Apple’s new MacBook Pro features the M4 family of chips with support Apple Intelligence. Alongside that heart transplant come an advanced 12MP Center Stage camera, Thunderbolt 5 on M4 Pro and M4 Max models, and an all-new nano-texture display option.
The new MacBook Pro is powered by the M4 family of chips. M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max. It comes in space black and silver finishes. The 14-inch MacBook Pro includes three Thunderbolt 4 ports, starting with 16GB of memory, all at just $1,599. The 14- and 16-inch models with M4 Pro and M4 Max offer Thunderbolt 5 for faster transfer speeds and advanced connectivity. All models include a Liquid Retina XDR display with an all-new nano-texture display option and up to 1000 nits of brightness for SDR content.
Apple rates battery life as up to 24 hours of battery life.
The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4 features a 10-core CPU, with four performance cores and six efficiency cores, and a faster 10-core GPU with Apple’s most advanced graphics architecture. Memory starts at 16GB of faster unified memory with support for up to 32GB, along with 120GB/s of memory bandwidth.
The MacBook Pro with M4 Pro features a 14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and four efficiency cores along with up to a 20-core GPU that is twice as powerful as M4.
The MacBook Pro with M4 Max brings a 16-core CPU, up to a 40-core GPU, over half a terabyte per second of unified memory bandwidth.
The all-new nano-texture display option dramatically reduces glare and distractions from reflections. In bright lighting conditions, the new MacBook Pro can now show SDR content at up to 1000 nits and still displays HDR content at up to 1600 nits of peak brightness. Apple says “it’s a game-changing experience for users working outdoors.”
The boost to Thunderbolt 5 more than double transfer speeds up to 120 Gb/s enabling faster external storage, expansion chassis, and powerful docking and hub solutions. All MacBook Pro models feature an HDMI port that supports up to 8K resolution, a SDXC card slot, a MagSafe 3 port for charging, and a headphone jack, along with support for Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.
The new MacBook Pro is built from a custom alloy that uses 100% recycled aluminium in the enclosure. It also uses 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, and 100% recycled tin soldering, gold plating, and copper in multiple printed circuit boards. The packaging for the 14-inch MacBook Pro is now entirely fibre-based, joining the 16-inch MacBook Pro and bringing Apple closer to its goal to remove plastic from its packaging by 2025.
The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4 starts at $2,499 inc. GST and $2,349 inc. GST for education. The 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M4 Pro starts at $3,299 inc. GST and $3,069 inc. GST for education. The 16‑inch MacBook Pro starts at $3,999 inc. GST and $3,699 inc. GST for education. All models are available in space black and silver.
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