Mac Studio and Mac Pro with M2 Ultra and 15-inch MacBook Air launch

A Apple held this Monday (05) its conference at the WWDC, and for fans of Mac, the powerful apple computer, incredible news was announced, mainly for the Pro line, which now receives the company's own production chips, completing the transition started in 2021, when the first computers with the M1 chip were launched. 

Check out the news below:

15-inch MacBook Air

The first announcement of Apple was the launch of MacBook Air 15-inch, the lightest notebook ever created, according to the company. Weighing just over 1,4 kg, the device is capable of displaying over a billion colors on the 15,3” retina display, has webcam 1080p and MagSafe compatibility.

The device also has the processor M2, making it up to 12 times faster than the MacBook Air with the fastest Intel processors currently available on the market. In addition, users will be able to choose between up to 24GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD storage, in addition to using the device for up to 18 hours with its battery.

O MacBook of 15” will be available internationally next week, for US$ 1299. There is no forecast, at the moment, of the arrival of the product in Brazil, according to the Apple announcing only that it will be sold here "soon".

New Mac Studio

O MacStudio was introduced to the market last year, and now gets its first upgrade, receiving two versions with variations, each with a beefier version of Apple's proprietary M2 chip.

O MacStudio to Max M2 will even support up to 24-core GPUs, and will be up to four times faster than iMac with current most powerful Intel systems. The Mac Studio with the M2 Ultra, Apple's latest chip that unites the performance of two M2 Max in a single processor, will have up to 72 cores and performance up to six times faster than the Intel iMac.

Through the M2 Ultra, users will be able to connect up to six monitors simultaneously to the computer, generating a unique editing and content creation experience. 

The new models of MacStudio they will be available internationally next week starting at US$ 1999. At the moment, there is no forecast for their arrival in Brazil. 

Mac Pro

Finally, finishing the news of Mac, Apple presented the new Mac Pro with the mighty M2Ultra, finalizing the transition of all the brand's computers to processors produced in-house.

The new Mac Pro will feature eight Thunderbolt 4 ports (six at the back and two at the top), twice as many as the latest model available on the market, performance up to seven times faster than the initial configuration of the latest Intel version, six PCIE slots for users to use whatever connection enhancements or miscellaneous processing cards you want, and it also supports up to 22 simultaneous 8K streams.

The new model of Mac Pro with M2 Ultra will be available internationally next week starting at US$6999. 

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