Apple announced a week of Mac or Mac-related releases and now Bloomberg he says it will see the company standardizing its whole Poppy alignment on M4 family of tokens from late 2024 and early 2025. This is the first time this has happened since the company started using its own Apple Silicon processors.

The reasoning is that Apple wants all of its latest devices to be able to run Apple Intelligence technology. This is also the reasoning behind the increase to 16GB of RAM, which could be the new base standard for all future models.

These improvements will have many benefits for users outside of Apple Intelligence. The two expected Mac mini models, which have the M4 or M4 Pro chip, will be able to handle ray tracing for the first time, allowing for substantially better graphics performance.

They had rumours previously suggested that while the Mac mini and other Macs will get significant power and graphics improvements with M4 chipsets, only the Mac mini will get a substantial redesign — the first in January 2023.

Current reports and speculation suggest that the Mac mini will be substantially smaller than the current model. This could be achieved either by slimming down the current design or by adopting a “rounded black box” design similar to Apple TV hardware box.

The USB-A ports are likely to be removed entirely, making room for up to five USB-C ports alongside inputs like Ethernet and HDMI. Recent rumors have suggested a similar design with a smaller one Mac Studiowith two of the USB-C ports on the front of the device and the rest on the back.

Despite its smaller size, The new Mac mini it will provide a much stronger neural engine. While M2 used in the current Mac mini was rated to process up to 15.8 trillion operations per second (TOPS), the M4 more than doubles that capacity, hitting 38 TOPS.

This advance will represent a substantial leap in processing power for all Mac models. The M3 tokens, by comparison, reached 18 TOPs.

Apple expects substantial gains in RAM and processing power to motivate customers still on the latest Intel-powered Macs, as well as early. M1 and M2 adopters, to switch to M4 class cars.

The 24-inch iMac will continue with the basic M4 chip, while MacBook Pro the range will be available with the option of high-end M4 chips. The MacBook Air with the M4 expected to arrive in early 2025, while the Mac Studio is expected to get its upgrade sometime in the spring of 2025.

As for Mac ProApple is likely to make an announcement about the next version to it WWDC conference in June, but is unlikely to be delivered before autumn 2025.