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Introducing Apple’s Latest Products: MacBook Air 15″, Vision Pro, and More

Macbook Air 15″

This is Apple’s largest Air laptop. As for the hardware, there are few updates. It’s basically last year’s Macbook Air, but with a larger display.

The thickness of the device is only 11.5 mm, weight – 1.4 kg. The company claims it is the world’s thinnest 15-inch laptop.

Photo: 15-inch Macbook Air (Apple presentation screenshot)

The gadget received an increased battery and can work up to 18 hours on a single charge. The maximum version will ship with 24GB of RAM and 2TB of storage.

The laptop also has a more powerful 6-driver stereo system. The speakers are expected to sound twice as loud and rich as the current 13-inch model.

US prices start at $1,199 with sales starting June 13th.

Apple Vision Pro

At today’s presentation, the long-awaited novelty debuted – the Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset. The gadget looks like ski goggles, it is made of aluminum, glass and carbon fiber.

Vision Pro is equipped with many sensors and sensors. They read the movements of the user’s hands and eyes, and the image is displayed on two 4K microOLED screens. The device is suitable for work and entertainment.

Photo: Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset (Apple presentation screenshot)

Vision Pro is powered by an external battery. Autonomy does not exceed two hours. You can control the headset with gestures, voice or look. You can switch between realities – augmented and virtual – using the wheel, just like in Apple Watch.

Apple Vision Pro offers:

  • interactive desktop and video content viewing
  • work with applications that can be placed in the space around you
  • maximum realism
  • support for all standard applications from iPhone, iPad and Mac, as well as more than 100 games from Apple Arcade.

The device is powered by two powerful processors M2 and R1. The latter is specially designed for mixed reality glasses.

The cost is $ 3499, sales will start in early 2024.

Other products

Apple has introduced the latest processor M2 Ultra, it is positioned as the most productive chip for home computers. The novelty will be equipped with Mac Studio and Mac Pro workstations.

Mac Studio

The next-gen Mac Studio takes on the design of last year’s version, but is built on M2 Max and M2 Ultra chips.

Mac Studio with an M2 Max processor will have 12 cores, a 38-core GPU, and support for up to 96GB of combined memory with a bandwidth of 400GB/s.

Version with M2 Ultra – 24-core processor and 76-core graphics chip, support up to 192 GB of combined memory with a bandwidth of up to 800 GB / s.

US prices start at $1999.

Photo: new Mac Studio and Mac Pro (screenshot of Apple’s presentation)

Mac Pro

Apple has retained the chassis of the previous generation Mac Pro. The configuration on the M2 Ultra is similar to the top Mac Studio. This means it supports up to six Pro Display screens and is capable of playing 22 streams of 8K ProRes video simultaneously.

The new Mac Pro also has eight Thunderbolt 4 ports, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and all the slots that the previous Mac Pro had.

US prices start at $6,999.

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