The 2024 M4 Mac Lineup! (INSANE POWER!)

Everyone is focused on the new M4 iPad Pro, but what I actually found the most interesting is that Apple just announced a new M4 chip and that tells us a lot about the future M4 Mac roadmap including how powerful these next generation M4 Macs will be, how much memory bandwidth, the future release date of the entire Mac lineup, how Apple might not release anymore M3 Macs, and a really important change to how Apple is manufacturing their M4 chips... and it might not be for the better.

[WhatIf-Concepts]

The M4 on an iPad is like having a Ferrari engine on a scooter.

[salemsloane]

I’m convinced that the strategy going forward is to have Pro lines getting the most recent M while Air/Mini lines get the previous gen, they just haven’t figured out the timing for releases yet.

[yghhhhrffv]

Only Apple can put the fastest consumer CPU in a tablet but at the same time they can’t develop an official iPad calculator app for it 😂

[RichWithTech]

M4 will launch with 8gb base for the Mac 😭😭😭

[jimtipton]

I’ve decided I’m ignoring all benchmarks and basing purchase decisions on whether or not my current Mac or iPad is meeting my performance needs. The M5 and M6 or Mxx will always be coming. If it ain’t broke do I need to fix it?

[fahomenhera]

I would say that after launching AI features on WWDC Apple is going to implement them into new M4 macs as soon as possible, so I guess macs gonna be upgrade with M4 family of chips definitely this year. All of them.

[shteeve]

still on an M1 Max here. the way i look at it, i got a great update from where i was previously (a horrendous intel macbook pro), and every time they take a nice big jump it just means i'll get an even better machine whenever i upgrade next.

[rafaelacash]

I’m waiting for the new M4 Mac Mini and Mac Studio hopefully next month at WWDC. It’s going to be an INSANE upgrade for me persona-lly, moving from a decade old Windows to Mac for the first time… can’t wait!

[guidrissen]

I think Gurman is wrong and new mac studio and mac pro are comming in wwdc next month, with m4 ultra chips and a possible absurd m4 extreme for the mac pro.

[sweealamak]

Barely 9 months and the M3 is now outdated.

[AlexMint]

If you're feeling bad about upgrading to the M3 MBP so soon, I got my M2 MBP in early October. Literally the announcement was just a couple days after the return period.
I mean I'm fine with it, but wish I'd waited just a bit.

[brunogaspar]

Apple already has the next 2 or 3 generation of CPUs prepared…it’s not like they achieved the M4 performance now. This M3 skip release was strategical for several reasons (competitors, AI focus, sales dropping, ecosystem advancement, and so on)

[nicknorthcutt]

M4 Seems to be the highest generational increase in performance since Apple silicon debuted. That new process node is pretty incredible.

[JoATTech]

We all know there won't be any new M3 based products, cause old 3.5nm manufacturing process is too expensive. New M4 real 3nm is giving them better yields ... so anything new is M4.

[DrDoinks]

As a purchaser of the M4 256gb version, I am INFURIATED that they’ve binned the CPU cores.

*How am I going to watch Netflix, and browse Amazon effectively now with all 10 cores?*

[kingpuppet]

I am so excited for the next chapter in Apples evolution. Thanks for making constant interesting Apple content Greg. Been a huge fan for years. I would love to see the option to have a Mac OS hybrid in the iPad. That would be a game changer.

[scott-richardson]

I only just got a fully kitted out M3 Max 16" MBP... Already have single-core envy over the iPad though!

[BrinkWeb]

Great video - please explain your thoughts on Apple's staggered release for M4. Why do iPads get M4 a year before Mac Studio will?

[JKNProductions]

As someone with a work laptop with a M2 Max I am not sad. My work won’t upgrade my computer until 2025 or 2026. However I would really like to get a M4 or M4 Pro Mac Mini this year.

[harrisontu]

It’s crazy. I bought an M1 max the day they came out. October 2021. Fully loaded. Still runs like the day it was new, and I think I have so much headroom. I’ll never know what to do with all of it. The M4 lineup doesn’t even phase me at this point