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Rumors of an OLED touchscreen MacBook Ultra have been swirling for months now, but what about the rest of Apple’s MacBook Pro lineage? Well, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has the answer — reporting that we’ll see a 14-inch M6 MacBook Pro launch later this year.However, with the M7 MacBook Pro reportedly launching very soon after with a ground-up redesign, I think you may want to wait it out if you want the latest and greatest. Let’s break it down.M6 was ready ‘months ago’
(Image credit: Tom's Guide)The first bit of news from Bloomberg’s reporting isn’t the biggest surprise. Companies plan their silicon roadmaps and test them years in advance, and Apple has apparently had its 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 ready “months ago.”This falls into the predictable chip cycle of Apple, and we’re expecting this to launch at the end of this year with the same design as you’ve grown accustomed to over the past few years.But while you usually get a year with this being the latest chip before the Cupertino crew updates, that gap looks to be a lot shorter this time around.M7 MacBook Pros for the first half of 2027
(Image credit: Future)Gurman has already reported that Apple is skipping the M6 Pro and M6 Max to “meet growing demand for on-device AI capabilities and more graphics-intensive software.” Adding more color to this launch timeline, Bloomberg believes the M7 MacBook Pro could launch as soon as the first half of next year.That rapid release cadence would leave the M6 MacBook Pro a little bit in no man’s land — not to say it would be a bad laptop. Apple silicon continues to be miles ahead of the competition in terms of raw performance and power efficiency.Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips.But if you’re a speeds and feeds guy (like me), this could leave you with some serious FOMO if you bought that model, only to see the new one come out with much faster unified memory bandwidth and an overhauled GPU. Plus, a new chip is not the only thing coming for the M7 model…The redesign is not just for the Ultra
