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We've all heard rumors about the MacBook Ultra, which is expected to be the very first touchscreen MacBook (though you can create your own right now rather easily). But the supposed chip upgrade may not be happening, as according to Mark Gurman, the MacBook Ultra will reportedly arrive running the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, not M7.OK, I promise I didn't make a mistake when I said M7. While we expected the M5 series would be followed by the M6, last week Gurman reported that Apple was skipping over the high-end versions of the M6 chip in favor of the M7.An M6 chip is in the works, and is expected to arrive on lower-end Macs in the near future, but the next wave of Pro and Max chips won't arrive until after M7 next year. Apparently Apple believes that this will help "meet growing demand for on-device AI capabilities and more graphics-intensive software".Since the MacBook Ultra is not expected to be a slouch, offering the standard M6 chip wouldn't help it live up to that Ultra title. Rather than delaying the machines yet again, Apple will apparently opt for the existing M5 chips at launch.Future MacBook Ultra models will utilize M7 series chips, with Gurman claiming that Apple has already started advanced testing of MacBook Ultra models sporting the M7 Pro and M7 Max chips.In the meantime the M5 Ultra will be making something of an appearance too.A new M5 Ultra-powered Mac Studio could be coming
