Apple’s M6 chip is making its way to the MacBook Pro, joining the new iMac desktop and the company’s recently announced OLED iPad Mini.
At this stage, the M6 chip is only available in the 14-inch MacBook Pro, and it’s not the rumoured touchscreen model. Tomorrow’s “Pro and Tell” event is the expected stage for Apple’s first touch-enabled laptop.
Compared to the M5-equipped MacBook Pro, the new model’s gains are fairly incremental. Apple claims that the 12-core GPU improves graphics performance by up to 30 per cent, and AI performance by up to 25 per cent, while the dual 16-core Neural Engine is up to 90 per cent faster.
But who upgrades a laptop every year? For those looking to upgrade from an M1 MacBook, Apple claims up to 11 times faster graphics and up to 13 times faster AI performance. Apple positions its latest laptop as being powerful enough to run complex large language models (LLMs) locally, including the company’s new suite of Siri AI features.
From a design perspective, the M6 MacBook Pro doesn’t change much. Aesthetically, it looks identical to the previous model, reserving the biggest changes for the internals. Both Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 are supported, along with three Thunderbolt 4 ports, a full HDMI port, an SDXC slot, and a 3.5mm audio jack.
In Australia, the M6 MacBook Pro starts at $3,199, a $700 increase (roughly 28 per cent) compared to the M5 model’s launch price. Laptops and desktop PCs have been hit hard by the global memory shortage, with component cost increases impacting the checkout price.
By default, the new MacBook Pro ships with 16GB of unified memory and a 1TB SSD. Pre-orders kick off on 29 October, ready to launch on 6 November.
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