Apple could launch lots of new Macs in 2022, including new cheaper MacBook Pro

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Apple is rumored to have a bunch of new Macs coming next year – five of them to be precise – and that might include a new cheaper MacBook Pro.

Mark Gurman is one of the well-nigh trusted Apple tree leakers out there, and in his latest newsletter, he outlined the emergence of this fresh entry-level MacBook Pro, along with a revamped MacBook Air with a new design – which has been much rumored – built effectually the M2 chip.

Gurman also believes that Apple tree will push button out a new loftier-end iMac, and this volition have one of its ain chips and be positioned above the iMac 24-inch, plus nosotros tin expect an updated Mac mini (some folks idea the latter would come up belatedly this twelvemonth, in fact, and again the rumor mill has been chattering about this for some fourth dimension).

Finally, to top that off, a new Mac Pro will be unleashed, and again this machine is ready to be powered by Apple silicon.

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We've touched on some of the rumors that have already been floating around nigh these purported Macs, but at that place has been speculation about all these potential revamps, including the iMac and Mac Pro.

A couple of things actually stand out here, though, and the first is Apple's continued transition to its own silicon at an impressive footstep. Secondly, there'due south that fresh entry-level MacBook Pro, and every bit MacRumors, which spotted this, makes clear, Gurman has previously floated the idea of a revamped lower-end MacBook Pro, and that it could run with the M2 chip set to exist used in the MacBook Air.

This purported laptop has fallen off the rumor radar for some time, but now it looks similar information technology might be back on – although Gurman doesn't mention that the theoretical new model might exist built around the M2 scrap (but if the Air is coming with that silicon on-board, information technology makes some sense).

Then, it'south not clear what bit this refreshed base model of the Pro could utilize, or indeed where such a portable might fit into the range compared to the incoming MacBook Air redesign. Patently at this stage, we're all the same working with relatively early speculation, so it's actually not clear how the puzzle might fit together with these two possible new offerings.

What we practice know, judging from this latest newsletter, is that Apple is planning a decorated 2022 on the Mac front, which is no bad thing. Which of these machines might turn up first is another point of interest, but we wait that the updated Mac mini – which, as mentioned, has been rumored for some fourth dimension – will exist earlier in the timeline. The redesigned MacBook Air might arrive sooner than you recall, also, with Gurman previously speculating that it could exist here as before long equally May 2022.

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