Mac Format - UK (2020-04)

Apple kit STORE GUIDE

EXPECTED

2020

UPDATED

NOV 2019

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Aimed at creative pros,

Apple’s high-end desktop

has always been designed

to deliver as much power

and flexibility as possible.

Ironically, the previous ‘trash

can’ Mac Pro proved to be a

design dead-end, and so Apple

came up with this – a stainless

steel and aluminium tower that’s

almost infinitely configurable –

you can even add wheels if

you want to.

While Apple’s yet to confirm

UK prices, we do know it’s not

going to be cheap, thanks to an

extensive configuration list that

ranges from a choice of 8-core to

28-core Intel Xeon W processors,

offers up to 1.5TB of RAM and up

to 4TB of SSD storage. You can

also fit up to four AMD Radeon

Vega II Duo graphics cards and/

or an AfterBurner ProRes and

ProRes RAW accelerator card.

Mac Pro

EXPECTED

DEC 2020

Apple has replaced the 15in model with

a new MacBook Pro 16-inch. The new

larger screen machine comes with Apple’s

Magic Keyboard with a redesigned scissor

mechanism, and a six-speaker sound system.

The notebook also brings back a physical

Escape key, while retaining the Touch Bar.

In terms of internals, the new MacBook

Pro can be configured with a six- or eight-

core ninth-generation Intel processor and

64GB of memory. There are 512GB, 1TB,

2TB, 4TB or 8TB storage options. There’s

a new thermal design, that Apple says

results in a 28% increase in airflow. The 16in

model comes with the new AMD Radeon Pro

5000M series GPU, which contributes to

boosting graphics performance by 2.1 times.

Powering all this is a larger 100Whr battery,

the largest in a notebook, offering up to 11

hours of browsing and video playback time.

The rest of the MacBook Pro line-up

remains unchanged from last year. Mid-

range and high-end 13in models come

with quad-core, eighth-gen Intel Core i5

processors, with quad-core, eighth-gen Core

i7s available as build-to-order options. As

well as Bluetooth 5.0 and 802.11ac Wi-Fi, all

MacBook Pro models come with Thunderbolt

MacBook Pro

Choose a MacBook Pro

From

£1,299

From £TBC

3 (USB-C) for connectivity – 13in MacBook

Pros get two ports, both of which are on the

left-hand side of the device; the MacBook Pro

16-inch gets four Thunderbolt 3 ports (two

on each side) for even more flexibility.

While the MacBook Pro 13-inch starts at

£1,299, the highest-end MacBook Pro 16-inch

with 8TB SSD storage, 8GB AMD Radeon

Pro, 64GB of memory and a 2.4GHz i9

processor will set you back £5,769.

The new Mac Pro has

been designed to be as

configurable as possible.

The MacBook Pro 16-inch

features a new keyboard

and an improved

graphics chip.

MODEL KEY SPECIFICATIONS PRICE

13in 1.4GHz

quad-core

Intel Core i5

MEMORY 8GB of

2,133MHz LPDDR3

GPU Intel Iris Plus 645

STORAGE 128GB SSD

TOUCH BAR Yes

£1,299

13in 2.4GHz

quad-core

Intel Core i5

MEMORY 8GB of

2,133MHz LPDDR3

GPU Intel Iris Plus 655

STORAGE 256GB SSD

TOUCH BAR Yes

£1,799

16in 2.6GHz

six-core

Intel Core i7

MEMORY 16GB of

2,666MHz DDR4

GPU AMD Radeon Pro 5300

STORAGE 512GB SSD

TOUCH BAR Yes

£2,399

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