That’s set to change in 2023 once the move to ARM-based Apple Silicon processors is complete, but until then consumers are going to have a rough ride working out if it’s “a good time” to buy. Customers looking to identify the graphics card on their newly-acquired Mac Pro might run into some trouble using Apple Hardware Test, but not if. Unlike the iPhone and it’s predictable once a year in the second week of September cycle, the entire Mac cycle of updates is one of the most unpredictable parts of Apple’s portfolio. Apple Admits Diagnostics Issue with 2012 Mac Pros. This is not helping user confidence in buying a new Mac in the short term. ‘Complications' is doing a lot of work there. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman sums it up nicely: “. “these new MacBooks were supposed to launch earlier, but complications around the new miniLED display have held up production.” That leads to the question of when the new MacBook Pros with their improved screens, new design language, and uprated Apple Silicon processor will launch. Much of the information from the supply chain suggests production in earnest will being in the third calendar quarter.
The upshot of all this is a delay to the production of the new MacBook Pro machines.
