Apple reportedly prioritizing M4 MacBook Air production for early 2025 launch – new Mac Studio could take a backseat
Apple’s highly anticipated M4 MacBook Air models are rumored to be in production for a 2025 launch, with the brand’s M4 Mac Studio now reportedly being pushed back and becoming a secondary focus.
This rumor comes from known Apple hardware leaker Mark Gurman Bloombergmonths after Apple unveiled the brand new M4 chip, which delivers a dramatic jump in performance across multiple devices, the original announcement demonstrated the power of the new chip, which we discuss further in our M4 iPad Pro review, bringing it the performance of the M3 improved 10-core GPU and introduction of a new CPU with 10 cores.
The new leak suggests that the M4 chip could be present in the upcoming new Mac mini and Mac Studio models, but the MacBook Air could be the sole focus until 2025. Apple reportedly has no plans to change the design of the MacBook Air models. , with the M4 chip being the most important upgrade.
So what’s the schedule?
As Gurman reported, Apple originally planned to work on the improved Mac Studio alongside the aforementioned M4 MacBook Air in early 2025. This schedule has now apparently been changed to a period between March and June next year – if Gurman is correct, this would be after the expected launch of the MacBook Air M4 models.
Given declining sales of Mac devices, it’s no surprise that Apple is ramping up production of updated MacBook Air models early next year. If the M4 iPad Pro is anything to go by, then anyone who gets their hands on the upcoming laptops can expect to pay significant amounts of money. performance improvements over the M3 MacBook Air.
The unannounced M4 MacBook Pro is also expected to be revealed at some point, with a possible reveal in the coming days – although this is only based on several leaks from Gurman. In addition to the upcoming MacBook Pro models, we expect Apple to also unveil new M4 Max chips, which we expect will offer a significant improvement over the M3 Max.
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