WWDC 2022: Many absentees are expected

Apple did not reveal anything new hardware At the WWDC event since the release of the Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR in 2019. So this year we were hoping to see an M2 chip built into a redesigned MacBook Air or a new Mac Pro.

Unfortunately, according to rumors about this conference, this is unlikely. In his latest Power On newsletter, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gorman reports that the new MacBook Air, due to arrive in the first half of 2022, is now likely to arrive in the fall, two years after its last introduction.

This echoes an old report by Ming-Chi Kuo, in which the analyst notes that Apple may begin production of its new devices only in September.

Back in the June conference, we also expected the launch of a new 27-inch iMac, but now that Apple has released the 27-inch Studio Display and discontinued the iMac, we doubt it.

We’re also considering an update to the 13-inch MacBook Pro, which will likely get an M2 processor alongside the MacBook Air later this year. The same is true of the 24-inch iMac, which has put Apple’s silicon in tempo for 24 months, a bit longer than we originally expected.

In addition, production and supply problems disrupted Apple’s plan, and this delay could be shortened with the M3.

As for the high-end Mac mini, it is assumed that it will receive the M2 Pro processor in 2023, and the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro will receive the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips in the same year.

So far, only the Mac Pro remains a primary card. We still don’t know what this device will look like or what chip it will power, but Apple said at its “Peek Performance” event that the M1 Ultra is the latest chip in the M1 family.

So the company could take advantage of WWDC to unveil a new processor, which won’t be named “M,” even if we didn’t imagine it after the arrival of Mac Studio.

According to Gorman, starting next year, the Mac Pro could use a new “Extreme” variant of its M2 chip that uses HyperFuse’s two M2 Max chips. This news means that Apple does not quite meet the deadline for the two-year transition to Apple silicon.