving sufficient respiration room between this clutch of recent Macs arriving and final week’s iPhone 16 telephone launch.
Through MacRumors