Apple is expected to launch a bunch of new products at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in a few days, and two of them could be new Mac desktop computers. according to bloomberg Mark Gurman, the tech giant, has been testing two high-end Macs powered by the new M2 Max processor and the company’s yet-to-be-announced M2 Ultra chip.
If you remember, Apple first introduced the M2 Max to the 14″ and 16″ MacBook Pro laptops, as well as the Mac mini earlier this year. It is said that a desktop computer with the chip will have 8 high-performance cores, 4 efficiency cores, and 30 graphics cores. It will also have 96GB of RAM and will run macOS 13.4, the company’s latest software for PCs, out of the box.
Meanwhile, the unannounced M2 Ultra chip is supposed to be the more powerful option of the two, with twice as many processing cores. Specifically, the chip is expected to have 16 high performance, 8 efficient, and 60 graphics cores. bloomberg He says that the company will introduce a more powerful version with 76 graphics cores. Apple is said to be testing the PC with the M2 Ultra in configurations with 64GB, 128GB, and 192GB of memory.
Gurman also says that the M2 Ultra was originally designed for future versions of the Mac Pro, which still uses Intel processors. But Mac pros are currently testing codenamed Mac 14.8, while new high-end desktop PCs with M2 Max and M2 Ultra chipsets are codenamed Mac 14.13 and Mac 14.14. Presumably that means they are completely different desktop computers, possibly new models of Mac Studio that are currently powered by the M1 Max or M1 Ultra.
In addition to its high-end desktop computers, Apple may also launch new laptops at WWDC. Some possibilities include a 15-inch MacBook Air that could be powered by a processor “on par” with the tech giant’s current M2 chip, as well as a less expensive version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro.
