Apple today announced its long-awaited major redesign for the MacBook Pro, featuring configurations with the M1 Pro and M1 Max chip, a mini-LED display with ProMotion, an HDMI port and SD card reader, charging with MagSafe 3, a notch housing a 1080p webcam, and more.
The MacBook Pro features a new design and is available with 14.2-inch and 16.2-inch display sizes. There are now more ports available, with the right side of the machine offering an HDMI port, a Thunderbolt 4 port, and an SD card reader. The left side of the machine features a MagSafe 3 port, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, and a headphone jack. The keyboard features now a full-height function key row in place of the Touch Bar, and the entire keyboard area is black.
The MacBook Pro features significantly reduced display borders, with a notch out of the top of the display for the webcam. The webcam now offers a 1080p resolution with a wider aperture and a larger image sensor. The display itself is a mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR display, which also features ProMotion for refresh rates up to 120Hz.
The new MacBook Pro also features improved studio-quality mics and speakers that support Spatial Audio, with the 16-inch model containing a six-speaker system.
The MacBook Pro now features magnetic charging with MagSafe 3, which offers fast charging for up to 50 percent charge in 30 minutes. When playing back video, the 14.2-inch model offers up to 17 hours of battery life, while the 16.2-inch model can deliver up to 21 hours of video playback.
The redesigned MacBook Pro features configurations with two new Apple silicon chips. Apple’s The M1 Pro chip is a scaled-up, more powerful variant of the M1 chip. The M1 Pro chip features a 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU, a more capable Media Engine, more Thunderbolt controllers, support for up to 32GB of RAM, and more. The M1 Max chip features the same 10-core CPU as the M1 Pro, but includes a 32-core GPU with support for up to 64GB of RAM.
The MacBook Pro is available to pre-order today and begins arriving to customers next week.
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