Overview
- Apple officially announced M6 versions of the 24‑inch iMac and the entry 14‑inch MacBook Pro with pre‑orders opening October 28 and shipments starting November 6.
- The iMac is offered in two M6 choices — a two‑Thunderbolt‑port model with a 10‑core CPU and 10‑core GPU and a four‑port model with 12 cores each — while the 14‑inch MacBook Pro ships with a single 12‑core M6 option.
- Apple says the M6 brings up to roughly 40 percent faster CPU, up to twice the graphics performance, and multi‑fold gains for on‑device AI compared with prior chips, figures based on early Mac mini M6 results.
- Both machines add Apple’s N1 wireless chip for Wi‑Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and Thread support, and the iMac gains optional 2.5Gb Ethernet on higher tiers while keeping its seven color choices and 24‑inch 4.5K Retina design.
- Apple kept the current post‑June starting prices — the iMac begins at $1,499 and the M6 14‑inch MacBook Pro at $1,999 — a move that leaves upgrades mainly aimed at Intel or much older Apple Silicon owners rather than recent M4/M5 users.