New Mac Studio may not arrive until October
Apple's Mac Studio refresh is delayed until October due to global supply chain constraints affecting memory and storage, pushing back the planned mid-year release and likely M5 upgrade. IT leaders relying on Mac Studio for creative workloads should plan accordingly and adjust procurement timelines, as current inventory is severely constrained with most configurations back-ordered or unavailable. This delay highlights broader semiconductor supply vulnerabilities that may impact other enterprise hardware refresh cycles and requires CIOs to reassess their Apple ecosystem upgrade roadmaps.
In the latest edition of Mark Gurman’s Bloomberg newsletter, he reports that the new generation of Mac Studio may not arrive until October. The current Mac Studio is offered in M3 Ultra and M4 Max configurations, albeit with long shipping delays and several models now completely out of stock. A refresh is certainly due. However, supply chain constraints are apparently impacting Apple’s ability to deliver the (likely M5-powered) Mac Studio update. Gurman says that Apple had been aiming for a release around the middle of the year, but now that has been pushed back several months. more…