Apple Updates MacBook Pro & iMac to M6 Chip, iPad Mini with 8.5″ OLED Display
Apple has released a series of hardware updates this week, including an updated iPad Mini with A20 chip and OLED display, an iMac with M6 chip, and a 14″ MacBook Pro base model with M6 chip. These products were announced ahead of the “Pro and Tell” event set for tomorrow, which is expected to launch a touchscreen MacBook Pro.
14″ MacBook Pro with M6 Chip
The base-model MacBook Pro 14″ now includes an M6 chip with 12-core CPU and GPU, better AI performance, and improved memory bandwidth, Wi-Fi 7 support, and is available in the same color options as before. Notably, the new base model MacBook Pro comes with a 1TB SSD, along with 16GB RAM.
Pricing begins at $1999, with pre-orders on October 28.
iMac with M6 Chip
Apple has updated the 24″ iMac lineup to include the new powerful M6 chip, which boosts performance considerably with a 12-core CPU and 12-core GPU, and improved AI performance. The iMac M6 comes standard with 16GB RAM and a 256GB storage, and is available in the same set of color options as prior models, including green, blue, purple, yellow, orange, red, and silver.
Pricing starts at $1499, with pre-orders starting October 28 and availability on November 6.
iPad Mini with A20 Chip and OLED Display
The iPad Mini has now been updated to include an A20 Pro chip, and the LCD screen has been replaced with a slightly larger 8.5″ OLED display which allows for darker blacks but comes at the cost of PWM which impacts some users eyes (yours truly included). The device also includes a 12MP center stage front-facing camera, wi-fi 7 support, Apple Pencil support, water and dust resistance, and is available in space grey and silverlight colors.
Pricing for iPad Mini now starts at $699 for wi-fi models, and $849 for cellular equipped models. Pre-orders start October 28 for November 6 delivery.
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Not yet launched, but expected to arrive tomorrow, is the all-new touchscreen MacBook Pro. Stay tuned for more details on that, as the announcement is made.
That all covers the hardware side of things, but don’t forget the software side, where Apple has released a whole bevy of system software updates for nearly every Apple device, including iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, HomePod OS 27.2 with support for Sound Glow, watchOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, iOS 26.7.2, MacOS 27.2 Golden Gate, and several hundred security patches are included in both MacOS Sequoia 15.8.2 and MacOS Tahoe 26.7.2 (and yes the same security patches are included the other software updates too).
