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Apple Announces New iMacs, Updated MacBooks

Apple Announces New iMacs, Updated MacBooks

Posted June 5, 2017 at 8:43pm by iClarified
Apple today updated its iMac line with three times more powerful graphics, faster processors, Thunderbolt 3, faster storage options and brighter Retina displays and added a Retina 4K display and discrete graphics to the $1,299 (US) 21.5-inch iMac. The company also updated MacBook and MacBook Pro with faster processors, added faster SSDs to MacBook and introduced a new $1,299 (US) 13-inch MacBook Pro.

“With major updates to iMac, and a refresh of our MacBook and MacBook Pro lines, the Mac is stronger than ever,” said John Ternus, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Engineering. “Today iMac gets a huge graphics performance increase, faster CPU performance, Thunderbolt 3 and a brighter Retina display with support for 1 billion colors. We’re also increasing CPU and SSD speed on MacBook, adding faster processors and making faster graphics standard on our 15-inch MacBook Pro and introducing a new $1,299 (US) 13-inch MacBook Pro.”

Apple Announces New iMacs, Updated MacBooks



iMac
The updated iMac features faster Kaby Lake processors up to 4.2 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 4.5 GHz and supports up to twice the memory as the previous generation. Fusion Drive is now standard on all 27-inch configurations and the top-end 21.5-inch iMac. SSD storage options are now up to 50 percent faster, and iMac comes with Thunderbolt 3, the most powerful and versatile port ever.

Graphics on iMac are much more powerful across the line with the new Radeon Pro 500-series graphics with up to 8GB of vRAM. The 21.5-inch model delivers up to three times faster performance and the 27-inch model is up to 50 percent faster.

iMac also comes with the best Mac display ever, now 43 percent brighter at 500 nits and with support for 1 billion colors, delivering an even more vivid and true-to-life viewing experience.

Apple Announces New iMacs, Updated MacBooks



MacBook and MacBook Pro
With thin and light designs, powerful performance, amazing displays and all-day battery life, Mac notebooks deliver the world’s best portable computing experience.1 MacBook now features faster Kaby Lake processors up to 1.3 GHz Core i7 with Turbo Boost up to 3.6 GHz and up to 50 percent faster SSD, and supports up to twice the memory. Weighing just two pounds and measuring 13.1mm thin, MacBook is our thinnest and lightest notebook for all-day, on-the-go computing.

The updated 13-inch MacBook Pro features Kaby Lake processors up to 3.5 GHz Core i7 with Turbo Boost up to 4.0 GHz, and the 15-inch MacBook Pro goes up to 3.1 GHz Core i7 with Turbo Boost up to 4.1 GHz. The 15-inch MacBook Pro now comes standard with more powerful discrete graphics with more video memory, and the 13-inch MacBook Pro adds a new $1,299 (US) configuration. With the revolutionary Touch Bar with Touch ID, gorgeous 500-nit Retina display, Thunderbolt 3 and incredible performance in a portable design, MacBook Pro is the best pro notebook Apple has ever made.

Apple today also updated the 13-inch MacBook Air with a 1.8 GHz processor.

Apple Announces New iMacs, Updated MacBooks


Availability
The updated iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air are available to order today on apple.com, and available to buy in Apple Stores starting on Wednesday, June 7. Additional technical specifications, configure-to-order options and accessories are available online at apple.com/mac.


Apple Announces New iMacs, Updated MacBooks
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Sabtain Aziz
Sabtain Aziz - June 6, 2017 at 11:19am
Why complain no one is forcing you to buy anything Apple still sells a lot of these so clearly they have a market
Icrrap
Icrrap - June 5, 2017 at 9:51pm
Same old hardware design, seems to run out of ideas... Maybe busy suing their competitors
Ace*
Ace* - June 5, 2017 at 10:27pm
Yeah. And building pretty parks for their executives to sip lattes in. Come on Apple.
PaulieP
PaulieP - June 6, 2017 at 5:32am
It's a shame but there's no more innovation, the best thing I have is a $350 speaker. Amazon and Google are starting to look really good. If it weren't for privacy, I would not stay with Apple.
Ace*
Ace* - June 6, 2017 at 1:33pm
I agree regarding privacy. Everyone should use a VPN. Check out piavpn.com. Excellent service.
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