Two unreleased Mac fashions have been noticed in Steam’s November 2022 survey, which gathers nameless info from keen Steam customers on particular particulars of their computer systems, together with the pc’s mannequin, CPU sort, reminiscence, and extra.
Within the survey for November 2022, two unreleased Macs with identifiers “Mac14,6” and “Mac15,4” have been noticed in direction of the underside of the checklist, alongside mannequin identifiers that correspond to the Mac Studio, 13-inch M2 MacBook Professional, M2 MacBook Air, and different fashions.
Each “Mac14,6” and “Mac15,4” are listed with 0% utilization on Steam’s platform, however their placement on the checklist does recommend Apple could also be testing the unreleased Macs with upcoming Apple silicon chips on Steam’s gaming platform.
Apparently, this is not the primary time we have seen a reference to an unannounced Mac with the mannequin identifier “Mac14,6.” That very same identifier has been noticed in two separate (1,2) Geekbench rating entries with the M2 Max chip, which is prone to come first in upcoming 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professionals. Apple was anticipated to announce the up to date MacBook Professional fashions in the course of the fall of this yr however then pushed plans till 2023.
The upcoming Macs are anticipated to function M2 Professional and M2 Max chips with sooner efficiency and potential choices for increased reminiscence configurations. Apple introduced the M2 chip in June, marking the start of the second era of Apple silicon, which got here first to the redesigned MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Professional.
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