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Ongoing rumors and leaks about Apple's future Mac chip generations, covering naming, specs, and expected release timing.
Reports point to a touchscreen OLED "MacBook Ultra" using the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, with the M6 Pro and M6 Max skipped outright. That changes the refresh math on high-end Macs.
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Apple is expected to update the Mac mini within days. Its price ladder is denominated in memory, so it is the first Apple list price where the DRAM market becomes visible to buyers.
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Sidecar touch and fatter menu bar items are in the beta now. That makes finger-sized targets a this-cycle problem whether or not a touchscreen MacBook Pro arrives in October.
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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple scrapped the M6 Pro and M6 Max to accelerate M7. The redesigned laptop expected this fall would ship with M5 Pro and M5 Max instead.
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Apple raised prices across most of its hardware in June 2026, citing the memory shortage. Refresh budgets written before that date are now short, and Engadget's read is that waiting will not recover it.
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