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Apple unveils MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max, with ... (Apple Newsroom)

New MacBook Pro features up to 6x faster performance than fastest Intel-based MacBook Pro and support for up to 96GB of unified memory for demanding pro ...

MacBook Pro is free of numerous harmful substances, and 97 percent of the packaging is fiber based, bringing Apple closer to its goal of completely removing plastic from its packaging by 2025. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro. - Testing was conducted by Apple in November and December 2022 using preproduction 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M2 Pro, 12-core CPU, 19-core GPU, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD. With the power and popularity of Apple silicon, and new developer tools in Metal 3, gaming on Mac has never been better. MacBook Pro with M2 Pro features a 10- or 12-core CPU with up to eight high-performance and four high-efficiency cores for up to 20 percent greater performance over M1 Pro. M2 Max has a next-gen 12-core CPU with up to eight high-performance and four high-efficiency cores that delivers up to 20 percent greater performance over M1 Max, and a more powerful media engine than M2 Pro, with twice the ProRes acceleration to dramatically speed up media playback and transcoding. With up to 96GB of unified memory, MacBook Pro once again pushes the limits of graphics memory in a laptop to enable intensive graphics workloads, such as creating scenes with extreme 3D geometry and textures, or merging massive photographic panoramas. Handoff in FaceTime allows users to start a FaceTime call on their iPhone or iPad and fluidly pass it over to their Mac, or vice versa. These new capabilities build on the versatile connectivity options already in MacBook Pro, including three Thunderbolt 4 ports for high-speed connection to peripherals, an SDXC card slot, and MagSafe 3 charging. Customers can order the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro today, with availability beginning Tuesday, January 24. MacBook Pro also maintains performance whether users are plugged in or on battery. With faster performance, enhanced connectivity, and the longest battery life ever in a Mac, along with the best display in a laptop, there’s simply nothing else like it.”

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Apple 14- and 16-Inch MacBook Pro and Mac Mini (2023): Specs ... (WIRED)

The company's flagship laptops are more powerful than ever, and its tiny desktop computer is now cheaper.

Apple says the M2 Pro comes with 20 percent more transistors than the M1 Pro and doubles the amount of bandwidth when compared with the M2, from 100 GB per second to 200. You can [order them now](https://cna.st/affiliate-link/6LYtxUeZ61vbLW5VDmjpFb6WAsjuvHbkhKHWCpiPzC2H81YV6tt2JD3TFv8nwHoBy7L6dsFxA93qe3p9bfzkBV1AUsNVUKnNKMesUFZXSwKvEkHPWQWibTomebUaxKnqdQat23yZazATLWejrS4e6SVTzM8n19H19MGeagUid1Kq2dY5oaJMeJQSCLDvNoQtrqiNAUkNnuq7zPJRB7WDw1VXUyiixBRTW1cfeKbe5Zuwe5QLwaL9Q7) and they'll ship on January 24. You can choose either chip for each machine; they offer up to a 12-core CPU, with the M2 Pro going up to a 19-core GPU and the potential of up to 32-GB of unified memory. Go with the M2 Max and you can upgrade to a 38-core GPU and up to 96-GB of unified memory for truly power-hungry tasks. [Apple-made chipsets](https://www.wired.com/story/own-chips-apple-aims-define-future-pcs/). There's also a more powerful [Mac Mini](https://www.wired.com/review/apple-mac-mini-m1-2020/), powered by an M2 chip, with a tantalizingly low price of $599.

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With the updated M2 MacBook Pro and Mac Mini, only one Intel Mac ... (CrackBerry.com)

Apple's impressive M-series processors just hit more laptops and desktops, leaving just one Intel Mac on sale: the Mac Pro. It's only a matter of time ...

The Microsoft Surface Pro 9 is [available with a custom Qualcomm-built SQ3 processor](https://crackberry.com/e?link=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Fdeeplink%3Fid%3DkXQk6%252AivFEQ%26mid%3D24542%26u1%3DUUcbUdUnU193099YYwYd%26murl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.microsoft.com%252Fen-us%252Fstore%252Fconfigure%252FSurface-Pro-9%252F93VKD8NP4FVK&token=_MhlMjlV). Today Intel is staring down that same barrel that doomed PowerPC two decades ago: the potential of the old x64 architecture is close to maxed out and the ARM-powered chips by Apple and Qualcomm are eating Intel and AMD's lunch. The PowerPC processors Apple had used up to that point were effectively maxed out in performance and efficiency. Which is exactly what Apple did with the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips that were installed in the The XDR screen is incredible (yes, the notch is silly, but I barely notice it), the battery life is phenomenal, and even when I doing stuff that hits the processor hard like video rendering or 3D modeling it never skips a beat and barely even gets warm. This leaves just one Mac with an Intel processor inside: the Mac Pro. Fully max that bad boy out with 1.5TB of RAM (O_o), two AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo graphics cards with 64GB of memory each, 8TB of SSD storage, an Apple Afterburner PCIe accelerator card, and a $400 set of caster wheels for *gulp* $52,199. Heck, the updated Mac Mini actually got a hundred bucks less expensive, with a new starting price of $599. I've been a Mac user for a while now, and generally like the Intel-powered MacBook Pro laptops I cycled through over the last 15 years, but always had complaints about the battery life or heat or that damned butterfly keyboard and the stupid Touch Bar strip screen that replaced my beloved function keys (in truth it wasn't that bad, just mostly useless). The M-series processors are built using the same basic architecture as the A-series processors that powered over a decade of iPhones and iPads, so Apple's been at the processor design and optimization game for a while and the results have long been impressive in terms of performance and battery life. The latest Mac updates are effectively just spec bumps, but they are hastening the end of the Apple + Intel relationship. They're effectively just spec bumps: they're more or less the same excellent computers inside and out, with more powerful and efficient chips inside.

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Apple Powers Up MacBook Pro With Upgraded M2 Pro And Max ... (Geek Culture)

Apple has announced new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros, featuring its latest M2 Pro and Max chip that promises improved performance.

As with every upgrade, the new chips are designed to be better, faster, and more powerful. [16-inch MacBook Pro was home to a reserve of beastly power](https://geekculture.co/apple-macbook-pro-m1-max-2-months-in-and-still-the-beast-of-the-market/), and this focus on upgrading performance isn’t about to change coming into 2023. Both iterations are touted to offer six times faster performance than the fastest Intel-based MacBook Pro, and longer battery lives than their predecessors.

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Apple has new MacBook Pros with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, here's ... (ZDNet)

Apple's newest MacBook Pros come with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips and 22-hours battery life, but the same design.

[available to order today](https://apple.sjv.io/c/159047/435031/7613?&sharedId=zdnet&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fmacbook-pro-14-and-16%2F&subId1=subid_value) on the Apple website and will be available in Apple Store locations starting January 24. The MacBook Pro with M2 Max is able to handle extreme workflow with a much larger GPU and 400GB/s of unified memory bandwidth, double that of M2 Pro. The MacBooks also support 8K displays for the first time with an advanced HDMI. Our goal is to deliver the most accurate information and the most knowledgeable advice possible in order to help you make smarter buying decisions on tech gear and a wide array of products and services. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or service, we may earn affiliate commissions. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing.

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Apple Confirms Powerful MacBook Pro Upgrade (Forbes)

Apple has finally announced the upgrade to its 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops. Who are these laptops for, and what do they say about Apple's ...

While there will be some that want to be seen with the latest and greatest MacBook Pro models, Apple’s latest laptops focus on a narrower audience looking for the benefits of raw performance. Turn up the specs, and your 16-inch M2 Max powered MacBook Pro with 96 GB of RAM and 8 TB of storage comes in at $6,499. For a subset of users, the extra performance in the larger MacBook Pro laps will make that premium worth paying. The entry-level professional MacBook Pro model (14-inch display, 16GB RAM, and 512GB storage) comes in once more at $1999, a $300 premium over a similarly specced M2 MacBook Air. I suspect if that’s the case, then bumping up the RAM and the storage will be a priority… [From Apple’s press release](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/01/apple-unveils-macbook-pro-featuring-m2-pro-and-m2-max/):

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Apple Announces New MacBook Pros With M2 Pro and M2 Max ... (Mac Rumors)

Apple today announced the next-generation 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with faster 5nm-based M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, up to 96GB of RAM, an...

With the M2 Max chip, the new MacBook Pro is now up to 6x faster than the fastest Intel-based MacBook Pro for some tasks. The new MacBook Pro models support Wi-Fi 6E, which allows for faster wireless connectivity and lower latency over the 6GHz band. By comparison, the previous models were available with up to 64GB of memory with the M1 Max chip. This is one extra hour of battery life for each model compared to the previous generation, per Apple's tech specs. The new M2 Pro chip features a 10-core or 12-core CPU and offers up to 20% faster performance than the M1 Pro chip, according to Apple. Both new MacBook Pro models are now available with up to 96GB of unified memory when configured with the highest-end M2 Max chip.

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Apple Introduces Faster MacBook Pros and Mac Minis (Bloomberg)

Apple Inc. rolled out its first new products of 2023 on Tuesday, offering faster versions of its high-end MacBook Pro laptops and the Mac mini desktop.

The new notebooks mark Apple’s first expansion of the M2 chip, which debuted in the MacBook Air and a low-end MacBook Pro last year. The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros look the same as the prior models — which

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New Apple MacBook Pro features M2 Pro & M2 Max chipsets (ChannelLife Australia)

Apple has announced the release of its new generation MacBook Pro laptops, containing its more powerful updated chipsets, the M2 Pro & M2 Max.

GST, NZD $4,229 inc. GST, NZD $4,599 inc. GST, NZD $3,419 inc. GST, NZD $3,699 inc. GST, with an education version starting at AUD $3,679 inc. The MacBook Pro with M2 Pro features a 10- or 12-core CPU with up to eight high-performance and four high-efficiency cores for up to 20% greater performance over M1 Pro. The new 16-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro will be available starting at AUD $3,999 inc. GST, with an education version starting at AUD $2,959 inc. The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro will be available starting at AUD $3,199 inc. These expand on the connectivity options already found in the MacBook Pro, including three Thunderbolt 4 ports for high-speed connection to peripherals, an SDXC card slot, and MagSafe 3 charging. "Today the MacBook Pro gets even better. It also includes 400GB/s of unified memory bandwidth — twice that of M2 Pro.

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Apple drops faster models of MacBook Pro and Mac Mini (Lifestyle Asia)

Tech giant Apple has announced the launch of upgraded versions of its products MacBook Pro laptop and Mac Mini desktop. Read on to know more.

Before this, they only came with the same M1 chip as the [MacBook Air](https://www.lifestyleasia.com/sg/gear/tech/apple-new-macbook-air-comes-with-a-bigger-screen-and-faster-m2-chip/). The second variation with the M2 Pro chip is equipped with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB of SSD storage. [Apple](https://www.lifestyleasia.com/sg/uncategorized/review-apple-freeform-app-details/) discontinued the sale of Mac Minis with Intel chips or other non-Apple processors. The basic configuration of the Mac Mini with the M2 chip includes 8 GB RAM and 256 GB of storage. The new Mac Mini desktop also looks similar to its previous model and comes as the first update in over two years since 2020. [Apple MacBook Pro](https://www.lifestyleasia.com/sg/gear/tech/most-anticipated-apple-products-in-2023/) from January 17, with availability starting from Tuesday, January 24.

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Apple unveils new MacBook Pro and Mac Mini with M2 Pro and Max ... (Lifestyle Asia)

Tech giant Apple has announced the launch of upgraded versions of its products MacBook Pro laptop and Mac Mini desktop. Read on to know more.

The second variation with the M2 Pro chip is equipped with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB of SSD storage. And, in the future, it aims at adding touch screens to the MacBook Pro in 2025. The basic configuration of the Mac Mini with the M2 chip includes 8 GB RAM and 256 GB of storage. Customers can order the new Apple MacBook Pro from January 17, with availability starting from Tuesday, January 24. The new Mac Mini desktop also looks similar to its previous model and comes as the first update in over two years since 2020. They replace the previous M1 Pro and M1 Max processors, and are all set to power a range of products that earned USD 40.2 billion in 2022, making for over 10 per cent of Apple’s revenue.

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Price check: M2 MacBook Pro and Mac mini (GSMArena.com)

Here are the prices of the new M2 powered Macs. There are many configurations available and it gets confusing quickly.

M2 Pro Moving on to the new Mac mini, you can have an M2 or an M2 Pro. MacBook Pro 16” A note about the chipsets – the base 14” configuration has an M2 Pro with a 10 core CPU and 16 core GPU. you can’t have an M2 Pro with less than 16GB of RAM or an M2 Max with less than 32GB. The laptops feature the new [M2 Pro and M2 Max](apple_unveils_m2_pro_and_m2_max_more_cpu_and_gpu_cores_more_l2_cache_more_unified_memory-news-57224.php) chipsets, while the mini gets the base M2 as well as the M2 Pro.

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Apple launches new M2 Pro, M2 Max processors, leaving Intel chips ... (Livemint)

Based on the new chips, Apple has introduced a refresh of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptop, which can be configured with both M2 Pro and M2 Max ...

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WaterField's Magnetic Laptop Sleeve now fits MacBook Pro (AppleInsider)

The company uses high-quality sleeve materials, including waxed canvas, full-grain leather, shock-absorbing neoprene, and ballistic nylon. It also has rare- ...

It's able to withstand years of use and develops a unique patina over time. It's made from the same material as bullet-proof vests. The heavy-duty 15oz waxed canvas comes in brown, black, green, and blue colors, and it's sewn by hand from WaterField's team in San Francisco.

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Apple MacBook Pro 14" & 16" M2 Pro & M2 Max, Mac Mini M2 & M2 ... (CineD)

Apple released two new M2 Pro and M2 Max SoCs that are directly integrated into the new 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro, and the updated Mac Mini.

The 16-inch models start at $2,999 with the M2 Pro chip and $4,149 for the M2 Max. What do you think about these new M2 Pro and M2 Max SoCs? I think that the Mac Mini M2 Pro is now one of the best value-for-money desktop machines you can get if you already have your displays and accessories. Furthermore, the M2 Max has double the unified memory bandwidth and up to 96GB of unified memory. Indeed, with the HDMI 2.1 update, the new 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M2 chips now supports up to four external displays, including an 8K/60Hz display and 4K displays at up to 240Hz. Apple has just released two new SoCs (systems on a chip) that are directly integrated into the new 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro, as well as the updated Mac Mini: the M2 Pro and M2 Max.

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Download the new 2023 MacBook Pro wallpapers right here (9to5Mac)

In addition to the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips inside, the new 2023 MacBook Pro models also include a few other improvements as well. The HDMI port has been updated ...

You can download the new 2023 MacBook Pro wallpapers in their full resolution below. Green wallpaper is the default for the silver MacBook Pro, while magenta is the default for the space gray MacBook Pro. In addition to the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips inside, the new 2023 MacBook Pro models also include a few other improvements as well. In addition to the hardware improvements, these machines come with new wallpapers – and you can download them right now here without having to buy a new 2023 MacBook Pro. As usual, Apple has created new wallpapers to promote the new generation MacBook Pro. These wallpapers are named “Grid” and are available in the colors green and magenta.

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Asus Zenbook Pro 16X vs. Apple MacBook Pro 16: which wins ... (Digital Trends)

The Apple MacBook Pro 16 has enjoyed its place at the top of the heap for creators since its introduction. But the Asus ZenBook Pro 16X is aimed at ...

But for creators, there’s a good chance that the ZenBook Pro 16X could come out on top as a solid Windows alternative. It’s an incredibly long-lasting machine for one with so much power, and the ZenBook Pro 16X is unlikely to even come close. The ZenBook Pro 16X will come with six speakers total, and we can’t wait to give it a listen. We’re also still looking to test out Apple’s latest and greatest chips; the M2 Pro and M2 Max. It’s hard to say which is the better laptop without reviewing the ZenBook Pro 16X. That should maximize performance even further, and we hope that Asus sends us the high-end model to test as a more direct comparison to the MacBook Pro 16. Asus also switched to a larger haptic touchpad for the newest ZenBook Pro 16X, and that’s a welcome change. The MacBook Pro 16 can be equipped with up to the M2 Max CPU, which is a 12-core ARM CPU with 38 GPU cores. When fully configured, the ZenBook Pro 16X might be even faster than the MacBook Pro 16. The ZenBook Pro 16X has faster wireless connectivity, and both laptops feature 1080p webcams. The MacBook Pro 16 uses Apple’s Magic Keyboard, which is shallower, but has excellent keycaps and spacing, as well as the more precise and consistent switches available on a keyboard today. The MacBook Pro 16 also has a huge Force Touch haptic touchpad that sets the standard for precision and comfort.

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Apple Updates Its 2023 Macbook Pro And Mac Mini Models (AUGUSTMAN)

Tech giant Apple has announced the launch of upgraded versions of its products MacBook Pro laptop and Mac Mini desktop. Read on to know more.

The second variation with the M2 Pro chip is equipped with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB of SSD storage. And, in the future, it aims at adding touch screens to the MacBook Pro in 2025. The basic configuration of the Mac Mini with the M2 chip includes 8 GB RAM and 256 GB of storage. Customers can order the new Apple MacBook Pro from January 17, with availability starting from Tuesday, January 24. The new Mac Mini desktop also looks similar to its previous model and comes as the first update in over two years since 2020. They replace the previous M1 Pro and M1 Max processors, and are all set to power a range of products that earned USD 40.2 billion in 2022, making for over 10 per cent of Apple’s revenue.

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