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Here’s what’s coming for the MacBook Pro next year, per report
Bloomberg reports Apple's MacBook Pro lineup will get several new models next year, starting with an M7 base version.
Key points
- A base MacBook Pro with the M7 chip is expected next year, adopting the design of the new high-end models.
- A second-generation touchscreen MacBook Pro with M7 Pro and M7 Max chips is also expected next year.
- Apple charges a $400 premium for the first version's touch, OLED and Dynamic Island features.
Why it matters. Gurman expects Apple's MacBook Pro lineup to converge over time, which could ease the engineering, marketing and manufacturing burden of managing two sets of high-end models.
Apple will introduce a base MacBook Pro with the M7 chip next year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported in his Power On newsletter, adopting the thinner design of last week's high-end models. A second-generation touchscreen MacBook Pro with M7 Pro and M7 Max chips is also expected next year. Gurman earlier said Apple plans to skip the M6 Pro and M6 Max, moving to the M7 family as early as the first half of next year.
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Here’s what’s coming for the MacBook Pro next year, per report
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 M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter , Mark Gurman says Apple will introduce a new version of the base MacBook Pro powered by the M7 chip next year. This machine will adopt the same design as the new high-end MacBook Pros introduced last week, which are thinner, lighter, and have slimmer bezels. 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 interf.