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Apple's OLED 'MacBook Ultra' Will Stick With M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips

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Apple's upcoming high-end MacBook model featuring an OLED touchscreen display will use the company's current M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

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The new, top-of-the-line device will launch "between late this year and early next year," Gurman said, adopting the existing high-end Apple silicon chips rather than next-generation M6 versions. Like the MacBook Pro, the touchscreen MacBook will be available in 14- and 16-inch display sizes, code-named "K114" and "K116." The device will also feature a new design and an iPhone-style Dynamic Island. It is expected to be more expensive than the M5 Pro ‌MacBook Pro‌, which now starts at $1,999 as of Apple's recent price rises.

Yesterday, Gurman revealed that Apple plans to skip what would have been the "M6 Pro" and "M6 Max" for more powerful "M7 Pro" and "M7 Max" chips. The M7 series of chips is said to be focused on intense AI workloads, featuring upgraded neural accelerators, graphics enhancements, and increased memory bandwidth. A new entry-level ‌MacBook Pro‌ with the M6 chip is still expected to launch later this year.

Apple is apparently working on a successor to the high-end MacBook model containing the M7 Pro and M7 Max chips, planned for release toward the end of 2027. The company is also planning to refresh the Mac Studio with M7 Max and M7 Ultra chip options in 2028.

Tags: Bloomberg, Mark Gurman, OLED

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jclardy Avatar
jclardy
1 day ago at 08:37 am
Ahh I know this game - release the OLED Ultra with an M5, then 6 months later the M7 version is out at the same price. Stick it to the early adopters.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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0xjf
1 day ago at 08:39 am
"We should pass input costs onto consumers as a 4 trillion dollar company with 25% net margins"

"We should also make our upcoming MacBook lineup that nobody will buy as confusing as possible"
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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HairyMab32
22 hours ago at 10:07 am
People on here were calling each other idiots for buying M5 Spec MBPs saying M6 OLED was right around corner and would be wasting money. We now have price hikes and rumors that M6 is delayed.

Once again it’s evident that you should stop listening to other people’s opinions and do what you think is right.

- currently writing this from my 16 MBP M5P w/ Nano, 64GB, 2TB that now costs $1936 more.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
JPack Avatar
JPack
1 day ago at 08:38 am
Kinda obvious, no?

There's no chance Apple would waste 12 months of sales to wait for M7 Pro/Max. So of course MacBook Ultra will use M5 Pro/Max. It'll just have a shorter life cycle. We saw the exact same thing with M2 MacBook Air 15.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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name99
21 hours ago at 11:21 am

Ahh I know this game - release the OLED Ultra with an M5, then 6 months later the M7 version is out at the same price. Stick it to the early adopters.
Oh grow up.

What's happening here is probably the following:
Each large component (CPU, GPU, now NPU) runs on a somewhat separate schedule. In the past the scheduling was something like the CPU tries to operate like clockwork for September, and picks up whatever other IP blocks are ready at the time.
Now it will be the GPU and NPU that set the timing, picking up whatever CPU is ready.

So M6/A20 ship in Sept as usual because iPhone; but a notably better GPU and NPU are expected to be ready in 2027H1, and they will be bundled into what will be called the M7 (probably with almost to exactly the same CPU as M6).
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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verdi1987
23 hours ago at 09:58 am
I guess I’ll be sticking with my M3 Max until late 2027.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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