The best battery life ever in a Mac
Apple announced its first MacBook Pro laptop that will run on an Apple-designed processor at the "One More Thing" event, ushering in a new era of Mac computers.
It's not just Apple makes an Arm-based Mac; Apple specifically manufactures the Arm-based MacBook Pro, products that it has emphasized as essential parts of its line for both creative and technical professionals.
The new MacBook Pro comes in 13 inches and starts at $ 1,299. It replaces the previous entry-level MacBook Pro model. (The high-end model, equipped with four Thunderbolt ports, will continue to sell as usual.) The new MacBook Pro will feature Apple's new M1 processor, which the company says features "the world's fastest CPU cores", faster integrated graphics, and significant gains in power. And performance compared to the Intel chipset I used previously. It will also launch with macOS 11 Big Sur, which Apple says has been specifically designed to take advantage of the new hardware.
Apple says performance on the new 13-inch MacBook Pro is 2.8 times faster, with graphics up to five times faster than the previous generation. And unlike the new MacBook Air, it still features an active cooling fan system. There's still a Touch Bar, along with the two Thunderbolt 4 ports (they're located on the left side of the laptop).
Battery life is also seeing a big jump: up to 17 hours of web surfing and 20 hours of video playback. Apple says it's 10 hours longer than before and the longest battery life ever on a Mac.
Configuration options are either 8 GB or 16 GB RAM along with 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB SSD options. (However, Apple will only offer a single M1 processor option.)
It's a big leap forward, not just for Apple's internal chips, but for arm-based laptops in general, which has largely been transformed into lightweight factors and devices like the Lenovo Flex 5G, Samsung Galaxy Book S, or Surface Pro X. Not made. It's an arm-standing laptop that promises the kind of performance that Apple claims the new MacBook Pro can deliver.
Apple has been preparing for this since it first announced that it will move to its own slides, as the company already showed off apps like Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom running on Apple chips last June. (Although it is clear that its rollout will take some time: Lightroom won't be available on Apple silicon until next month, and other major apps, such as Photoshop, won't run until 2021). High-level apps, such as Final Cut Pro or Logic, have already been moved to work on Apple silicon Macs.
The company has also been designing its own processors for nearly a decade, returning to its A4 chipset from the original iPad and iPhone 4. While Apple's A-series chips have grown more powerful over time (expanding to products like the A12Z, which works On iPad Pro which Apple will make you think offers laptop-like performance.) Apple has used its own chips inside modern Mac computers, like the T2 Security Chip or the reused Apple Watch processor to power the MacBook Pro's touch bar.
But today's release marks a major shift, and one that will see the same iPhone and iPad chips - or at least, chips built on the same architecture - make their way to macOS computers.
The fact that the company feels confident enough in its appreciation of the arm-based chips to offer a machine designed for professional work (at least in name) is important to see. However, Apple has misjudged the needs of professional hardware in the past, as the much-criticized 2015 Mac Pro for the company, in particular, has erred a lot. It's entirely possible that the new MacBook Pro will suffer the same fate.
The new MacBook Pro isn't the only new Mac that works on Apple silicon. The company also announced a new 13-inch MacBook Air and a new Mac mini, both of which run on the M1 chip.
Pricing for the new 13-inch MacBook Pro will start at $ 1,299, with pre-orders starting today, ahead of its launch on November 17.
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