The two most powerful Mac models on the market are the Mac Studio and the Mac Pro. In that order. They are designed and designed for professionals who make very demanding use of their products. Engineers with AutoCAD and other programs, professional editors, etc. They always need a lot of processing capacity. Therefore, surely many are waiting for the M4 versions of these computers, since Apple has launched this chip along with the new iPad Pro. However, rumors suggest that we will not see anything new until the end of next year. The wait will be long, although if compared to previous launches, it is quite consistent with what has happened so far with those from Cupertino.
Apple took advantage of the Worldwide Developers Conference 2023 to launch the latest known versions of the Mac Studio and Mac Pro. They are the ones currently sold, and they have the M2 Max and M2 Ultra chips. Real beasts that leave no one indifferent and have plenty of power. In fact, those who have any of these Macs with those processors will hardly see an upgrade to the versions with M4 Max and M4 Ultra chips justified. This launch would be for professionals and companies that do not have the current models and that, on the eve of a new version, do not want to buy the one that exists now. Something quite reasonable. Although with a year and a half left until the launch, it may not be worth waiting so long.
Mac Studio and Mac Pro with M4 chip: late 2025
The problem, as we say, is that many thought that this launch would be sooner than it finally seems to be. According to the leaker and analyst of Bloomberg Mark Gurman, we can look forward to these new Mac Studio and Mac Pro with M4 Max and M4 Ultra chips towards the end of 2025. At least, that’s what it says in the latest edition of its newsletter Power On. Although it doesn’t go into much detail. What does seem more or less clear is that we will go directly from the M2 to the M4. That is to say, there has not been nor will there be a Mac Studio or a Mac Pro with any variant of the M3 chips. We don’t know what the reason for this is, but it seems that way.
For now, what has been leaked is that we will see the new MacBook Pro with M4 chip and its variants later this year, and it will be in early and mid-2025 when the iMac and MacBook Air are launched. Following that timeline, it makes some sense that it will not be until the end of 2025 when the new Mac Studio and Mac Pro are launched. They are always the latest models announced by those from Cupertino, so it would not deviate from the script to which we are accustomed. Even so, I’m sure that many professionals were waiting for its launch a little earlier to be able to update as soon as possible to this new version instead of getting one now that in just over a year will be surpassed in performance.
