Mac Professional, Mac Studio, 15-inch MacBook Air: worth, launch date, and find out how to preorder

This week’s Worldwide Builders Convention (WWDC) wasn’t all about working system updates and Apple’s new combined actuality headset. Apple additionally revealed various new Macs, together with a 15-inch MacBook Air in addition to revamped variations of the Mac Professional and Mac Studio with Apple Silicon. All three will likely be accessible on June thirteenth, although you’ll be able to preorder them beginning immediately from Apple.

Beginning at $1,299, Apple claims the latest MacBook Air is “the world’s thinnest 15-inch laptop computer.” Its 15.3-inch display boasts 500 nits of brightness, however it’s in any other case much like final 12 months’s redesigned 13-inch mannequin. It comes geared up with a 1080p webcam, a MagSafe charging connector, and Apple’s base M2 chip, which is similar processor discovered within the 13-inch Air.

Proper now, you’ll be able to preorder the 15-inch MacBook Air from Apple beginning at $1,299 forward of its June thirteenth launch date in one in every of 4 colours: darkish blue, starlight, area grey, or silver. The bottom mannequin comes with an eight-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 8GB RAM, and 256GB of storage. For an additional $200, you’ll be able to bounce as much as 512GB of storage, whereas the 1TB model will value you $400 extra. The biggest storage configuration — the 2TB model — prices $800 greater than the bottom 256GB configuration. You may also configure the reminiscence; it’s $200 additional for 16GB of RAM and $400 additional for 24GB.

Should you choose a smaller machine, the 13-inch M2 Air continues to be round and now begins at $1,099, which is $100 lower than its earlier worth. (It’s additionally at present on sale at Amazon for $1,049.99.) Apple is even nonetheless promoting the older M1 MacBook Air from 2020 for $999, although it’s on sale at Amazon and Finest Purchase proper now for a mere $799.99 ($200 off).

For energy customers, Apple additionally introduced the brand new Mac Professional and Mac Studio, which the corporate calls probably the most highly effective Macs it has ever made.

The Mac Studio options Apple’s M2 Max and new M2 Extremely processor. Apple says the brand new Mac Studio, which dons the identical design because the M1 mannequin from final 12 months, must be 3 times sooner than the last-gen mannequin, relying on the configuration you purchase.

The desktop machine gained’t be accessible till June thirteenth, however you’ll be able to already preorder it from Apple with an M2 Max chip, a 12-core CPU, a 30-core GPU, 32GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage beginning at $1,999.

Alternatively, you’ll be able to preorder it from Apple with a extra highly effective M2 Extremely chip, a 24‑core CPU, a 60‑core GPU, 128GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage beginning at $3,999. This explicit mannequin additionally helps as much as six Professional Show XDRs and comes with Wi-Fi 6E connectivity and Bluetooth 5.3 assist.

Just like the Mac Studio, the brand new Mac Professional comes with Apple’s new M2 Extremely processor and sports activities the identical design because the prior mannequin. Consequently, it will probably assist as much as 192GB of unified reminiscence and must be considerably sooner than its Intel-equipped predecessor. It’s additionally extra succesful than the earlier mannequin, with eight Thunderbolt ports, six PCI enlargement slots, and two HDMI ports that assist as much as 8K decision and as much as 240Hz body charges.

The brand new Mac Professional begins at $6,999 for the mannequin with a 24-core CPU, 60-core GPU, 64GB RAM, and 1TB SSD. You may preorder it from Apple beginning immediately forward of its June thirteenth launch date.