Apple March event 2023 — new MacBooks and all the rumors so far - Tom's Guide

We were expecting an Apple lawsuit successful October wherever caller MacBooks would beryllium joined by caller iPads to flood the marketplace with Apple tech. While Apple did rotation retired a caller iPad Pro M2, a redesigned iPad 2022 and an Apple TV 4K (2022), the announcement happened via property release, not a unrecorded event. And the MacBooks were noticeably near retired of the picture.

But present we whitethorn person immoderate thought arsenic to erstwhile we tin expect the adjacent Mac devices — including laptops, desktops and possibly adjacent a rumored AR/VR headset. According to tipster LeaksApplePro, astatine slightest five caller Macs are tipped for a March launch. 

This could travel successful the signifier of a afloat motorboat lawsuit similar Apple’s September 2022 event that gave america the iPhone 14 and Apple Watch 8 among different products, oregon it could beryllium a website driblet similar erstwhile those caller iPads were announced successful October. Then again, it could not adjacent happen, though we’ve been expecting a Spring 2023 motorboat for these devices for a portion now.

If much devices go rumored for this lawsuit — oregon immoderate are confirmed to beryllium absent wholly —  we volition update this article. But here's what we cognize astatine this constituent regarding Apple's rumored March 2023 merchandise launch.

Apple March lawsuit 2023 imaginable announcements astatine a glance

• 5 caller Macs tipped for imaginable March Apple lawsuit — here’s what we know 
• MacBook Air 15-inch: everything we cognize truthful far 
• MacBook Pro with M2 Pro: everything we cognize truthful far
• MacBook Pro with M2 Pro may person conscionable been teased by Steam  
• MacBook Pro M2 Max keeps getting much almighty successful leaked benchmarks 
• Mac Mini 2023 — everything we cognize truthful far 
• New Apple Mac Pro connected the way — but M2 Extreme spot reportedly canceled
• Apple VR/AR headset — everything we cognize truthful far 

 Apple March lawsuit 2023: Rumored lawsuit date 

Apple routinely holds merchandise events successful spring, with galore happening successful March. Last year, determination was an event connected March 8, 2022, wherever we saw Apple denote the iPhone SE 2022, the iPad Air 2022, the Mac Studio, the Apple Studio Display and an M1 Ultra chip. Apple has besides hosted events successful March successful 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2012 and 2011, truthful determination is plentifulness of precedent for a March motorboat event. 

That being said, determination person besides been events held successful April instead, including arsenic precocious arsenic 2021. However, fixed that current speculation suggests a March event, we'd expect an lawsuit to hap earlier April 1. 

Rumored Apple devices — what could beryllium coming? 

At the infinitesimal a imaginable Apple lawsuit successful March is inactive speculation, adjacent though Apple has plentifulness of products successful the pipeline that could marque an quality this spring. Here's a person look astatine immoderate of the products that could look astatine a imaginable Apple March event. 

Apple March lawsuit 2023: MacBook Air M2 15-inch 

We’ve been proceeding rumors astir a MacBook Air M2 15-inch for a portion now. The lightweight laptop was tipped for a outpouring 2023 release backmost successful December 2022 by expert Ross Young, who thinks that accumulation volition statesman successful the archetypal 4th of 2023. Bloomberg expert Mark Gurman besides expects a outpouring 2023 motorboat for the largest MacBook Air ever. The lone idiosyncratic who is little definite is expert Ming-Chi Kuo, who thinks Apple is moving connected a caller 15-inch MacBook for the 2nd 4th of 2023 but doesn’t specify if it's a MacBook Air. 

We wouldn't expect this to beryllium a monolithic redesign of the existing MacBook Air M2 2022, but that doesn’t mean it's guaranteed to travel without upgrades. Aside from the evidently larger display, existent speculation suggests that it could see a yet-to-be-released M2 Pro chipset, which mightiness besides marque its debut astatine this event. These caller chips could usage Apple’s caller 3nm process exertion alternatively than the existent 5nm process, but if the M2 Pro comes successful March it is improbable that it volition beryllium a 3nm chip.

At the infinitesimal determination are nary rumors regarding the terms of the MacBook Air M2 15-inch. However, arsenic the MacBook Air 2022 costs $1,199, you could perchance spot a leap up to $1,399 oregon $1,499. For reference, the MacBook Pro 14-inch starts astatine $1,999 and the MacBook Pro 16-inch costs $2,499, truthful we bash not expect it to beryllium much than either of those laptops.

Apple March lawsuit 2023: MacBook Pro M2 Pro 14-inch and 16-inch 

New 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro M2 Pro models are thing we expected successful October but yet they’re inactive rumored — for now. These caller models would regenerate the existent M1 Pro and M1 Max-powered 14-inch MacBook Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro. 

Mark Gurman has tipped these MacBook Pros for an early 2023 launch, and it would beryllium shocking to spot these 2 caller laptops miss retired if determination is simply a March event.

While astir of the speech has been astir the M2 Pro spot powering these 2 laptops, including a caller suspected quality connected a Steam hardware survey, it's the M2 Max spot that has really undergone alleged benchmark testing. The caller M2 Max looks similar it volition surpass the M1 Max successful presumption of performance, though it inactive falls abbreviated of the M1 Ultra seen successful the Mac Studio desktop.

Aside from the chipset, the lone different large update being tipped is simply a transition to newer, faster LPDDR5X RAM. This would springiness the laptops greater bandwidth than their predecessors for multitasking. 

There’s inactive nary suggested pricing astatine this point, but we deliberation that they volition beryllium astatine slightest arsenic costly arsenic the existent models (starting astatine $1,999/£1,899/AU$2,999 for the 14-inch mentation oregon $2,499/£2,399/AU$3,749 for the 16-inch version). 

Apple March lawsuit 2023: Mac mini M2 

The Mac mini M2 is different Mac we thought for definite was coming successful October. Instead, it's being tipped by Gurman to get successful aboriginal 2023. 

Much similar with the 2 M2 Pro-powered MacBook Pros, the Mac mini M2 isn’t expected to acquisition important changes from its predecessor. The 1 happening that volition beryllium absorbing to spot is if it comes with an M2 Pro-powered enactment alternatively than arsenic conscionable an M2 powered device.

In presumption of different plan rumors, leaker Jon Prosser expects the Mac mini M2 to travel with the magnetic charging connector featured connected the 24-inch iMac 2021, 4 Thunderbolt ports, 2 USB-A ports, and Ethernet and HDMI ports. The plan whitethorn beryllium a small sleeker based connected existent renders, but we don’t expect it to beryllium drastically different. 

There are nary pricing rumors yet, but a starting terms volition apt beryllium astatine slightest $699 based connected the existent mentation of the Mac mini.

Apple March lawsuit 2023: Mac Pro M2 

 The Mac Pro M2 has been rumored for 2023 since the leaks started flowing. Initial rumors suggested that it would travel with an M2 Ultra and M2 Extreme chipset arsenic options. 

The M2 Ultra spot is rumored to person 24 CPU cores and 76 GPU cores, portion the M2 Extreme was suggested to treble that with 48 CPU cores and a whopping 152 GPU cores. Unfortunately, the M2 Extreme chipset has since been reportedly canceled owed to the complexity and outgo concerns associated with manufacturing it. Frankly, it whitethorn person simply been a excessively niche constituent for an already niche machine.

That’s due to the fact that the Mac Pro M2 is apt going to lone beryllium indispensable for the biggest powerfulness users. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that this ultra-powerful desktop volition beryllium capable to diagnostic up to 256GB of RAM, and the trial exemplary is rumored to person 192GB of RAM. For perspective, your mean laptop has 8GB to 16GB of RAM.

Apple March lawsuit 2023: Apple AR/VR Headset 

Apple’s introduction into the mixed reality beingness astir apt won’t hap astatine a imaginable March event. While determination is inactive anticipation that the rumored Apple AR/VR headset volition motorboat successful March, existent whisperings suggest that it may not spell connected merchantability until Q2 oregon Q3 of 2023. Given the headset had already been tipped for a January 2023 launch backmost successful August, we won’t beryllium shocked if we're waiting past the outpouring for its arrival. 

A sneak preview, however, wouldn't beryllium retired of the question, arsenic Apple tends to amusement disconnected products months successful beforehand erstwhile it enters a caller merchandise category. (See some the archetypal iPhone and Apple Watch debuts.)

Regardless of erstwhile it comes out, we consciousness assured astir 2 things regarding this Apple headset. First, the headset volition beryllium a mixed world headset, adding augmented world overlays and passthrough to a virtual world headset. Tim Cook’s comments person powerfully suggested that helium has nary involvement successful axenic virtual reality, further cementing this expectation. 

Second, the headset won’t beryllium cheap. Current expectations are that it volition outgo betwixt $2,000 and $3,000 dollars. So this headset won’t beryllium for those conscionable dipping their toes into virtual world headsets.