Leaker Mark Gurman seems to be less sure that Apple is about to spring these M4-toting Macs on us - we could be waiting until November, perhaps.

Apple often releases new Macs in the fall, but we are still waiting for official confirmation that the company has similar plans this year.

Apple says the NPU can manage an impressive 38 TOPS. The newly revealed benchmark doesn't touch the AI cores—it's the standard Geekbench test of CPU and GPU performance. The wide usage of that benchmark does make it easier to compare the capabilities of the M4,

Gurman called the potential leak “unprecedented,” a sentiment echoed by leaker ShrimpApplePro, who writes that “some seller” claimed to have 200 MacBook Pros in stock. “This is probably the biggest warehouse leakage I’ve ever seen,” they wrote. ShrimpApplePro had also posted some images last month of apparently leaked 14-inch MacBook Pro packaging:

Apple revealing a new M4 MacBook Air model (either the 13-inch or 15-inch, or even both) would be a highlight at the event, as the MacBook Air is one of the most popular laptops in the world.

Early benchmarks for Apple's M4 MacBook Pro see the new chipset leapfrog efforts from Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm.

The global personal computer (PC) market’s shipments grew 1% year-over-year (YoY) in quarter three (Q3) of 2024, dragged by resilient second quarter pull-in demand, according to Counterpoint Research.