According to developer logs, Apple is ramping up testing of new Macs, including what’s likely an all-new 15-inch MacBook Air ahead of release.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg New:
The Mac maker has begun testing the new machines with third-party apps from the App Store to validate their compatibility, according to developer logs shared with Bloomberg News. That’s a necessary step in the run-up to the launch of a new device.
The test logs indicate Apple is readying a laptop with processor specifications similar to current models but with a larger, higher-resolution display. This model is likely to be the 15-inch MacBook Air that Apple has been planning to introduce this year.
The chip in the new laptop has eight main processing cores and 10 graphics cores, just like the current M2. The computer also includes 8 gigabytes of memory, in line with the existing MacBook Air.
The CPU, or main computing processor, continues to be split up between four high-performance cores and four efficiency cores. And the Macs in testing are running macOS 14, the version of the Mac operating system that Apple is slated to announce on June 5 at its Worldwide Developers Conference.
MacDailyNews Take: Also in the work are the widely expected 13-inch MacBook Air, 24-inch iMac, and 13-inch MacBook Pro updates. Gurman also reports that the Apple Silicon Mac Pro continue to be in development, but it “has faced delays and specification changes.”
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you talk about milking a product for all it is worth
too many macs types, none offering anything different from another except the dumbing down of features, so to speak. slower processors, less memory, slower ssd, less bandwidth, screen resolution lower, slower… me, i’m sick of it.
look if the m1,m2, where such speed demons by now video game builders would be beating a path to apple’s door. no hyper-threading equivalent for the arm processors yet. so i guess when apple gets around to it we will be impressed?
Seems you don’t really understand “energy efficiency” …
is that what it seems? so, I can work slower but all day. yeah, I don’t get that.
You don’t get Apple.
Slow??? These things fly. Have ever used one?
They blow everything from Intel away except the top machines. Also, if you go intel, you had better be prepared for the heat, fan noise, and poor battery life.