This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. This week’s Apple event held few surprises: it was a traditional lineup of annual iPhone, Watch and AirPods launches and not much more. Updates to other Apple products, like the MacBook Pro 14 and 16 …
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This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. The Mac Mini, along with the more mobile MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro, was one of the first Apple computers to ditch Intel silicon in favor of Apple’s impressive M1 processor. In the nearly two years since, it …
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Apple is actively testing the next generation of in-house chips, the M2 series, in several different new Mac models, according to a Bloomberg report. The company is testing four different types of M2 chips across nine new Macs. While detail about the machines being tested is scant, the report claims that the models tested with the base M2 chip include …
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Though it was last updated in 2020 with Apple’s original M1 chip, we didn’t get a new Mac Mini announcement in March as hoped. Instead, we got the Mac Studio, a higher-end and bigger model with a doubled version of the same M1 Pro and M1 Max chips found in the company’s latest MacBook Pros. Unless Apple wants to get …
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Is your old MacBook just not cutting it anymore? Whether it has slowed down or its battery can’t hold a charge, you may be considering an upgrade. Unfortunately, we didn’t get any new MacBook models at Apple’s recent “Peek Performance” event (we did, however, see the Mac Studio and Studio Display), but more MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops are …
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A sigh of disappointment emerged from a lot of folks when Apple announced its new Studio Display at its March product launch event. Many were hoping the $1,599 monitor would be a smaller, less expensive version of its $4,999 sibling, the Pro Display XDR. And to a certain extent, it is. But it’s still left me waiting for a less-expensive model …
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April showers bring May flowers. But before that, March brings the Apples. This week, the company used its first launch event of 2022 to unveil an updated iPhone SE, the small but powerful Mac Studio, the Mac Studio Display and an upgraded iPad Air. If you missed the event on Tuesday, you can relive the magic through our live blog. …
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Apple hosted its “Peek Performance” event on Tuesday, and unveiled the Mac Studio and Studio Display. The Mac Studio is a standalone computer that’s more compact than the Mac Pro and packs more power than the Mac Mini, while the Studio Display is the computer’s designated monitor. Together, they cost at the most $10,300. These new products offer upgrades to …
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At its first event of the year on Tuesday, Apple introduced the Mac Studio — a compact computer that packs a punch for its size thanks to the new M1 Ultra chip — alongside the 5K Mac Studio Display monitor. At first glance, the bundle’s base cost is about $3,600, which accounts for the $1,999 Mac Studio and $1,599 Studio …
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Unlike Apple’s annual September iPhone launch, or its WWDC developer conference in June, both of which have pretty predictable agendas, the first event in Apple’s calendar can be something of a pot-luck: You never know quite what you’re going to get. This year’s March event, entitled “Peek Performance,” has turned up the Mac Studio and Studio Display — two new …
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