New Apple laptops are on the horizon, with a 14-inch MacBook Pro rumored to be joining the lineup. Could we also get some third-generation AirPods, please?
Long-anticipated updates to Apple’s MacBook laptop lineup could finally arrive next week as part of Apple’s “Unleashed” product launch on Monday, Oct.18. Rumors point to Cupertino launching one or more MacBooks, potentially with an updated version of its M1 processor, as well as improved AirPods. The 16-inch MacBook Pro is arguably the ripest MacBook for an update. The pioneering mobile platform for creative professionals is Apple’s most powerful laptop, but it uses older-generation Intel silicon. We could see this model updated with new Intel CPUs, a more powerful version of the Apple M1 processor, or both. While it’s unclear what the M1’s successor might be called (various rumors have suggested “M1X” or “M2”), it’s a near-certainty that we’ll see it launch this week. Production of the chip reportedly began mass production as early as April. According to some leaked benchmarks from CPU Monkey and other rumors, the next chip will be a speedier version of the same basic M1 design. There could be a few more CPU cores; the leaked benchmarks point to 12 CPU cores and eight graphics ones. That’s up from eight of each type of core in the current design. The M1 has four high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores so that it can direct the appropriate amount of power to computing tasks with different requirements.
