Apple has previously reported that Bloomberg plans to release two new MacBook Pro models with 14 and 16 - inch screens. The Cupertino, California-based company released some new laptop models last year that used Apple Silicon chips, which it said would be phased into the company s desktop and laptop lineup over the course of two years. We apologize but this video has failed to load.
Tap here for other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser or Intel Corp. failed to reveal any new Macs with more powerful chips Plus Monday, Apple s most powerful laptops still relied on chips from Apple. The company already has a third generation M 1 chip in some MacBooks as well as its Mac Mini and iMac desktop machines, but the new larger MacBook Pro models are expected to feature a first generation of the company's chip.
The new chip, along with a general increase in Mac sales as employees and students stocked up on hardware to work and learn from home, prompted a boom in Mac sales during the pandemic. In Apple’s fiscal 2020, revenue rose 11 per cent to $28.6 billion, even as iPhone revenue declined 3 per cent. The expected Macbook Pro introduction comes weeks after Apple overhauled its iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad lineup. Some analysts believe Apple will also update its AirPods wireless ear buds on Monday, although rumours of an update have circulated ahead of other Apple events this year without coming to pass. Add-on devices like AirPods tend to be large sellers during holiday shopping seasons and have become one of Apple's fastest growing categories with its home and accessories segment growing 25 per cent to $30.6 billion in fiscal 2020.