Saturday, December 14, 2024
MacRumors

We may not see those M4-equipped Macs until November

It seems that M4 chips can’t virtualize any version of macOS before 13.4, according to a new Eclectic Light report. 

I was hoping we’d see new Macs in October, but MacRumors says it will be November before they arrive. The report says it’s likely that they will be announced in late October and be available in early-to-mid November. 

What can we expect? In a May edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman said “you should expect M4 Pro and M4 Max chips later this year as part of the high-end MacBook Pro. He added that he expects Apple to release three new Macs with the standard M4 chip later this year, including a lower-end 14-inch MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac mini.

Apple’s supply chain began mass production of next-gen 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M4 processors in July, according to DigiTimes. And Counterpoint Research says Apple is waiting for the M4 MacBook launch to regain shipment momentum of laptops. AI [artificial intelligence] laptops such as the M4 MacBook will expand the AI PC market in H2 2024, according to Counterpoint Senior Analyst William Li. 

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Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.