Less than a yr after saying the , Apple reportedly plans to replace these units as early as this fall. Responding to a reader query in his latest Power On newsletter (through ), Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says the corporate is already engaged on M2 variations of the 14- and 16-inch fashions.

According to Gurman, the design and options of the 2 computer systems are “likely to stay roughly the same” since Apple solely redesigned the road final yr so as to add MagSafe charging, extra ports and higher shows. The major change would be the addition of M2 variations of the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips the corporate presents by way of its present fashions. “Look for much of the focus to be on the graphics side, just like with the standard M2,” mentioned Gurman of the upcoming SoCs. On the , graphics efficiency is about 35 p.c quicker should you go together with the 10-core GPU variant. 

Although Apple reportedly hopes to launch the brand new MacBook Pros someday within the fall, Gurman notes the corporate might delay them to the spring of 2023. “Given the continued supply-chain challenges, it’s hard to predict exactly when these will hit store shelves,” he mentioned. New Macs are simply amongst a “deluge” of merchandise Apple plans to launch over the following yr. In one other current publication, Gurman mentioned the corporate was additionally engaged on a brand new and an .