Macbook Pro and Co.: Concrete date for first tests – presentation soon?

Apple leaker Mark Gurman claims that Apple should send out invitations for October 30, 2024. These go to influencers and media professionals to presumably test new upcoming products. According to Gurman, this is not a performance event; A presentation should take place in advance – via video stream and / or a simple press release, as was recently the case with the new iPad mini. It will be exciting. We’ll keep you up to date.

Original message from October 22nd:

Apple’s new M4 processors celebrated their debut in the iPad Pro last May – now Macbook Pros, the iMac and the Mac Mini will also receive an update with the improved chip. At least there are increasing signs that Apple is planning a product presentation in October, because as the industry portal Digitimes reports, an increased number of component deliveries has been observed in the past few weeks and months.

As in previous years, Apple is likely to present the M4 chip in three variants. In addition to the standard chip, these are expressed in a Pro and Max version, which were installed in Macbooks in the previous generation. Specific changes outside of the switch to TSMC’s more power-efficient 3 nm manufacturing process are not yet known.

When it comes to RAM, Apple is finally planning to increase the RAM: it should be at least 16 instead of 8 GB in the upcoming Macbooks and iMacs. The background to this lies in the suite of AI functions called “Apple Intelligence”, which is being introduced into Apple devices with macOS Sequoia and requires correspondingly more RAM.

In addition, Apple could switch to the new Wi-Fi 7 standard at least for individual Macbook models. The company is already taking a similar approach with the iPhone 16, where only the Pro models can access the faster network standard. With Wi-Fi 7, the maximum speed reduction will be approximately five times higher, while at the same time ensuring better signal stability.

Regardless of the number of products that Apple will introduce, it is almost certain that all new devices will be based on USB-C: By the end of 2024, the company must meet EU requirements that require the connection to be standard.