Overview
- Apple has postponed its M5-powered MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models from late 2025 to the first half of 2026, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
- The M5 chip will make its first appearance in a redesigned iPad Pro slated for October 2025, with no other Macs expected to ship with M5 this year.
- In spring 2026, the company plans a broad hardware update that includes an M4-powered iPad Air, a faster entry-level iPad, M5-equipped MacBook Air, a new external monitor and the budget-oriented iPhone 17e featuring Apple’s A19 chip.
- A full redesign of the MacBook Pro with an OLED display has been pushed back to fall 2027, extending the current chassis cycle.
- This adjustment marks a departure from Apple’s typical annual chip cadence, which traditionally debuts new M-series processors in iPads before rolling them out to MacBooks.