

Interestingly, most of the machines appear to be shipping with not just the same M1, but without any option to pick between speeds or graphics upgrades. All of the new machines support Thunderbolt and USB 4, as well as Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 for wireless connectivity.
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The Mac mini promises three times the prior CPU performance and six times previous GPU performance, while the MacBook Pro gains up to five times faster graphics and 2.8 times the CPU speed.

However, they benefit from some new Apple chip-enabled features that will make them instantly appealing to new users, with the now fanless MacBook Air boasting longer battery life and dramatically improved graphics performance compared with Intel’s integrated Iris Plus graphics chip. On the surface, the new machines look very similar to the Intel-based Macs they replace. Each of the machines will be using the M1 chip to deliver performance roughly three times the prior comparable Intel model, with AI performance that will be upwards of 11 times faster thanks to a new 16-core Neural Engine. In addition to announcing the release of macOS Big Sur and formally revealing its first Mac-specific M1 chips, Apple today unveiled the first Mac computers that will use its new software and hardware: M1-powered versions of the 13-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini.

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