There's no shortage of handheld gaming PCs available today, thanks to the efforts of Valve's Steam Deck, and I think it's time for Apple to join the party.

Apple is reportedly in the advanced stages of testing its next-generation iPad Pro, which is expected to feature the powerful

Apple has also added a couple of extras, getting the M3 Ultra certified for 120Gbps Thunderbolt 5 (the M3 Max supports Thunderbolt 4) and supporting up to 512GB of RAM (M3 Max tops out at 128GB). And for some new-to-Mac-Studio features like hardware-accelerated ray-tracing for graphics, the M3 and M4 GPUs both support the features.

The 13-inch and 15-inch laptops are faster and, with the lower starting price of $999, more affordable. Need a desktop? Apple has also refreshed the Mac Studio.

Driven by the M4 chip, Apple's MacBook lineup has captured 86% of the company's PC market share in 2024, showcasing the success of its shift to proprietary silicon.

An M4 refresh for the MacBook Air was always likely, but Apple has kept us guessing about the timing. Usually, the MacBook Airs are among the first devices to get new M-series processors from Apple, but Apple surprised us by bringing the M4 to the iPad Pro just a few months after introducing the M3.

A spokesperson for Apple has told French technology website Numerama that its M4 Max chip lacks an UltraFusion connector, which would have paved

We may still be awaiting Apple’s M5 chip, and the various Mac and iPad models it’ll be included in, but there’s already a report about what’s coming next. According to Mark Gurman, in the latest issue of his Power On newsletter,