A November 2022 Steam survey spotted two unreleased Mac models, which collects anonymous information from willing Steam users about specific details about their computers, including computer model, processor type, memory, and more.

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In the November 2022 survey, two unreleased Macs with identifiers “Mac14,6” and “Mac15,4” were found at the bottom of the list, along with model identifiers matching the Mac Studio, 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro, ‌M2‌. MacBook Air and other models.

Both “Mac14,6” and “Mac15,4” are listed with 0% usage on the Steam platform, but their placement on the list suggests that Apple may be testing unreleased Macs with Apple’s upcoming silicon chips on the Steam gaming platform.

Steam Mac Survey November 2022


Interestingly, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen a hint of an unannounced Mac with a model identifier of “Mac14,6”. The same identifier has been spotted in two separate (1,2) Geekbench score entries with the ‌M2‌ Max chip, which is expected to be the first in the upcoming 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros. Apple was expected to announce updated MacBook Pro models this fall, but then pushed back plans to 2023.

Future Macs are expected to feature ‌M2‌ Pro and ‌M2‌ Max chips with faster performance and higher memory configuration options. Apple announced the M2 chip in June, marking the start of the second generation of Apple’s silicon, which was first used in the updated MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro.

(Thanks, Kim!)

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