The M4 chip could mark a milestone that has not happened with Macs for a long time, renewing the entire range in just one year
Apple could Upgrade all your Macs to the latest 4th generation M4 processors within a yeara step that has not happened in the last 10 years. It’s been close, but for some reason the versions of each M-series chip don’t support all Macs.. The M4 chip started to be implemented in the iPad Pro, until about two weeks ago Apple did it with the MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac mini. Mark Gurman is clear that in 2025 models such as the MacBook Air, Mac Studio and Mac Pro will be added with their Max and probably Ultra variants.
The M4 chip would be present in the entire Mac range within 12 months
The M1 chip was the closest predecessor to any Mac with a single processor line. At that time only the Mac Pro was needed even though about 18 months have passed and that’s not the best information considering that this Mac is not updated year after year. The M2 chip was another good attempt where the Mac Pro was updated with the M2 Ultra chip, with most Macs having already received the M2 input chip. The iMac was the missing device to receive this chip.
Before Apple Silicon we could have a one-year cycle of Mac updates but again, in 2019 the Mac mini and iMac Pro were not renewed although the latter is also a version that does not should not be renewed so soon (it was released in 2019). 2017).
According to 9to5Mac, the last time Macs were updated in a year was in 2013, so more than 10 years separate us from that stellar year when it comes to Macs. That’s when those in Cupertino were surprised by the cylinder mode design of the Mac Pro and the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini and iMac were updated.
Only a change of plan could prevent the milestone with the M4 chip
Previously, Mark Gurman predicted that the MacBook Air would feature the M4 chip in early 2025. So it would only be a matter of time to see if Apple would dare to launch the latest M series chip, the most powerful in its history recent. being the M4 Ultra chip. This makes a lot of sense given the launch history.
If Apple has skipped a few generations of the M chip in certain Macs, everything indicates that this fourth generation could offer us a total renewal across the entire range. This is a unique opportunity for Apple to make a statement by having everything from laptops to desktops of different capacities, with affordable prices all the way up to equipment worth thousands of dollars but with justified reasons.
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