Rumors have long pointed at a new MacBook Pro with an OLED display launching towards the end of 2026 – alongside a general MacBook Pro overhaul. While that isn’t completely off the table, there’s an increasingly likely possibility of it launching in early 2027 instead.
In this weekend’s Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman mentioned an interesting detail about the upcoming MacBook Pro overhaul. It’ll still have a thinner design, an M6 chip, an OLED screen, and more. However, it might launch later than initially anticipated:
It means I need to see something entirely new if I’m going to get excited about upgrading. And that’s where the revamped MacBook Pro with an OLED screen comes into play. It’s arriving between the end of 2026 and early 2027 and should boast the M6 chip. That Mac represents enough of a change to finally move the needle.
Initially, rumors pointed to another spec-bump MacBook Pro refresh with M5 towards the end of this year, and then a full overhaul with M6 and OLED a year later. However, now that the M5 MacBook Pro has been delayed to next spring, it sounds like the OLED M6 MacBook Pro might follow the same path.
That said, I wouldn’t give up all hope quite yet. There is some precedent for Apple launching two MacBook Pro models in the same year. Most recently, Apple launched both the M2 Pro/Max and M3 Pro/Max 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros in 2023. M2 models launched in January, followed by the M3 models in October.
Nonetheless, if you’ve been holding out for a bigger MacBook Pro overhaul, you’ll still have to wait another 18 months or so. If that wait is too long for you, I’d recommend checking out the current deals on Apple’s excellent M4 MacBook Pro models, with the base model 14-inch MacBook Pro currently on sale for $1299.
What do you think about the possible delay for the OLED MacBook Pro? Let us know in the comments. You can read more about the MacBook Pro overhaul in our roundup here.
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