Apple has announced the next-generation MacBook Pro range at its Unleashed event.
Rather than putting the standard M1 chip into the new Pro range, Apple has taken things to a whole new level, revolutionizing the Mac experience and demonstrating the sheer power and capabilities of the product line-up.
It’s the biggest announcement since the company began to transition to Apple silicon, with both the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips applying system-on-a-chip (SoC) architecture for the first time, offering fast unified memory and increased memory bandwidth which will deliver unparalleled performance with best-in-class performance per watt.
Introducing the groundbreaking and completely reimagined 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro – our most powerful notebook ever. 💻 https://t.co/OehZw8QqQB
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) October 18, 2021
The new MacBook Pro delivers remarkable power efficiency for breakthrough performance, with the 14-inch model offering up to 17 hours of video playback, which is seven additional hours, while the 16-inch model gets up to a remarkable 21 hours of video playback, which is 10 additional hours.
Both models feature three Thunderbolt 4 ports to connect high-speed peripherals, as well as an SDXC card slot for fast access to media, an HDMI port for conveniently connecting to displays and TVs, as well as an improved headphone jack that supports high-impedance headphones. MagSafe 3 offers a new design and allows for more power to be funneled into the system than ever before, and also allowing for Fast Charge on the Mac.
Although the new MacBook Pro design is perhaps not as big of a jump as the iMac, which was announced earlier in the year, the models we all know and love have been tweaked for a new generation. An all-new aluminum enclosure has allowed Apple to maximize internal space and improve performance, allowing for an advanced thermal system that can move 50 percent more air than the previous generation.
Apple has also brought a Liquid Retina XDR display to the MacBook Pro, which uses the same mini-LED technology used in iPad Pro to offer up to 1,000 nits of sustained, full-screen brightness, as well as 1,600 nits of peak brightness, and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio.
As you’d expect, the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models ship with macOS Monterey, the next-generation version of macOS, which also releases October 25. When combined with M1 Pro and M1 Max, macOS Monterey offers breakthrough performance and productivity for users, with Continuity tools like AirPlay to Mac so that devices work together in new ways.
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