Apple, today announced a raft of new products including the new Mac Pro, MacBook Air 15” computer, and a new Mac Studio along with a new M2 Ultra chip.

15” MacBook Air

Apple has updated the MacBook Air and now has a 15” model with numerous improved features.

At a glance:

• M2 Chip - Apple claim the new MacBook Air is 12 times faster than fastest Intel Air

• 18hrs battery life

• Fanless design

• 11.5mm thin

• 3.3 pounds

• Magsafe

• 2x Thunderbolt 4 Ports

• Headphone connection

• $1299

• Order today

Mac Studio

As we expected a new more powerful Mac Studio has been announced. It offers more power using the new M2 Ultra Chip.

At a glance:

• M2 Max, 25% faster than M1 Max

• M2 Ultra - 2 x M2 Max with Ultrafusion

• 24 core - 20% faster

• GPU - 30% faster

• A 76-core GPU

• A 32-core Neural Engine

• Support for up to 192GB of unified memory

• Thunderbolt 4 ports

• Up to 8TB of storage

• The new Mac Studio will be available to ordering starting today, and launches next week. Pricing continues to start at $1,999.

Fully Configured Mac Studio 2023 Pricing

• Apple M2 Ultra with 24‑core CPU, 76‑core GPU, 32‑core Neural Engine

• 192GB unified memory

• 8TB SSD storage

• Front: Two Thunderbolt 4 ports, one SDXC card slot

• Back: Four Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A ports, one HDMI port, one 10Gb Ethernet port, one 3.5 mm headphone jack

• $8,799.00

Mac Pro

Perhaps the most anticipated Mac for audio professionals, Apple has announced an update to their flagship Mac, the Mac Pro. It is powered by the new M2 Ultra chip and offers an updated Afterburner card with blistering speeds for video work. Apple says the new Mac Pro is three times faster than the faster Intel Mac Pro.

At a glance:

• M2 Ultra.

• Up to 3x faster.

• 192GB unified memory.

• Media engine - New Afterburner PCI card offers the power of seven original cards included in every Mac Pro.

• Capable of encoding 24 4k streams to ProRes in real-time.

• 8 Thunderbolt 4 ports - 6 back, 2 front

• PCI slots offering six gen 4 slots, which are 2x faster than before.

• Two HDMI ports.

• Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports.

• Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3.

• Support for up to six Pro Display XDRs.

• Tower and rack enclosures are available

• Starting at $6999

• The new Mac Pro is available to order today, and it will begin arriving to customers and launch in stores on Tuesday, June 13 2023.

Upgradable SSD

In response to the introduction of the Apple silicon Mac Pro, Apple has now made available SSD upgrade kits on its online store. These kits offer storage options of 2TB, 4TB, and 8TB, priced at $1,000, $1,600, and $2,800 respectively.

The upgrade kits come equipped with either two 1TB SSDs, two 2TB SSDs, or two 4TB SSDs, and are designed to replace the existing internal SSD storage in the Mac Pro.

It's important to note that these hardware upgrades are specifically compatible with the new 2023 Mac Pro models featuring Apple's M2 Ultra chips.

Fully Configured Mac Pro 2023 Pricing

According to the Apple website, a fully configured Mac Pro 2023 (rack version) is as follows:

• Apple M2 Ultra with 24-core CPU, 76-core GPU, 32-core Neural Engine

• 192GB unified memory

• 8TB SSD storage

• Rack mounting rails (ships in separate box)

• Magic Mouse

• Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad - US English

• $12,299.00

The End Of Intel

Apple say that the new Mac Pro completes their transition to the Silicon architecture.

More info to follow, come back, soon