Everything Apple Unveiled At Its Final 2020 Event: M1 Chip, Macs & More
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This year, Apple released a bunch of products, from new iPads to iPhones. Now, it has released its first ARM-powered Macs, which were unveiled during its One More Thing event on 10 November 2020.
The tech juggernaut revealed that the new Macs will retain their headphone jacks and charger, but come with a new Apple M1 chip.
Apple M1 chip
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Apple has unveiled an M1 chip designed for the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini.
The chip seems to be an upgraded version of the A14 Bionic chip that was integrated into the new iPad and iPhones. It is equipped with two cores to the CPU, increasing the core count on the GPU itself. The CPU cores focus on high performance and high efficiency, making it a superior chip compared to those in previous devices.
Apple touted that the chip is optimized for machine-learning tasks, yielding a performance of up to 11 times faster than the older Intel chips.
MacBook Air
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When it comes to the appearance, the new MacBook Air looks a lot like it’s the former generation. However, it comes with the new M1 chip that is boasted to provide better performance. It offers up to 3.5 times faster CPU performance and five times graphics performance in comparison to the previous model. The new MacBook Air doesn’t come with a fan, further proving the efficiency of the new M1 chip.
It can allegedly offer 15 hours of web browsing or 18 hours of video playback, six hours longer than its predecessor. Since video calls are now an essential amid the coronavirus pandemic, Apple claims that the MacBook Air can run twice as long on video calls. The latest MacBook Air starts at US$999 and will begin shipping next week.
13-inch MacBook Pro
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The latest 13-inch MacBook Pro appears similar to its previous model, but Apple states that the new version is 2.8 times faster than the earlier generation. The tech giant also claims that it can offer “game-changing performance when compiling code, transcoding video, editing high-resolution photos, and more.”
The new laptop is able to operate up to 17 hours of web browsing and 20 hours of video playback. The 13-inch MacBook Pro, now available to order, is priced from US$1,299.
Mac Mini
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Apple has released its new Mac Mini, which is said to be three times faster in performance compared to the past generation. It also offers six times faster graphics and supports Machine Learning tasks to run up to 15 times faster than before. The Mac Mini retails from US$699.
MacOs Big Sur
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The company also recently released its new macOs Big Sur, which grants a stunning redesign and comes with new upgrades for key apps like Safari, Messages, and Maps, as well as new privacy tools.
[via The Next Web, cover image via Apple]
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