Apple’s most trusted analysts continue to confirm this The arrival of the new MacBook with M3 chip will be next 2024. In the Power On column, Mark Gurman assured that computers have passed design verification tests (DVT)This means that the devices are approaching mass production and may coincide with the launch period of computers in early 2023.

The analyst touched on this 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M3 Pro and M3 Max chips could launch in spring next year. The new 13 and 15-inch MacBook Air models with M3 chips can be released in July 2024 at the earliest.

New MacBooks will wait until 2024

Gurman’s report also This weekend contradicts rumors that Apple will introduce new iPads this week. Several outlets reported that the iPad Air and iPad mini received chip upgrades, with the former adopting the M2 chip and the mini being upgraded to the A16 Bionic.

Gurman stated that updates have been developed on this issue in his report and said: “I don’t think there will be a major update coming anytime soon.”

Popular leakster Ming-Chi Kuo had previously stated that we won’t see a MacBook with an M3 processor until 2024, and a new leak from Apple’s supply chain recently confirmed this information, according to the DigiTimes publication. Thus, they assured that Apple had developed its first MacBooks with processors produced using TSMC’s 3 nanometer technique, but that they would not be released until 2024.

The last time Apple renewed its high-end laptops was in January 2023, with the launch of the MacBook Pro series with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips. The next step will be to implement the M3 processor, supported by TSMC’s 3 nanometer manufacturing process.

But in addition to knowing the predecessor of Apple’s powerful processor, 2024 will also be an important year for ending the decline in the laptop market. A two-year decline in sales that could end with Apple’s new Mac computers DigiTimes’ forecast calls for 4.7% growth in 2024 due to the launch of new products such as the MacBook with the M3 chip.