Apple’s MacBook Pro M3 may arrive in early 2024, with the MacBook Air M3 following a few months later, according to BloombergIt’s Mark Gurman. Gurman had previously predicted that a MacBook Air with the new chip could see release in October, but now says he appears to be preparing for a launch between next spring and summer “at the earliest.”
In the last installment of his Switched on In the newsletter, Gurman reports that the 13-inch and 15-inch M3 MacBook Airs are now in the Engineering Verification Test (EVT) stage. The M3 MacBook Pros, on the other hand, are further along in the process and “closer to mass production.” According to Gurman, “The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros with M3 Pro and M3 Max chips have reached the DVT stage, short for design validation testing.” This puts them on track for launch “between early and spring 2024,” he notes. Apple launched its 2023 MacBook Pros with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips in January.
Gurman’s report also contradicts rumors this weekend that Apple will introduce new iPads this week. Supercharged and 9to5Mac reported that the iPad Air and iPad mini are receiving chip upgrades, with the former adopting the M2 chip and the mini being upgraded to A16 Bionic. In his report, Gurman says updates along these lines are in development, but writes, “I don’t think any major updates are imminent.”
