Besides reversing that change from the prior version, Apple is restoring three ports that users missed after they were removed five years ago: the HDMI port, an SD card slot and MagSafe charging. Apple replaced the Touch Bar with a new circular fingerprint scanner and larger physical function keys. The new models have an updated, boxier look and lack the controversial Touch Bar, the touch-screen strip introduced with the 2016 redesign. That feature, also called a notch, makes the display look more like the one on an iPhone. The screens also have 24% thinner borders on the side and a 60% thinner border at the top thanks to a new display cutout. That technology allows for improved color reproduction. The new model comes in 14.2-inch and 16.2-inch screen sizes, and - like the latest iPad Pro - the displays use miniLED panels.
MAC PRO DESKTOP 2.44 UPDATE
The new chips are at the center of the most significant update to the MacBook Pro since 2016. That’s up from 8GB or 16GB offered with the M1. The M1 Pro supports 32 gigabytes of memory, while the M1 Max has up to 64 gigabytes. It’s also 13 times faster than earlier Intel models. Graphics performance with the M1 Max is as much as four times faster than on the earlier M1 chip, while the M1 Pro is twice as fast, Apple said. That’s up from the seven or eight-core options offered with the M1 Macs. That compares with four high-performance and four low-performance cores in the M1.Īpple is also upping the graphics performance for the M1 Pro and M1 Max, which come with 16 and 32 graphics cores, respectively. The 10 cores are split into eight high-performance cores and two cores for tasks that require less energy. The chips include 10 total CPU cores - the components that handle processing - up from the eight in the M1 chip.
They had gained 9.2% this year through the end of last week. The new chips, however, are a bolder stroke, aiming at far outclassing Intel’s highest-performing products.Īpple shares rose as much as 1.4% to $146.80 after the event. Last year, Apple started transitioning its low-end Macs to its own M1 Apple Silicon chip. With the new processors and devices, Apple is aiming squarely at the high-end chips that Intel has provided for the MacBook Pro and other top-end Macs for about 15 years.