Mac Pro and Studio won’t receive M4 approval until mid-2025

Over the course of 2024, though, all of Apple’s laptops (except the MacBook Air) will move to the M4 chip that the company just gave to the iPad Pro, Gurman writes. Interestingly, this irregular chip refresh cycle means that the iPad Pro is currently the single-core performance champion in Apple’s lineup – and will continue to be for another year when compared to the Mac Studio and Mac Pro.

This is a silly comparison, of course – the current crop of Mac Studios and Mac Pros are incredible computers that store more RAM, have more ports, and don’t accelerate as quickly as the iPad Pro, even with that heat-conducting Apple logo. They also don’t have an operating system that directly hinders the use of their hardware. And high-end Mac users might be used to waiting a while between revisions. Still, I’m sure many people will appreciate the update when it arrives.