The high-end Mac mini still uses an Intel processor. Much as I’d like to see a replacement for the 27-inch iMac (which some reports have dubbed a replacement for the iMac Pro), I’m not convinced that model is quite ready yet.
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To me, the most likely culprits would seem to be that higher-end Mac mini (to replace the one model still running an Intel chip) and perhaps a higher-end version of the 24-inch iMac powered by the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips.
Rumor has it three different Mac models are working their way through regulatory hurdles right now, one of them apparently a laptop. What’s next? The timeline is starting to come together.
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The 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro, meanwhile, ushered in the era of the M1 Pro and M1 Max, showing exactly what kind of power Apple could harness for professional and power users. The first three models were low-hanging fruit for Apple, all of them part of the first wave of M1-based Macs. Over the last 15 months, Apple’s already transitioned what are probably its most popular Mac models: the MacBook Air, the 24-inch iMac, the low-end Mac mini, and the MacBook Pro. So, as we await news of whether such an event will indeed be happening next week, it’s worth it to take a moment and run down the state of this two-year plan and what exactly might be in the offing. Recent reports suggest that Apple could be planning an event to take place around March 8, which might feature the introduction of one or more new Mac models. Here we are, just months away from the two-year anniversary of that announcement, and we’re poised to find out exactly what’s next in Apple’s processor jump-in more ways than one. In June 2020, when Apple unveiled its first Mac built around its own chip, the M1 processor, the company said it was planning for a two-year transition for its entire computer line.