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TechComputers & PCsApple plans a stack of M4 Macs this year, including new iMacApple’s M4 processors are coming to the Mac mini, the Mac Pro and every other current Mac – and some of them will launch sooner than expectedWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Apple’s M4 processors are coming to the Mac mini, the Mac Pro and every other current Mac – and some of them will launch sooner than expected
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Appleplans to make its Mac updates mirror theiPhone, with new processor generations every year – and that means there are absolutely stacks of M4 Macs planned for the coming months. Between now and 2025 Apple reportedly has at least ten different M4 Macs lined up for release, with models ranging from the little Mac mini to the range-topping Mac Pro.
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the new M4 processors will focus heavily on AI apps: on-device processing is very demanding, and with Apple apparently betting big on AI for both mobile and Mac the new processors will excel at AI-powered apps.
So what Macs can we expect?
When will Apple release the M4 Macs?
First up, Gurman says, Apple intends to offer a “low-end” 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro, and that’s currently planned for late 2024. TheiMacwill also get an M4 update for around the same time, so that should be out in plenty of time for Christmas. That particular processor bump is a welcome surprise: the previous iMac was feeling a bit unloved before it got the M3 late last year.
The next Macs to get processor upgrades will be the more powerful MacBook Pros and the Mac mini. The14-inch MacBook Proand the 16-inch MacBook Pro will be kitted out with Pro and/or Max variants of the M4 chips, and they’re expected between the end of 2024 and early in 2025.
The Mac mini should get its M4 updates around the same time, and like the current model it’ll be available with the standard version of the chip for everyday computing and the more powerful Pro variant for more demanding tasks.
That’s it for 2024, but there are more M4 Macs tipped for early 2025 release. Both the13-inch MacBook Airand the 15-inch MacBook Air will be updated with the M4 and launched “around spring 2025”, while for power users the M4Mac Studiowill be launched somewhere near the middle of 2025.
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Last but definitely not least, theMac Prowill come with the M4 Ultra processor, and that’s scheduled for the second half of 2025. That means it’s possibly going to skip a processor generation: the current model runs the M2 Ultra, and Gurman says that while Apple has been internally testing an M3 Ultra “at least some of Apple’s high-end desktops” are going to go straight from M2 to M4 next year.
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