Prediction: MacBook Air and MacBook Pro to be updated on Q1 2026. We might see iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Studio updated before WWDC 2026. We might finally see the Mac Pro updated with the M5 Ultra chip.
Actual: MacBook Air was updated with the M5 chip on March 2026. MacBook Pro was updated with the M5, M5 Pro, and M5 Max chip on March 2026. Apple unveil a $599 MacBook Neo which runs on A18 Pro chip.
Apple Silicon has been a godsend for Apple. Not only does it bestow Apple vertical control on the Mac, but it also allows Apple to create unique products which they can charge a premium for. Apple Silicon is the cumulation of the continuous effort to create unique products which started when they think about the first iPad where they launched the first Apple-designed silicon, the A4.
- MacBook Air: Apple’s best selling laptop, the MacBook Air, is expected to be updated in early 2025. It is most likely the MacBook Air is going to run an M4 chip instead of M5.
- Mac Studio & Mac Pro: Top-of-the-line desktop is expected to update during WWDC 2025, developer-focused event
- Other Macs: MacBook Pro will be updated by the end of the year, right before the shopping season
- M5, M5 Pro, M5 Max: While M5 will be introduced early 2025, M5 Pro and M5 Max will be introduced end of 2025. Based on TSMC roadmap, a major supplier of chips to Apple, it expected that M5 will feature 3rd generation 3nm construction, not 2nm. That should be on the iPhone.
- User upgradable parts: As evidance by the latest Mac Mini, some of the parts can be potentially user upgradable. However, it won’t be as easy as the olden days, but still possible.