Apple finally phases out 8GB of RAM! MacBook Pro embraces 16GB of RAM
Apple released the new generation of MacBook Pro laptops on its official website. The entire series is equipped with M4 series chips (M4, M4 Pro and M4 Max), which greatly enhances its performance.
According to the press release on the US official website, the starting price of the new MacBook Pro (14-inch model, M4 chip, 16GB unified memory, 512GB solid-state drive) is US$1,599. On the Chinese official website, the model is priced at RMB 12,999 and will be officially available on November 8.
In terms of appearance, the new MacBook Pro has two models, 14 inches and 16 inches, in two colors: space black and silver. All models are equipped with Liquid Retina XDR display, and provide the option of nano-texture display, which costs 1,100 yuan more.
The most popular hardware in the MacBook Pro is naturally the M4 series chip, which is built with the second-generation 3nm process technology. The M4 chip is equipped with a 10-core central processing unit (CPU, 4 performance cores + 6 energy efficiency cores) and a 10-core graphics processor (GPU).
The M4 Pro integrates up to a 14-core CPU (10 performance cores + 4 energy-efficiency cores) and a 20-core GPU; the newly announced M4 Max integrates up to a 16-core CPU and a 40-core GPU, which can drive the MacBook Pro to run device-side AI models faster.
According to the official website, compared with MacBook Pro models equipped with M1 chips, models with M4 chips can be up to 3.4 times faster than the former, models with M4 Pro can be up to 3 times faster than M1 Pro, and models with M4 Max can be up to 3.5 times faster than M1 Max, and can process artificial intelligence (AI) tasks faster.
The press release mentioned that the MacBook Pro equipped with the M4 chip is an ideal choice for entrepreneurs, students, creators, etc.; the M4 Pro is suitable for researchers, developers, engineers, professional creative people, etc.; the M4 Max is designed for data scientists, 3D artists, composers and other professionals.
Apple said that the M4 series chips also have an industry-leading performance-power ratio, and a battery life of up to 24 hours, setting a new record for the longest battery life for Mac.
Like the Mac mini released yesterday, the starting memory for all new MacBook Pro models is 16GB. At the same time, the starting standard configuration of MacBook Air models equipped with M2 and M3 chips has also been changed to 16GB of memory, and the starting price remains RMB 7,999.
In addition, the MacBook Pro equipped with M4 Pro and M4 Max chips is equipped with a Thunderbolt 5 port, which can provide data transfer speeds of up to 120Gb/s.
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