Apple looks set to achieve something it hasn’t done in over a decade—refresh its entire Mac lineup with a single chip generation. While it’s been four years since the M1 chip launched, Apple has yet to update the whole lineup at once.
When Apple introduced the M1, it left out the Mac Pro, and the M2 update skipped the iMac. This staggered update pattern isn’t new for the Cupertino-giant—it’s a trend that predates the M-series chips.
For example, Apple updated several Macs with Intel’s latest SoC at the time but skipped the iMac Pro and Mac mini. The last time we saw a truly unified Mac update was way back in 2013 with the “trashcan” Mac Pro. So, if the M4 rumors hold true, it’ll be a historic moment for Apple and Mac users alike.
Every Mac will have M4 chip by 2025
However, industry insider Mark Gurman now suggests that by mid-2025, Apple will add the M4 chip to the MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro, to unify the lineup.
The company has already updated the MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac mini, introducing several noteworthy upgrades, such as additional, faster Thunderbolt ports, nano-texture display options, and Center Stage camera improvements.
The standout feature of the new products is the performance boost from the M4 chip. In the MacBook Pro, for example, the M4 chip delivers notable speed improvements, running 1.8 times faster than the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro in gigapixel photo editing and 3.4 times faster in rendering complex scenes in Blender. It also includes a 16-core Neural Engine, which operates three times faster than the M1.
Talking about the more powerful M4 Pro chip, it delivers significant boost in both single-core and multi-core performance. The Mac mini with the M4 Pro is now the fastest desktop Mac Apple offers, surpassing even the M2 Ultra in CPU power.
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