According to display analyst Ross Young, MacBook Pro models with the M4 chip are expected to launch in the fourth quarter of 2024. In a tweet to subscribers, Young said that panel shipments for the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models are expected to begin in the third quarter of 2024, suggesting market launch at the end of the year.
Apple kicked off the M4 chip update in May with the launch of the iPad Pro M4, but the first Macs with M4 chips are also slated for release in 2024. According to BloombergMark Gurman, Apple will refresh both the MacBook Pro and Mac mini this year.
The base 14-inch MacBook Pro is expected to get the M4 chip, while the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models will be updated with the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips. ‌Mac mini‌ will get M4 and M4 Pro chips. The MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro models won’t be updated with M4 chips until 2025, and it’s not yet clear when the iMac might get an update with the refreshed chip technology.
The Apple M4 chip is built on an improved 3-nanometer node, with Apple introducing 3-nanometer technology for the first time with the M3 series. In the Geekbench 6 benchmarks, the M4 chip is up to 25 percent faster than the M3 chip in terms of multi-core performance, so we could see similar gains for the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips.
Aside from the M4 chips, the upcoming MacBook Pro models are not expected to have significant feature updates. Apple is working on OLED display technology, but an OLED MacBook Pro isn’t expected until 2026 at the earliest.
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