![]() ![]() Of course, a lot can change in five years - especially in this industry. They offered a form factor, design and user experience that tied the technology into a package that makes sense. Mocked at launch by some for their long-stemmed design, it didn’t take long before they became virtually ubiquitous, the driving force in what was still an emerging category. Apparently prayers, at least some of them, are about to be answered.It’s been half-a-decade since the original AirPods changed the game for Bluetooth earbuds. And all with class-leading efficiency.īut in addition to the new chip the latest MacBook models from Apple are rumoured to have a few other things going on, including the return of the much loved MagSafe charging port (instead of charging over USB-C as the MacBook Pros do now) and the return of hard function keys instead of the not-much-loved Touch Bar at the top of the keyboard.Īlso new: a range of ports! Apple went all in on USB-C, as in that’s all you got on your MacBook Pro (either four or two, depending on the variant) much to the chagrin of swathers of users, who would like to use USB-A, an SD Card reader or HDMI without needing to carry heaps of dongles about. And even greater things are expected of the new M1X or M2: likely eight high-performance cores rather than four in the M1, and possibly 16 or even 32 graphics cores (compared to the M1’s seven or eight). The M1 driving the machines last year is a potent workhorse, yet incredibly energy efficient. Obviously a lot of the excitement swirling around about the new MacBook Pros to be announced today comes from seeing how far Apple are taking their own silicon. More new stuff in the new MacBook Pros (some of which is old stuff revamped) Whether it’s called M1X or M2 or something else, remains to be seen. The new MacBook Pros are expected to come in two sizes: 14” and 16”, and be powered by a new more robust processor, an upgraded version of the current M1 chip. What we’re expecting today? New MacBook Pros, with a whole amount of newness going on, not least that they will be powered by Apple’s own chips, following on from the launch of the Apple silicon-powered Mac Mini, MacBook Air and 13” MacBook Pro last November. Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Apple’s latest product announcement event, going under the moniker ‘Unleashed’ with a graphic of the Apple logo as if it were stars seen from a spaceship going into hyperdrive. The fully speccd out 16-inch comes in at $6,099. You can jump up to 32GB of Unified memory for $400, and there are a range of SSDs available, 2TB, 4TB, and 8TB for a whopping $2,400 more. On the 14-inch for the M1 Max with 24-core GPU add $500, for the 32-core GPU add $700. The 16-inch gets the 10-core CPU instead of the 8-core you get in the 14-inch. Starting at $1,999 for the 14-inch and $2,499 for the 16-inch. The basic models come as standard with the M1 Pro, 16GB of Unified Memory and a 512GB SSD. These look like more than extremely capable notebooks. More ports (HDMI and SD card reader), Magsafe charging, real function keys and no touchbar, along with what they are promising is blistering speed with extreme energy efficiency, a 1080p camera, studio-quality mics, more powerful sound system, and what look to be big, beautiful Mini-LED displays. Well Apple answered a lot of people's pleas today, with new Apple-silicon powered MacBook Pros, in 14" and 16" flavours, that have a lot of the things people wanted. ![]()
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