Apple could have unintentionally confirmed the existence of an M1X MacBook Pro

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote got here and went this yr and not using a new MacBook Pro — nevertheless it appears like that wasn’t the unique intent! Intriguingly, Apple quietly included the phrases “M1X MacBook Pro” and “M1X” as tags on its YouTube video of the dwell keynote, as noticed by Max Balzer (by way of 9to5Mac).

Not solely does that sound like tactic affirmation of at the very least one new Arm-powered MacBook Pro, it additionally corroborates the rumors that it’ll embody a brand new M1 chip, and that Apple will probably promote it as an enhanced “X” variant, prefer it used to do with its high-end iPads, relatively than going straight to M2.

Three weeks in the past, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that we’d see redesigned 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros “as early as this summer,” ones that would convey again the SD card slot, HDMI port, and a few type of the beloved trip-friendly MagSafe charging connector; provide twice as many high-performance CPU and GPU cores; and help as much as 64GB of RAM. I really thought saying them at WWDC can be the right strategy to distract from latest developer turmoil — you understand, by saying a MacBook Pro that’s really for execs?

Perhaps that was the unique concept, however we bought a fully jam-packed keynote crammed with rapid-fire software program bulletins as an alternative. Check out our supercut beneath for the condensed video model, or learn our list of the 15 biggest WWDC 2021 announcements in the event you solely need the highlights.