Earlier this year after the M4 MacBook Air’s arrival, Apple successfully transitioned all of its most popular M-series products to the latest generation chip. But a new M5 chip is right around the corner, expected to launch this fall in two new products first. Here’s what’s coming.
M5 is coming to the MacBook Pro and iPad Pro this fall
Apple’s M4 was the first M-series chip to debut on the iPad before the Mac.
The M4 iPad Pro launched in May 2024, and it was a long six months later before the first M4 Macs arrived.
This year, that delay is not going to happen again.
While the iPad Pro will still be one of the first products to get the M5, it will reportedly be joined this year by the MacBook Pro.
That’s right: the MacBook Pro and iPad Pro will be the first M5 products this fall.
Apple typically releases new MacBook Pros in October or November, and that’s when we’re expecting the standard three configurations:
MacBook Pro with M5
MacBook Pro with M5 Pro
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