Apple has finally concluded its final event of 2020. ‘One more thing’ gave us two new MacBooks and a new Mac mini, powered by the new Apple Silicon, titled ‘M1’. The M1 SoC is the first PC chip built on the industry-leading 5nm technology. The ARM-based Mac are tailor-made for both creative and technical professionals. Apple also announced that macOS Big Sur will be available from November 12.
Apple claims that the M1-powered Macs will offer big gains in performance and power-efficiency. The 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro’s price starts from ₹92,900 in India. The device will be available for purchase from November 17.
Meanwhile, the New MacBook Pro will be available in 8GB/256GB and 8GB/512GB variants priced at Rs 1,22,900 and Rs 1,42,900 respectively.
The New Mac Mini will also retail in 8GB/256GB and 8GB/512GB variants and will set you back by ₹64,900 and ₹84,900 respectively.
With that, it's a wrap. For more news, views and updates stay logged on to Moneycontrol.com.
Tim Cook to wrap things up - "2020 has been a year unlike any other in so many ways".
One last big announcement, Big Sur will be available fromNovember 12.
And that's a wrap for the new M1 MacBook Pro!
New M1 MacBook Pro to start from USD 1,299 (Roughly Rs 96,500).
Studio-quality mics. Same FaceTime camera and Touch Bar. Secure Enclave provides best in class security.
Longest battery life on a Mac - 17 hours of web battery life, 20 hours of video playback.
11x faster machine learning with a new active cooling system.
New M1 MacBook Pro can play back 8K ProRes video in Resolve without dropping a single frame.
5x faster graphics and nearly 8x performance over previous MacBook Pro.
No, we aren't done yet! Hello, M1 MacBook Pro!
And that's it for the new Mac mini!
Mac Mini costs USD 699 (Roughly Rs 51,950).
6x performance in graphics over the previous mini.
M1 comes to Mac Mini, signalling a "seismic shiftin what an ultra-compact desktop can do".
The new M1-powered MacBook Air starts from USD 999 (Roughly Rs 74,250).
Up to 15 hours of wireless web browsing, 18 hours of video playback.
The world’s best-selling 13-inch notebook just got better. M1 offers 3x faster performance than previous MacBook Air models. M1-powered MacBook Air offers 5x faster integrated graphics than previous models. Did we mention that there is no fan?
Now, for the first Mac with the M1 chip - 'MacBook Air'
Big Sur includes Rosseta 2.0. Graphic intensive apps work better with Rosetta and M1 compared to older Macs.
M16x faster performance on Final Cut Pro.
Hardware-verified secure boot, automatic encryption.
Yes, Apple says they are all optimised for Macs!
As expected, the new Macs feature native support for iPhone and iPad apps.
macOS Big Sur built to maximize M1's potential.
16-core neural engine
Apple says that the new 8-core GPU features the most advanced graphic processor it has ever created.
2x CPU performance at 1/4th of power compared to latest PC laptop chip.
Johny Srouji Senior Vice President, Hardware Technology: “M1 is by far the best chip we’ve ever created.”
8-core CPU with 4 high-performance cores and 4 power-efficiency cores. "The world's fastest CPU core".
M1 is the first PC chip built on the 5nm technology with 16 billion transistors.
M1 boasts unified memory architecture, integrated GPU, neural engine.
Apple doesn’t need multiple chips on the board anymore and can combine multiple chips into a single system on chip.
M1 is the first chip designed for the Mac.
Apple will transition to Apple Silicon in the next couple of years.
John Ternus, Vice President, Hardware Engineering says that it is time for the Mac to take a big leap forward.
Tim Cook says, “The Mac is having its best year ever and continues to acquire new users. It is great to see people using the Mac to do amazing things.”
Cook: "It is time to talk about the Mac!"
Tim Cook kicks us off with Apple's third major event in two months.
And..... We are Live!!
We are moments away from Apple’s ‘One more thing’ event. So, let's doa quick recap of some of tonight's debutants.
At the Apple One More Thing event, the company is expected to unveil new MacBook models that will get powered by the Apple Silicon. Alongside, Apple could also give us an update on the rollout of macOS Big Sur that was slated for a release during the winter season.
Here is everything that we can expect from the One More Thing Apple event.
One more step in the right direction?
Damm, time doesn’t seem to be flying by!!
While you wait, check out our iPhone 12review.
To recall, Apple first announced its shift from Intel to ARM earlier this year at WWDC 2020. Additionally, Apple also said that despite its big ARM announcement, more Intel-based Macs are on their way. Some of the noteworthy abilities of Apple’s new silicone include native support for iOS and iPadOS apps on macOS, and new levels of performance and power efficiency. For more information, head on over the to link.
Tonight’s Apple Event will put the focus on the company’s new ARM-powered MacBooks. Rumours suggest that two new MacBook models will launch today. At the Apple event, we can also expect Apple to give an update on the rollout of macOS Big Sur, which was slated to release in Fall 2020.
Want to know everything that Apple may unveil today, then head on over to thelink.
Come what may, we are definitely going to see new products today. The Apple Store has gone down ahead of tonight’s event, something we saw before the launch of the iPhone 12 series and the new iPads.
How to watch tonight's Apple ‘One more thing’ event live?
You can watch tonight’s event live on Apple’s official YouTube channel or catch all the latest updates on our live blog right here.
