Apple store in New York’s Grand Central Station.
When Apple announced its plans to ditch Intel in favour of in-house chips, like the new M1 two years ago, it was seen as a big move. The MacBook M1 M1 has been a huge success and so is the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Pro/M1 Max. But Apple has even bigger plans for the Mac lineup in 2022. If we go by the rumour mill, Apple may introduce an update to the M1 processor alongside updates to the iconic MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro in the coming months.
Here’s what you can expect from Apple’s Mac lineup in the first half of the year.
There is a possibility that Apple might hold its Spring event sometime in March. A recent report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman predicts Apple’s spring event will happen on March 8, with the company reportedly launching the new iPhone SE 3, iPad Air 5, new processors and Mac computers. If not in March, we could see the new Mac lineup launching at WWDC, which usually happens in June.
The follow-up to the M1 processor is expected to arrive in 2022. The M2 chip, likely to be the successor to the M1 processor, has been reportedly in production for months. According to reports, the M2 processor will feature eight cores (four performance and four efficiency), similar RAM support(8GB or 16GB) and a slight bump in performance. The first processor to use Apple’s own chip design, the M1 was introduced in 2020, followed by M1 Pro and M1 Max last year. The latter two ARM chips have additional cores and more power than the M1 chip.
