Apple is already testing desktop computers based on the most
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Apple is already testing desktop computers based on the most powerful processors in the M2 family

The most likely candidates for an early announcement are the Apple MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops with a 13-inch display, but the release Bloomberg claims that the carriers of the new processors of the M3 family will not be the only novelties of the upcoming WWDC event. According to Mark Gurman, the company is already testing some desktop systems based on the most powerful processors in the M2 family.

    Image source: Apple

Image source: Apple

Corresponding Apple chips, according to a well-known columnist Bloomberg, dubbed the M2 Max and M2 Ultra, the first of which launched back in January and is now used as part of MacBook Pro laptops. Such a chip combines eight productive and four economical computing cores, is equipped with 30 graphics cores and can support up to 96 GB of RAM in a specific configuration. The desktop computer based on it, which is currently being tested, uses the recently released macOS 13.4 operating system.

The second desktop prototype being tested by Apple includes an all-new M2 Ultra processor that combines 16 performance and 8 economy cores, as well as 60 graphics cores, and can be paired with 64,128GB or 192GB of RAM. Previously it was reported that the most productive version of the M2 Ultra can offer 76 graphics cores.

M2 Ultra processors were originally designed for the flagship Mac Pro desktop system, which still relies on the use of Intel-branded processors. While samples of this processor are apparently being tested as part of a more compact Mac Studio, the production version still has to be content with the M1 Max and M1 Ultra processors.

The source makes another important clarification regarding the range of new Apple products set to launch in the coming days. Starting Monday, the company will offer owners of current 13-inch MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops based on the M2 processor family an upgrade by trading in old PCs for gift cards. Mac Studio is also included in this marketing program, which eloquently hints at a possible range of upcoming Apple innovations.

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