Report: MacBook Pro to See Multiple New Models Next Year
Bloomberg reports that Apple will launch multiple new MacBook Pro models next year, including a second-generation touchscreen MacBook Pro equipped with M7 Pro and M7 Max chips. Apple had previously planned to skip the M6 Pro and M6 Max and move directly to the M7 series, which is designed primarily around a major boost in on-device AI processing. Currently, the touchscreen version requires a $400 premium, and Gurman expects Apple will eventually merge the touchscreen and non-touchscreen high-end product lines.
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Apple just unveiled a huge update to the Mac lineup last week, introducing the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display.
In a new report, Bloomberg has details on what’s next for the MacBook Pro, with multiple new models expected to come next year.
What’s coming to the MacBook Pro next year?
Apple’s current MacBook Pro lineup features multiple different tiers:
M6 MacBook Pro
The report also says Apple will introduce a second-generation touchscreen MacBook Pro next year, powered by M7 Pro and M7 Max chips.
Gurman previously reported on Apple’s plans to skip the M6 Pro and M6 Max chips, instead jumping all the way to the M7 family “as early as the first half of next year.” At the time, Gurman said the M7 line “is designed primarily around major advancements to on-device AI processing.”
Looking further into the future, Gurman eventually expects Apple to converge the MacBook Pro lineup:
With the first version, Apple is charging a $400 premium to add touch, OLED and the Dynamic Island interface. The M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros without touch are sticking around, but I’d be surprised if Apple continued developing non-touch versions of its high-end laptop models. There’s an added burden on its engineering, marketing and manufacturing teams to manage two sets of high-end MacBook Pros, and the prices are close enough for convergence to not be that far off.
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