Apple wants to upgrade all Macs to the M1 processor in the next 4 months. This will be the first time in history that Apple has offered all computers with the same generation of M chips at the same time and it makes a lot of sense. If you remember, you will surely remember that earlier Apple offered computers side by side such as the eMac G4 and the iBook G4 and the PowerMac G4 and the PowerBook G4, and so users clearly knew that while the eMac and the iBook were low-end and aimed at students, they offered basically the same thing. thing only in the desktop and laptop versions, with the PowerBook and the PowerMac, everyone knew that it was a professional laptop and a professional desktop.
Today, 25 years later, people choose their computer based on whether it’s a desktop or a laptop, and on the extensions, display size, and other preferences they need. Apple, according to Mark Gurman, will upgrade the MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac to the M4 processor this year. The Mac mini will see its first major redesign since 2010, and it will be the smallest computer ever made. Apple offered and is close in size to the Apple TV. In contrast, the Mac Pro, Mac Studio, and MacBook Air computers will be updated to M4 in the first half of next year, likely in the spring, which is before WWDC.
As with the iPad Pro, the Mac Pro and Mac Studio computers will move directly from the M2 chips to the M4, and the M3 models will not be created at all. M4 is built on a 3nm manufacturing process and thanks to TSMC technologies, they offer excellent performance with low power consumption. M4 They also contain an improved neural engine that supports the work of AI and how Apple itself says, it can perform 38 billion operations per second. Apple will unite the computers with the M4 processor, but will continue to offer the M4 Ultra or M4 Max variants for some, while the MacBook Air, for example, will not offer these variants.
The Mac Pro will be the only one in the series to receive the M4 processor codenamed Hidra. Hidra is the name of the most powerful variant of the M4 chip, which will likely be offered commercially under the name Extreme. This processor will be the best that Apple can currently offer and will only have the Mac Pro to really differentiate itself from the other models, because in the case of the M2 series, people basically had no reason to buy an expensive Mac Pro and instead opted for the almost equally powerful Mac Studio.
