Apple will introduce nine new Macs with four variants of the M2 – PC World

As reported by Bloomberg, citing developer dailies, Apple internally tests several variants of the next-generation M2 chip And Upgraded Mac computers to be equipped with. There are “at least” nine new Macs in the pipeline, which use four different types of M2 chips as backgrounds to existing M1 chips.

Apple works on devices with standard layouts m 2And M2 ProAnd M2 Max And M2 UltraWith the following machines in preparation:

• MacBook Air with M2 chip with an octa-core and 10-core graphics processor.
• Mac mini with M2 layout and M2 Pro layout variant.
• Basic 13-inch MacBook Pro with M2 layout.
• 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M2 Pro and M2 Max chipsets. The M2 Max chip is equipped with a 12-core processor and a 38-core GPU, as well as 64 GB of memory.
• Mac Pro, which will be the successor to the M1 Ultra chip used in Mac Studio.

Apple also tested the M1 Max version of the Mac mini, but the launch of the Mac Studio could make such a device redundant, so Apple may stay with the M2 and M2 Pro chips while the Mac mini gets updated.

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to me Bloomberginternal testing is considered a “critical step” in the development process and suggests that The machines may be released in the coming months. We’ve heard rumors about the new MacBook Air, the upgraded 13-inch MacBook Pro, the Mac Pro, and the new Mac mini a few times, but… For the first time, we’re hearing about a possible update this year for the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro.

Previous rumors suggested that the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini could launch in 2022, and Bloomberg previously reported that at least two Macs will be launched in the middle of the year, possibly at WWDC.