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Apple has announced caller additions to its M-series chips, adding M2 Pro and M2 Max versions, and offering them successful updated versions of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro and successful the Mac Mini desktop.
In a property release, Apple says, "M2 Pro scales up the architecture of M2 to present an up to 12-core CPU and up to 19-core GPU, unneurotic with up to 32GB of accelerated unified memory. M2 Max builds connected the capabilities of M2 Pro, including an up to 38-core GPU, treble the unified representation bandwidth, and up to 96GB of unified memory."
The caller MacBooks and Mac Mini stock the aforesaid plan arsenic their predecessors, and these caller chips regenerate the M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max chips successful the earlier versions. We've antecedently tested and reviewed M1 Pro and M1 Max versions of the MacBook Pro and the M1 mentation of the Mac Mini.
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MacBook Pro adds M2 Pro/Max
The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops were released successful October 2021, and started a displacement towards a much structured, squared-off plan with a level lid and crisp corners, alternatively than the mildly bowed lids of erstwhile MacBooks. These models besides lacked the touchbar interface of erstwhile MacBook Pro laptops, and that diagnostic remains connected lone the 2022 M2 13-inch MacBook Pro, which besides keeps the older throwback look and consciousness (for now).
The biggest change, too the spot generation, is Apple's assertion of artillery beingness of up to 22 hours, which the institution says is, "the longest artillery beingness ever successful a Mac." The MacBook Pro besides adds Wi-Fi 6E, up from Wi-Fi 6, and an HDMI transportation that present supports 8K displays up to 60Hz and 4K displays up to 240Hz.
Apple claims the show from the M2 Pro spot is up to 40% faster than the erstwhile M1 Pro successful Photoshop representation processing, and that the M2 Max tin bash effects rendering successful Cinema 4D and colour grading successful DaVinci Resolve up to 30% faster than the M1 Max.
The caller 14-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro starts astatine $1,999, and the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro starts astatine $2,499.
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Mac Mini gets its archetypal update since 2020
The Mac Mini was past updated successful 2020, erstwhile it added the M1 chip, shifting distant from Intel. The caller mentation offers some the M2 and M2 Pro chips.
Apple claims the M2 mentation offers Photoshop show that tin beryllium up to 50% faster than the M1 mentation and 2.4x faster successful transcoding successful Final Cut Pro; portion the M2 Pro mentation tin beryllium up to 4.2x faster than the M1 Mac Mini successful Final Cut Pro. There was nary M1 Pro mentation of the Mac Mini for a nonstop comparison.
It's worthy noting that Apple has besides killed disconnected the Intel Mac Mini, a mentation of which was inactive disposable (alongside the M1 version) until this announcement. That leaves the Mac Studio desktop arsenic the last Intel-based Mac you tin bargain from Apple directly. Some retailers inactive person banal of the Intel Mac Mini, including Best Buy, if you absolutely, positively request one.
The caller exemplary starts astatine $599 for the M2 version and $1,299 for the M2 Pro version.
Apple says some the caller Mac Mini and MacBook Pro are disposable to bid starting Jan. 17 and volition commencement arriving to customers and stores connected Jan. 24.
Other products that could perchance get M2, M2 Pro oregon M2 Max spot updates aboriginal successful 2022 see the 24-inch iMac, the Mac Studio and the Mac Pro desktop.
And no, contempt immoderate caller rumors, no touchscreen yet.
