Calendar - wise , Apple ’s Mac announcement can be unpredictable . The Mac Studio hail out in March . Last year ’s 24 - inch iMac make it in April . Over the past few years , MacBook updates have arrived in June , October , and November . It ’s a far cry from the iPhone and its ( almost ) invariable September slot . There ’s something to be said for simplicity .
But if thereisa regular checkpoint for Mac news , it would have to be WWDC , the June entering in the above list . Some of Apple ’s biggest Mac announcements have been made during the company ’s summertime WWDC keynote introduction , as my colleague Roman illustrate in his rundown of thetop 10 Mac moments in WWDC account . Software is the first antecedence at WWDC , but Mac ironware comes a close second .
conjoin us atWWDC 2022on Monday , June 6 for full reporting of Apple ’s annunciation .
Of course , that is n’t to say that every WWDC is a Mac extravaganza , and it ’s look increasingly likely that this class ’s get - together will descend up short on Mac news show . Which would be a disgrace , with so many of Apple ’s Mac short letter caught in oblivion . But beyond that , WWDC is the proper consultation for Mac declaration , whether they be Airs or Pros , and too often Apple lets a WWDC tonic get and go with nary a mention of the Mac ( outside of macOS , of course ) .
If there ’s one thing developer have in common , it ’s that they all use Macs , and they all head into WWDC hoping for a novel Mac to make an appearance . WWDC is tailor - made for yearly Mac announcements , yet Apple ’s most fast customers never really know if they ’re come up . If Apple gave them all a good idea of which month will see the launch of a new version of each production , they can spend the other 11 months of the twelvemonth happily buying the previous ones . As things stand , everyone is timid whether it ’s good to take the plunge because a novel Mac can get in at any time .
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The waiting game
Let ’s remind ourselves of the Department of State of the Mac nation :
MacBook Air
Thelast MacBook Airarrived back in November 2020 when Apple unveiled its first M1 microprocessor chip . Analysts have been predicting that thenext modelwill feature an M2 , but it ’s now looking like the next - gen processorwon’t be part of the pile after all . Apple will have to sell the new Air off the back of an external redesign alone .
Mac Pro
Apple ’s flagship Mac feels oddly antiquated at this point , but that come with the territory : hardware as premium as this gets updated at long time interval than the consumer models , which means it ’s seldom on the latest atomic number 14 . Thecurrent modelcame out in 2019 ; it ’s seen some new component choice added since then , but theMac Prostill has n’t been upgrade to Apple silicon .
Mac mini
Like the MacBook Air , the M1 Mac mini has been on shelves since November 2020 . And Apple still sells the high-pitched - end Intel variant , which is the version we ’re anticipate to get an update . A newMac miniskirt with an M1 Pro chipcould arrive soon , with a down in the mouth - endM2 versionalso in the work .
13-inch MacBook Pro
We do n’t know what Apple is design on doing with the 13 - inch MacBook Pro , which has small understanding to exist , but we ’ll likely find outlater this year .
27-inch iMac
The launch of theMac StudioandStudio Displaythis leap means the expected launch of anew iMac Proprobably wo n’t happen until 2023 if at all .
In other words , WWDC 2022 should be a premium for the Mac . But it does n’t count like that will be the case . We might get anew Mac miniat WWDC , but it will be more of a placeholder than a smash hit . Rumors indicate thenext Mac Procould make an appearing at WWDC , but it ’s more potential that Apple will just give us a stoolpigeon peek as they have with premature Mac Pro redesigns .
So of the five Macs we ’re await for , two definitely wo n’t make an appearance ( 13 - inch MacBook Pro and 27 - in iMac ) , another may be previewed but wo n’t arrive until next year ( Mac Pro ) , and the last twomightlaunch but without the M2 Saratoga chip everyone wants ( MacBook Air and Mac mini ) . This does n’t go like the solemnisation of the Mac that WWDC ought to be .
It ’s not like there is n’t a precedent for major Mac announcements at WWDC . After all , the Apple Silicon transition was announced back in 2020 . But two years on , when we should be search ahead to the next contemporaries M2 chip , Apple is in something of a harbor design with its high - end Macs . The Mac mini has n’t gotten an M1 Pro or M1 Max chip shot yet , the 27 - in iMac has vanished , and the Mac Pro is ridiculously overprice and underpowered compare to the Mac Studio .
The M1 and its discrepancy have been an undoubted succeeder , but Apple , like most dominant company , has a tendency to sit on its honour . Mac users are ready for the M2 , and WWDC would be the perfect time to unveil it .
So here ’s hop Apple will spring a few surprise and maybe even One More affair on Monday . Because it ’s looking like it could be another “ soft ” year for the Mac .
