Apple is expected to unveil M4-powered MacBook Pro (14-inch and 16-inch), Mac mini and iMac later this year.
Apple may finally give what mainstream Mac consumers want for their devices later this year.
Mark Gurman of Bloomberg claims that Apple is testing M4-powered Macs and "all have either 16 or 32 gigabytes of memory".
This means that, for the first time, base Macs could finally come with 16GB of memory from the factory. Windows users are probably snickering, but this is a huge deal for Macs.
For the longest time, mainstream Mac users are caught in a memory conundrum. That's because the base model of non-Pro Macs only comes with 8GB of memory as standard. Customers have to decide between upgrading their device to 16GB and futureproof it, or sticking with 8GB and saving some money.
The cost to upgrade is S$300, which is hard to stomach considering 8GB of memory costs nowhere near that amount.
The M4 chip was introduced in this year's iPad Pro refresh. There are variants of the M4 chip in the iPad Pro where the base models (256GB and 512GB) have processors with 9 CPU cores compared to 10 CPU cores in the higher-end models. To find out more about the M4 chip and its performance, you can check out this article and our review of the iPad Pro (M4).
Gurman added that some tested Mac devices have configurations with an 8-core CPU and an 8-core GPU. It remains to be seen if this configuration will be available at launch.
Apple is expected to unveil the M4-powered MacBook Pro (14-inch and 16-inch), the Mac mini, and the iMac later this year. The upcoming Mac mini is said to have the biggest design overhaul in more than a decade.
The M4 Mac Studio and Mac Pro, along with the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air, are slated to launch next year.
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