Top 5 Apple Devices Overdue an Update - MacRumors

It is not clear why Apple would exclude the ‌iMac‌ from the ‌M2‌ chip and wait until the ‌M3‌ chip is available, especially since this means that the current ‌M1‌ model would be around for a considerable amount of time.

Even though adding an ‌M2‌ chip to the ‌Mac mini‌ would presumably require limited internal changes, Apple has thus far neglected to do so.

A new ‌Mac mini‌ with the ‌M2‌ chip is purportedly still in the works for launch sometime in 2023.

The Mac Pro is one of the last Intel-based Mac models still on sale and the only remaining Mac product line with no Apple silicon chip options.

Previously, reports about a smaller Mac Pro model placed somewhere between the ‌Mac mini‌ and the ‌Mac Pro‌ made it difficult to know what to expect from the future of the high-end ‌Mac Pro‌ line, but it is now clear many of these rumors related to the Mac Studio, somewhat clarifying what can be expected from the next-generation ‌Mac Pro‌.

Multiple reports from Bloomberg's ‌Mark Gurman‌ about the Apple silicon ‌Mac Pro‌'s chip options and specifications provide a fairly straightforward picture of what to expect from the new flagship Mac.

According to Gurman, users will reportedly be able to configure the new ‌Mac Pro‌ with "‌M2‌ Ultra" and "M2 Extreme" chip options.

While the ‌M1‌ ‌Mac mini‌ offers an entry-level model in the lineup, the high-end ‌Mac mini‌ still features an Intel processor.

The high-end ‌Mac mini‌ was theoretically refreshed in 2020 when Apple doubled the storage on the device, but it is otherwise identical to the 2018 Space Gray unibody model.

Apple is believed to be working on two versions of the next-generation ‌Mac mini‌, one with the standard "M2" chip and a second higher-end model with the "M2 Pro" chip.

A new high-end ‌Mac mini‌ with Apple silicon could get massive performance and efficiency benefits compared to the current model, and feature more Thunderbolt ports than the entry-level model.

As a machine from over two years before Apple began the transition to its own custom silicon chips in the Mac, and two years since the entry-level ‌Mac mini‌ was refreshed, the high-end ‌Mac mini‌ seems to be the Apple device that is most sorely in need of a hardware refresh.