Stuff says: If a Mac Studio is your jam, spread it on your toast right now. We’d hope any update would let the fan power down when the unit’s idle, mind. What’s next: We’ve no idea about cadence nor what’s coming in the next Mac Studio, and there are no rumours around, bar obvious ones regarding M1-series chips later getting swapped out for their successors. Our verdict? It’s great, but surprisingly noisy. The state of play: We reviewed the Mac Studio, the latest entry in Apple’s Mac line-up, in March 2022. But if you do buy, this Mac will last you for years anyway. The 24in iMac is great, and the timeframe around updates is unclear and has long been uneven. Or maybe it’ll be an Apple Studio Display with an iMac inside rather than an iPad – and hopefully a better camera too… If it does, don’t expect that until 2023, and assume it’ll have design language close to the MacBook Pro: black bezels and boring grey. Rumours are mixed whether Apple will replace it. There’s also the thorny issue of the 27in iMac, which Apple killed. Further in the future, expect a mini LED panel with ProMotion and FaceTime. Perhaps the colours will, Apple ditching unpopular hues and adding new ones. An M2 model will replace the M1 version soonish, but we doubt the design will change. What’s next: There’s lots of chatter about the iMac. It’s a solid performer too, if since eclipsed by M1 Pro and M1 Max Macs. The state of play: We weren’t convinced about the April 2021 M1 iMac on seeing photos of it, but on review discovered it’s a beauty. The same goes for the Intel model, unless you have a specific need for older architecture.

Stuff says: Like the other M1 Mac debutants, hold off buying one unless you must. No news on a redesign of a case that’s now best and most charitably described as ‘classic’.

It’s likely we’ll get low-end M2 and more powerful M2 Pro options, the latter of which will spell the end of the Intel model. Firmware in the Studio Display suggests such units already exist, but doesn’t state what’s inside them. What’s next: The Mac Mini will be updated alongside other lower-end Macs. There’s also an Intel i5 model still knocking around.

The state of play: We didn’t review the late 2020 Mac Mini on this site, but it’s the case from the 2018 model, the guts from the 13in MacBook Pro and a few extra ports (2x USB-A, HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet). Although given how much Mac users hated the Touch Bar, we shudder to think what they’d make of an entire keyboard being a glass surface when the device is in ‘laptop’ mode. MacRumors reports a foldable MacBook Pro device is on the cards at some point.

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