Last-minute rumors leading up to Apple’s “Peek Performance” event have cast doubt on long-running expectations that Apple will reveal a new or updated MacBook model with an M2 chip on Tuesday.
Last month, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported that Apple was preparing to launch at least one new Mac at its March 8 event, and at the time Gurman speculated that it would likely be a high-end Mac mini and/or a refreshed low-end 13-inch MacBook Pro.
That was before we heard of the “Mac Studio” rumors, which appeared only over the last few days. 9to5Mac on Friday reported that Apple is working on a “Mac Studio” device that seems to be a cross between a Mac Pro and a Mac mini.
Fast forward to Monday, and YouTuber Luke Miani shared renders of a new Mac allegedly called the “Mac Studio,” which he said will be introduced on March 8. Gurman has also since confirmed that a “Mac Studio” machine that is a “smaller Mac Pro/more powerful Mac mini” is “ready to go” and could launch at the spring event.
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