Apple just announced in a press release and a mini Keynote (which can be seen on its official website) the launch of new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros with the new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips as well as an interior refresh of the Mac Mini with M2 chip. Rumors were very strong about Apple launching new products throughout the day yesterday and we have them in our midst.
The new MacBooks arrive with a renewed interior. The new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips arrive with a 12-core processor up to 19 cores on the GPU. Apple includes the ability to increase up to 32 GB of RAM. For the M2 Max, we could even go further, with a 38-core graphics and 96 GB of RAM.
As for storage options, theNew MacBook Pros start at 512GB of memory and can boost it up to 8TB (nothing bad). However, despite the fact that over the past few hours a possible change in the color gamut has been rumored, andThese are only available in the already classic Space Gray and Silver like the previous generation. Too bad Midnight of the Air didn’t happen. Finally, Apple tells us that they can reach up to 22 hours of autonomy. A full day even for those who sleep little.
In addition to the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips inside, the new MacBook Pro models also include other improvements. The HDMI port has been updated to the HDMI 2.1 standard, which supports 8K displays at up to 60Hz and 4K displays at up to 240Hz. For the first time, the MacBook Pro also offers Wi-Fi 6E connectivity, which Apple says offers speeds “up to twice as fast” as before.
Moving on to desktops, Apple announced the new Mac Mini with M2 with more good news with the inclusion of the M2 chip since it is rare today at Apple: a price reduction, up to 719 $. The Mini model comes with 10 graphics cores, 256 GB of SSD storage and 8 GB of RAM.
M2 Pro and M2 Max chip performance
Let’s take a look at the new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips. These are some of the statistics on the the performance of the M2 Pro, according to Apple:
- And 30% more graphics performance.
- The The neural engine is 40% fasterwhich accelerates machine learning tasks, especially for video analysis and image processing.
- The Titles and animations render in Motion up to 80% faster than the fastest Intel MacBook Pro and up to 20% faster than the previous generation of Mr.
- LakeCompiling in Xcode is up to 2.5 times faster than the MacBook Pro with Intel processor and ctherefore 25% faster than in the previous generation of M.
- Image processing in Adobe Photoshop is up to 80% faster than the fastest Intel MacBook Pro and up to 40% faster than the previous generation of M.
And the M2 Max performance is as follows (besides having everything the Pro assumes):
- 12-core processor with up to eight high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores that deliver up to 20% more performance than the M1 Max.
- The render effects in Cinema 4D is up to 6 times faster than the fastest Intel MacBook Pro and up to 30% faster than the previous generation of M.
- The color grading in DaVinci Resolve is up to 2x faster than the Intel MacBook Pro and up to 30% faster than the previous generation of M.
The prices of MacBooks start at $2,449 and the Mac Mini, as we mentioned before, at $719. Anyone here thinking about upgrading their laptop or desktop with this excellent update from Apple?
