Apple just released major upgrades to the iMac, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pro.
All now run the latest M4 chip. If you’ve been waiting to upgrade, this is the time to buy.
14″ and 16″ M4 MacBook Pro
Early measurements show impressive speed gains in CPU and GPU performance over last year’s M3 models.
Processor – Apple Silicon M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max configurations.
Memory – Unified Memory ranges from 16GB to 128GB. Base model on the M4 Pro starts with 24GB.
Display – Nano-texture display option available.
Brightness – 1,600 nits peak HDR brightness and up to 1,000 nits of brightness for SDR content.
Camera – 12MP Center Stage camera with Desk View.
Ports – Both models now come with 3 ThunderBolt ports. 14″ ports are ThunderBolt 4. 16″ ports are ThunderBolt 5.
Storage – Starts at 512GB and goes up to 8TB.
Battery Life – Up to 24 hours.
Colors – Silver or Space Black.
24″ M4 iMac
Processor – Apple Silicon M4 processor. CPU 1.7x, Graphics 2x, and Neural Engine 3x faster than the M1.
Memory – Unified Memory starts at 16GB and goes up to 32GB. Base model has 16GB.
Storage – Storage starts at 256GB and goes up to 2TB.
Display – Nano-texture display option.
Camera – 12-megapixel Center Stage camera that supports Desk View.
Colors – Blue, Purple, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, and Silver.
M4 Mac Mini
The new Mac Mini has a completely revised design with a smaller, slimmer footprint. The entire unit only measures 5 by 5 inches and weighs around 1.5 pounds.
Processor – Apple Silicon M4 and M4 Pro configurations available. 1/20 the size yet up to 6x faster compared with the top-selling PC desktop in its price range
Memory – Unified Memory starts at 16GB and goes up to 64GB. Base model has 16GB.
Storage – Storage starts at 512GB and goes up to 8TB.
Ports – Front – 2 USB-C ports with support for USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s). Back – 3 Thunderbolt 4 ports (up to 40Gb/s).
macOS Sequoia – Apple Intelligence
macOS Sequoia is now available in version 15.1 and this includes a beta version of Apple Intelligence. This first rollout includes the following features:
- Advanced writing tools that can proofread content, change the tone (friendly, professional, or concise), create a summary, and extract data to show key points, lists, or tables.
- Summarize notifications, mail, and messages
- New version of Siri with improved abilities.
- Ability to remove unwanted objects from images in photos with Clean Up.
Apple Intelligence is a beta feature, which means it’s in a public testing phase and still has bugs that need to be worked out. If you’re not adventurous… stay away 🙂
Click to read more about macOS Sequoia.
