Casey Liss

Hopefully the pricing won't be too ridiculous. But yeah, I think a lot of people will be tempted by the shrink on these because they're going to be good machines. And I think the rumor is M4 and possibly M4 Pro. That's the other thing about this announcement. We know what the M4 is. It's already in a bunch of Macs.

Hopefully the pricing won't be too ridiculous. But yeah, I think a lot of people will be tempted by the shrink on these because they're going to be good machines. And I think the rumor is M4 and possibly M4 Pro. That's the other thing about this announcement. We know what the M4 is. It's already in a bunch of Macs.

M4 Pro and M4 Max haven't really been super solid rumors about what exactly they contain. We think we know, like, oh, the Pro will be better than the M4. The Max will be better still. Like, there's been lots of Pro and Maxes on all the previous M series. But in the M3s, Apple changed it up a little bit, and the Pro is different than it was in the M1 Pro and the M2 Pro, right?

M4 Pro and M4 Max haven't really been super solid rumors about what exactly they contain. We think we know, like, oh, the Pro will be better than the M4. The Max will be better still. Like, there's been lots of Pro and Maxes on all the previous M series. But in the M3s, Apple changed it up a little bit, and the Pro is different than it was in the M1 Pro and the M2 Pro, right?

And so we really don't know what they're going to do with the M4 Pro and the M4 Max at this point. Except to say that, yeah, in the MacBook Pros, presumably, there'll be M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max-based MacBook Pros as well. And so we'll find out how much GPU, how many cores, What are the clock speeds like? What is the cooling like? You know, these are all N3E processors, presumably.

And so we really don't know what they're going to do with the M4 Pro and the M4 Max at this point. Except to say that, yeah, in the MacBook Pros, presumably, there'll be M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max-based MacBook Pros as well. And so we'll find out how much GPU, how many cores, What are the clock speeds like? What is the cooling like? You know, these are all N3E processors, presumably.

And so this should be exciting. We've waited a while. Like, the M4 debuted in the iPad, of all things, and then came to a bunch of the Macs. Now it's going to be coming to even more Macs. But we're finally getting to, like, the... I'm not going to say the good chips, because the M4 is a good chip. But, like, the more powerful chips, the beefier chips.

And so this should be exciting. We've waited a while. Like, the M4 debuted in the iPad, of all things, and then came to a bunch of the Macs. Now it's going to be coming to even more Macs. But we're finally getting to, like, the... I'm not going to say the good chips, because the M4 is a good chip. But, like, the more powerful chips, the beefier chips.

Nothing big and fancy like anything ultra-sized or Mac Pro. All those rumors are pushed way out into next year. The Mac Studio, in fact, the latest rumors of the Mac Studio, which might have been scheduled for spring next year, is now looking more like it might be pushed more towards June. And at that point, they might as well just save it for WWDC. And the Mac Pro, same thing.

Nothing big and fancy like anything ultra-sized or Mac Pro. All those rumors are pushed way out into next year. The Mac Studio, in fact, the latest rumors of the Mac Studio, which might have been scheduled for spring next year, is now looking more like it might be pushed more towards June. And at that point, they might as well just save it for WWDC. And the Mac Pro, same thing.

If you're lucky, it gets announced at WWDC and ships much later in the year. So, no, don't have any expectations that you're going to see anything beyond an M4 Max chip, but... You know, because these things tend not to leak, for all we know, they've decided to stop naming them Pro and Max. Maybe there's only one of them and that has a different suffix. Who knows?

If you're lucky, it gets announced at WWDC and ships much later in the year. So, no, don't have any expectations that you're going to see anything beyond an M4 Max chip, but... You know, because these things tend not to leak, for all we know, they've decided to stop naming them Pro and Max. Maybe there's only one of them and that has a different suffix. Who knows?

But yeah, our money's on M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max. And the rumors are that these machines will be the same. The iMac will look the same, the MacBook Pros will look the same, the Mac Mini is the only one that's going to look different. So yeah, just a bunch of laptops with the same ports and the same design and the same everything, more or less, except swap out the M3 for a better M4.

But yeah, our money's on M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max. And the rumors are that these machines will be the same. The iMac will look the same, the MacBook Pros will look the same, the Mac Mini is the only one that's going to look different. So yeah, just a bunch of laptops with the same ports and the same design and the same everything, more or less, except swap out the M3 for a better M4.

Insert suffix here. That all sounds great, and that's another reason why a press release may be reasonable. Have they ever done a press release for a new form factor for a Mac? I don't know. It seems like something that would have to be potentially rare, but not inconceivable. So honestly, I don't know if there's going to be an event. The rumors are, as we record this, that next week.

Insert suffix here. That all sounds great, and that's another reason why a press release may be reasonable. Have they ever done a press release for a new form factor for a Mac? I don't know. It seems like something that would have to be potentially rare, but not inconceivable. So honestly, I don't know if there's going to be an event. The rumors are, as we record this, that next week.

Yeah, no, that's the smart money because that's just – it just makes sense. I mean they did it to an entire – forget about like peripherals. They did it to the AirPods Max, right? The whole product. That's the only thing that it got. They've done that. They did it with the AirPods cases. Hey, first we had the case that was lightning. Now it's the same case but it's got a USB-C on it.

Yeah, no, that's the smart money because that's just – it just makes sense. I mean they did it to an entire – forget about like peripherals. They did it to the AirPods Max, right? The whole product. That's the only thing that it got. They've done that. They did it with the AirPods cases. Hey, first we had the case that was lightning. Now it's the same case but it's got a USB-C on it.

Apple is not super into revising its monitors or its keyboard and mouse peripherals on any kind of reasonable schedule. So – watch for that. And I would, I would have to think again, this type of, but these rumors with obscure products, not as much stuff leaks because people just aren't as interested in leaking it.

Apple is not super into revising its monitors or its keyboard and mouse peripherals on any kind of reasonable schedule. So – watch for that. And I would, I would have to think again, this type of, but these rumors with obscure products, not as much stuff leaks because people just aren't as interested in leaking it.