In the Scary Fast season on the first evening of Halloween, Apple has brought its new MacBook. This time the company has launched Black Audition which looks attractive in terms of design.
The new MacBook has been kept the same 14 and 16 inches as last time. In which no change has been made in the shape. There is not a single iMac this year that is 32 inches, which is a bit disappointing for iMac lovers.
What Is the Difference in This Mac?
Apple has not made any external changes to its Mac this time. The design of the Mac remains the same but changes the really attractive color. The company has given its customers two options: they can buy 14 and 16 inch MacBooks.
In this year’s Apple MacBook, the company has installed its latest processor M3 chip which is much faster and energy efficient than the earlier M2. Gamers will have a different experience with this chipset. It is 40% faster than before and provides 22 hours of battery life.
As you can imagine, the 14 and 16-inch M3 Max systems will support up to 128GB of integrated memory for better workflow in MATLAB, DaVinci Resolve, and similar apps.
MacBook Pro Specs
The new MacBook comes in 14 and 16-inch designs with Apple M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips. The 20% higher brightness display comes with a black finish.
| Memory | 8GB, 16GB, 18GB, 24GB, 36GB, 48GB, 64GB, 96GB, 128GB |
| CPU | 8-core, 11-core, 12-core, 14-core, 16-core |
| Storage | 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 8TB |
| Ports | SDXC card, HDMI, 3.5mm headphone jack, 3x Thunderbolt 4, MagSafe 3 |
| Weight | 1.55 kg (3.4 pounds) or 2.14 kg (4.7 pounds) |
| Price | India Region ₹1,69,900– 14.2-inch ₹2,49,900– 16.2-inch USA Region $1,599– 14.2-inch $2,499– 16.2-inch |
| Operating System | macOS Sonoma |
| GPU | 10-core, 14-core, 18-core, 30-core, 40-core |
| Battery | Up to 22 hours of video playback |
| Display | 14.2-inch (3024 x 1964p) or 16.2-inch (3456 x 2234p) Liquid Retina XDR display, 254ppi, 1600 nits, 120Hz |
| Speakers | High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers |
| Colors | Space Gray, Silver, Space Black |
| Dimensions | 31.26 x 22.12 x 1.55 cm (12.31 x 8.71 x 0.61 inch) or 35.57 x 24.81 x 1.68 cm (14.01 x 9.77 x 0.66 inch) |
| Webcam | 1080p |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 |
| Security | Touch ID |
Pre-Booking of MacBook Pro
You can pre-order a MacBook Pro. You can pre-book it by visiting Apple’s USA official & Apple India website. Whose shipping will start by 7 November.
The base USA model of the MacBook with M3 chip is priced at $1599 while the M3 Pro and M3 Max are priced starting at $1999 and $2999 respectively and India specific base model with M3 chip 14 inch price will start from ₹1,69,900 and 16 inch model price will start from ₹2,49,900, the price is slightly higher than USA variant.
How About Gaming and Graphics
The biggest change in MacBook Pros is in their chipset. Apple has upgraded from M2 chip to M3 chipset. Something to notice about the new M3 silicon chip is its ability to integrate with hardware and support instant-ray tracing. This chipset is so powerful that Apple wanted to use it to showcase the power of the M3 in recent games as well as 3D rendering.
This will be a huge improvement for gamers and people working on 3D animation or graphics. Which will provide better performance to run efficiently on supported apps and take advantage of the M3’s more efficient on-chip processing.
To showcase the capabilities of the M3 chipset, they had already selected some video games. Builders Gate III was a big hit, but the company wanted to share the laptop’s capabilities with Myst and Lies of the Pup. Every game ran at medium-low settings except Stray, which was running at high with a base M3 on the iMac.
Pre-booking of the new MacBook M3 chipset has started. It will start shipping next week from November 7th. That means after 7th November it will go live and you will be able to order it. Although this time Apple has kept the price much lower in the US than last time, but its price in India is still higher than the previous one.