Ever because the M4 chip made its debut within the iPad Professional, we’ve been questioning when the chip will finally make its strategy to the Mac. We’ve lengthy anticipated them to reach in October, however in line with a brand new report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, we now know precisely when.
Gurman has reported that M4 Macs will arrive this fall, however now Gurman presents some specifics, stating that an announcement will likely be made across the finish of this month, with “at least some of them” delivery on November 1. The brand new Macs that had been beforehand rumored to ship first are the MacBook Professional, Mac mini, and iMac.
Gurman doesn’t specify which Macs are to be included within the “some of them” group, however he has reported previously that the M4 Professional model of the Mac mini might not be accessible concurrently the bottom M4. Speculating additional based mostly on his studies, it may point out that the November 1 date applies to the bottom M4 Macs and that the M4 Professional and Max MacBook Professionals will even have a later ship date. Additionally contemplate that when Apple shipped the M3 MacBook Professional final yr, the corporate shipped the bottom M3, M3 Professional, and M3 Max fashions on the identical time, so it’s potential Apple will try this once more with the M4 sequence MacBook Professional and maintain the M4 Professional Mac mini for another purpose.
Gurman additionally reported that the M4 MacBook Air will ship within the “first half” of 2025. The M4 Mac Studio will comply with with a center of 2025 launch (most likely WWDC in June) and the Mac Professional “in the second half” of 2025. Then in late 2025, Apple will begin the M5 Mac launch cycle. For extra details about the Mac schedule, learn our M4 Mac lineup and launch timeline.