Apple just unveiled a huge update to its Mac lineup last week, introducing the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display.
In a new report, Bloomberg has details on what’s next for the MacBook Pro, with several new models expected next year.
What will happen to the MacBook Pro next year?
Apple’s current MacBook Pro lineup features multiple different tiers:
In its latest edition Ignition newsletter, Mark Gurman says Apple will introduce a new version of the base MacBook Pro powered by the M7 chip next year. This machine will adopt the same design as the new high-end MacBook Pros introduced last week, which are thinner, lighter and have thinner bezels.
The report also claims that Apple will introduce a second-generation touchscreen MacBook Pro next year, powered by the M7 Pro and M7 Max chips.
Gurman previously reported Apple’s plans to abandon the M6 Pro and M6 Max chips, and instead move to the M7 family “as early as the first half of next year.” At the time, Gurman said that the M7 line “is designed primarily around major advances in on-device AI processing.”
Looking further into the future, Gurman expects Apple to converge the MacBook Pro line:
With the first version, Apple charges a $400 premium to add touch, OLED, and the Dynamic Island interface. The non-touch MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max are still around, but I’d be surprised if Apple continues to develop non-touch versions of its high-end laptop models. There’s an added burden on engineering, marketing, and manufacturing teams to manage two sets of high-end MacBook Pros, and the prices are close enough that convergence isn’t that far away.
What do you think of the current MacBook Pro lineup? Should Apple prioritize the convergence of touchscreen and non-touchscreen models? Let us know in the comments.
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