I believe M6 series will be laptop-only and focus on efficiency only. They have to - they are making the devices slimmer again. So M5 will bring the performance and M6 stays pretty much the same with less heat, in a thinner body with OLED.
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New MacBook Pros Could Now Arrive in March
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The last IPS, non headache PWM macbook. Bring it on ! Should last until micro-OLED which is the real OLED.
yes, low end laptop market that will be crushed by an 12gb ram non-upgradable ram and 256ssd.
You cannot find in the market something in performance level of this...i think not even at retail price of $999 let alone at 699
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all Apple M series are laptop focus....so nothing new here. the only one that is a bit different is the Ultra but even that is from 2x laptop SoC
So M6 should be not only laptop focus like until now, but also a desktop focus, with a proper build for desktop cooling and without thinking about efficiency. Apple until now they never build from ground up an desktop chip but they should
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People who need to get stuff done should buy the hardware they need when they need it.
People who just want to maximize their bragging time in online forums can wait.
Gurman is an analyst. He looks at many externally visible factors, and he tries to infer what's going on inside the company to fit his observations.
His clients are investors who need to know a company's strengths and liabilities, not individuals impatient to buy a new laptop. The difference between February and March is less important than his belief that a particular product is coming to address a particular market need.
Statistically, most professional analysts and stock pickers are only "right" a small fraction of the time. It's not a sporting event where the object is to be right more than wrong. The object is to have a reasonably accurate view of an entire market sector, and to benefit from the "rights" while limiting your losses from the "wrongs".
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New MacBook Pro models with the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips could arrive as soon as Monday, March 2, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
In today's "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said that the release of new MacBook Pro models is tied to the release of macOS Tahoe 26.3. The launch is said to be slated for as early as the week of March 2. He added that the M4 Pro and M4 Max models on sale today remain in short supply, indicating that the launch of new models is close.
Updated Mac Studio models "shouldn't arrive too long after the spring Mac refresh," according to Gurman. A new Studio Display and Mac mini continue to be on Apple's roadmap for this year, along with an all-new low-cost MacBook powered by an iPhone chip. The most significant Mac launch this year will be overhauled MacBook Pro models with OLED displays and touch support.
Article Link: New MacBook Pros Could Now Arrive in March
New MacBook Pro models with the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips could arrive as soon as Monday, March 2, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
In today's "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said that the release of new MacBook Pro models is tied to the release of macOS Tahoe 26.3. The launch is said to be slated for as early as the week of March 2. He added that the M4 Pro and M4 Max models on sale today remain in short supply, indicating that the launch of new models is close.
Updated Mac Studio models "shouldn't arrive too long after the spring Mac refresh," according to Gurman. A new Studio Display and Mac mini continue to be on Apple's roadmap for this year, along with an all-new low-cost MacBook powered by an iPhone chip. The most significant Mac launch this year will be overhauled MacBook Pro models with OLED displays and touch support.
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Last January Apple already increased the upgrade prices of RAM and SSD. They shouldn't increase the prices again.
What is wrong with "same old chassis?" MBPs are very well evolved. They should not change design just for the sake of changing design.
Asking for a "proper build for desktop cooling and without thinking about efficiency" is wrong on every level and fortunately will not happen.
Efficiency is the future of computing [and of the planet].
Increasing prices will be hard to avoid. When a POTUS goes around blathering about tariffs all the time it does not matter whether or not tariffs are actually implemented. Manufacturers will hoard their key components instead of JIT manufacturing. That is inefficient, causing increased costs which sooner or later present as increased prices
I don’t disagree with what you’re saying about tariffs, but what’s pushing the prices of RAM and SSD up now isn’t tariffs as much as manufacturers redirecting production away from the consumer sector, and toward the insatiable demands of the AI data center bubble.
It COULD arrive in March… COULD arrive in April… COULD Arrive in May, none of those are false. WILL arrive in March is something I’d expect someone to say that’s supposedly tied to the supply chain. Otherwise, I could create a newsletter, call it “Could Power On” and charge people to subscribe to it. 🙂
bradman83
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People said the M3 was going to be a revolution and were disappointed with modest performance gains.
The M5 Pro and Max are rumored to use TSMC's SoIC packaging technology, which the M6 is expected to use across the line. This will be a revolution unto itself, as it will allow Apple to stack and join components in ways they can't with current SoC designs. GPU gains, especially given the M5 GPU's huge leap over the M4, could be particularly significant in ways they couldn't achieve with an SoC. It's entirely possible the M6 is only a modest improvement over the M5.
People waiting for a newer chassis design are a different matter. That's the boat I'm in to replace my M1 Pro 14" MBP.
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This is not accurate. There is no rumor suggesting plain M6 will be SoIC. The rumor is that M6 will use WMCM packaging, which is not the same thing. Indeed it’s no longer a rumor, TSMC gave a tour to trusted local media in late January that confirmed it. WMCM applies to both SoC and SoIC. Here is translation/distillation of a comparison table from the news stories in Taiwan about it:
I wonder if either the M5 Max or M6 MacBooks will be required to fully utilize the monitors Apple wants to release this year due to high refresh rates/bandwidth (e.g. fuller HDMI 2.1).
Then, like they did with the Touch Bar 13" M1, they'll continue selling the M5 traditional design even after they start selling the thinner touch-enabled OLED M6's at year end, and the entire "top" 2026 line will support the monitors. Mini-LED adds weight and thickness to the traditional design.
Probably due to PWM and potential burn-in issues, and potentially related slow uptake of the OLED iPad, they're continuing change of the MBP fundamentals carefully.
Then, like they did with the Touch Bar 13" M1, they'll continue selling the M5 traditional design even after they start selling the thinner touch-enabled OLED M6's at year end, and the entire "top" 2026 line will support the monitors. Mini-LED adds weight and thickness to the traditional design.
Probably due to PWM and potential burn-in issues, and potentially related slow uptake of the OLED iPad, they're continuing change of the MBP fundamentals carefully.
ddvmor
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I haven't had a mac desktop since my Dual G5. I want to get a Mac Studio, but now it's late enough in the cycle I want the M5 versions to launch before I jump on it.
Astuces iOS
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For chips you shouldn’t expect revolutions, I’m talking about the MacBook itself !
That would be disappointing. It would be like the iPhone Air or the 12-inch MacBook that performed worse than the MBA.
Even then it's not official. AirPower was announced in 2017 and cancelled in 2019.