Three new Macs are launching this fall, here’s what’s coming

Apple launched two new products today—Mac mini and Mac Studio—but three more Macs are rumored to arrive this fall. Here’s what’s coming.

M6 MacBook Pro

Apple’s base model 14-inch MacBook Pro is reportedly getting an M6 update this fall. It’s expected to launch in October, right about one year after last year’s M5 model debuted.

The new MacBook Pro will have the same design as the current model. Externally, there will be little to no discernible difference. Internally though, the M6 chip that was just unveiled today will enable big performance and efficiency gains.

M6 is built with a state-of-the-art 2-nanometer process and has “a larger 12-core CPU complex with the world’s fastest CPU core, a larger 12-core GPU with Neural Accelerators, a Dual 16-core Neural Engine, and up to 170GB/s of unified memory bandwidth.”

MacBook Pro / MacBook Ultra: New design, touchscreen, more

Apple has a new high-end MacBook coming soon that might be branded MacBook Pro or possibly MacBook Ultra. It will be powered by M5 Pro and M5 Max.

The new MacBook will offer several innovations not seen in the Mac before, including a touchscreen, OLED, Dynamic Island, and more. It will also have a brand new industrial design that’s thinner and lighter than the current MacBook Pro.

We’re expecting a launch in October, but the release could potentially slip into early 2027 instead.

M6 iMac

The iMac was originally expected to get an M5 update, but Apple is now reportedly planning to jump straight to the M6 instead.

Mark Gurman writes at Bloomberg:

Apple is preparing a version with the M6 chip that won’t change much else (other than some new color options). Nevertheless, if you’ve been holding out for a new iMac, your wait shouldn’t be much longer. All signs point to the M6 models being close to launch, and you should be able to buy one before the end of the year.

Like the new Mac mini, which also skipped M5, the M6 iMac should offer “up to 4x faster AI performance, 2x faster storage and graphics, and 40 percent faster CPU performance” compared to the previous M4 model.

Are you planning to upgrade to a new Mac this fall? Which model are you most interested in? Let us know in the comments.

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