Apple MacBook Pro: Model with M1 processor now available

Starting today, Apple is offering the MacBook Pro with its own M1 processor This is supposed to give the Pro laptop more performance and more battery life than ever before. Apart from that, not much has changed.

The new MacBook Pro comes in the 13-inch version and the new Apple M1 8-core processor. Overall, the work device is said to be almost three times faster than its predecessor and has a total battery life of 17 hours when surfing via WiFi. You can stream your favorite series for up to 20 hours - but without an internet connection. In terms of graphics, it is said to be able to calculate five times as fast.

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Apple MacBook Pro with M1 chip: longer battery life, faster machine learning

The new Apple MacBook Pro now also has a 3-microphone array of supposedly "studio quality". The fans are also said to have been improved for optimized airflow. The display now also comes with "P3 Wide Color" - for even better and higher-contrast color representation. The price of the MacBook Pro is just under 1.420 euros - the most expensive model with 512 GB SSD instead of 256 GB SSD costs just under 1.640 euros - a big jump nonetheless.

There is a 100 euro discount in the Apple Store for educational institutions and students. Apropos Apple Store, the new MacBook can be ordered from today on the website You can pre-order it now. It will be at your home next week. The 16-inch model is not (yet) available with the new processor.