Apple launched its new line of MacGuide Pro fashions, all powered by the corporate’s newest M3 chip, on Tuesday. At its ‘Scary Fast’ showcase occasion on the eve of Halloween, the Cupertino, California-based firm took the covers off on 14-inch and 16-inch MacGuide Pro laptops operating on the brand new 3nm chipset. The new Apple laptops are already up for pre-order in 27 international locations, together with India, and can go on sale beginning November 7. Apple, in the meantime, has already discontinued its lineup of M2-powered MacGuide Pro fashions.
While the M3-powered Mac fashions are actually up for pre-order, the brand new laptops’ M2 cousins are not listed on Apple’s web site. This, in fact, is no surprise as Apple normally discontinues choose older-generation merchandise after launching their refreshed variations. For instance, iPhone 14 Pro fashions have been halted after the corporate launched the iPhone 15 sequence at its ‘Wonderlust’ showcase in September. Similarly, Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch Ultra have been taken off Apple’s web site when Series 9 and Ultra 2 fashions have been unveiled on the identical occasion.
This time, nonetheless, the brand new 14-inch and 16-inch MacGuide Pro laptops have changed three earlier fashions. The M2-powered 14-inch and 15-inch MacGuide Pros, launched earlier this 12 months in January, have expectedly been discontinued. Additionally, Apple’s 13-inch MacGuide Pro M2 mannequin has additionally been taken off its web site. Tipster Ishan Agarwal first noticed the event and posted about it on X on Tuesday.
Earlier Apple retailer web page with 13-inch M2 MacGuide Pro fashionsÂ
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This additionally signifies that the entry level pricing for a MacGuide Pro in India has risen significantly. The now discontinued 13-inch M2 MacGuide Pro began at Rs. 1,29,900 for the 256GB SSD storage variant. The 512GB storage variant, however, got here in at Rs. 1,49,900. Now, with no 13-inch MacGuide Pro mannequin accessible, the lineup begins with the bottom variant of the brand new 14-inch M3 MacGuide Pro, with 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 8GB of RAM, and 512GB SSD storage, listed at Rs. 1,69,900 on Apple retailer. This represents a distinction of Rs. 40,000 between the beginning costs for earlier and present entry-level MacGuide Pro fashions in India.
Both the brand new 14-inch and 16-inch MacGuide Pro fashions are available M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max powered variants. The 14-inch variant with an M3 Pro chip begins at Rs. 1,99,900, whereas the M3 Max variant of the laptop computer is available in at Rs. 3,19,900.
Current Apple retailer web page with new 14-inch and 16-inch MacGuide Pro fashions
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While the pricing for an entry-level MacGuide Pro has gone up, the brand new 14-inch Apple laptop computer represents a substantial improve over its M2-powered 13-inch predecessor. Built on 3‑nanometre expertise and that includes a brand new GPU structure, the M3 lineup brings processing and graphical enhancements in comparison with the earlier technology.
The firm’s M3 household of processors are geared up with as much as 16 CPU cores, as much as 40 GPU cores, and as much as 16 Neural Engine cores. All new Apple laptops additionally include Liquid Retina XDR (3,024×1,964 pixels) shows with a 120Hz refresh price. The base 14-inch MacGuide Pro with an M3 chip can provide as much as 22 hours of battery life on a single cost, Apple claims.
