Apple on Tuesday lastly unveiled the brand new Macs we’ve been ready months for, and there are few surprises: They’re quicker they usually last more.
The brand new machines characteristic Apple’s latest M2 Professional and M2 Max chips, which Apple says are “as much as 6x quicker than the quickest Intel-based MacBook Professional.” The bottom M2 Professional configuration within the 14-inch mannequin has a 10-core CPU and 16-core GPU, whereas the higher-end fashions have a 12-core CPU and 19-core GPU. The M2 Max chip begins at a 12-core CPU and 30-core GPU and could be configured to a 38-core GPU.
Battery life is best as nicely. The 16-inch MacBook Professional is rated for 22 hours of battery life (up from 21 hours within the 2021 mannequin), the “longest battery life ever in a Mac,” whereas the 14-inch mannequin will get 18 hours, additionally a rise of an hour over its predecessor.
The brand new wallpaper is the one visible change to the brand new MacBook Professional.
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Apple says the brand new CPU is as much as 40 % quicker than the M1 Max, whereas the GPU delivers 20 % higher efficiency than the M1 Max. The high-end M2 Max chip helps as much as 96GB of RAM, considerably larger than the earlier MacBook’s 64GB restrict. You’ll additionally get Wi-Fi 6E, which debuted on the M2 iPad Professional final yr, and “superior HDMI” for multichannel audio output and connecting 8K shows as much as 60Hz and 4K shows as much as 240Hz, in addition to help for Bluetooth 5.3.
Elsewhere, the brand new MacBook Professionals are similar to the 2021 fashions, with a slim-bezel design and loads of connectivity choices, together with three Thunderbolt 4 ports, an SDXC card slot, and MagSafe 3 charging. They run macOS Ventura and have the identical 1080p FaceTime HD digital camera and six-speaker sound system because the older mannequin.
The brand new MacBook Professional fashions are accessible for preorder immediately for supply starting Tuesday, January 24.
