Apple's New M4 Macs Up Close: 2024 MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, iMac Details
Congratulations to Apple. They finally made the Mac as powerful as the ipad. Apple is now showing off brand new Mac machines with M four chips. You see before Apple was only putting the M four in the ipad Pro. But hey, more is changing in the Mac lineup besides just the processors, we got new colors of imac improved Macbook Pros and much more mini Mac. Many all of these are being sold. Now all devices are landing November 8th and all of this news hits as we're still getting used to Apple Intelligence software updates. So here's one more thing to digest this week. Aside from the Halloween candy, let's take a closer look at what is changing in the new mac. I'm Bridget Carey and this is one more thing about three more Macs Apple dropped little nuggets of news throughout the week with three days of hardware announcements in a row. And we just started getting a first look with our own eyes today at a preview event in Los Angeles. The IMAX have beautiful new colors that are more vibrant than before. I would say that the pink is way more pink. The green is way more green. And the Mac many is, it, it's just five inches by five inches is the first carbon neutral Mac with new ports on the front now and up power button on the bottom. What? Yep. You were putting buttons on the bottom now, why not? Because this is the future? But before we get into buttons, let's step back to look at the big picture. Apple is pushing its Apple Intelligence software right now. And these computers with M four are going to be really good for heavy duty A I work. But any Mac computer with Apple silicon can use Apple Intelligence, even something with an older M one chip. It's just that, of course, M four is great to be much faster. And these machines also come with more ra M more memory which makes it even better to do demanding tasks. So for all these new machines, Apple boosted the starting ra M to 16 gigs. Apple also announced as of today, it's going to sell the older Macbook air with 16 gigs of ra M and that's for the M two and M three versions. It doesn't have M four yet. Reports say Apple will eventually put M four in the whole Mac lineup. But other machines may need to wait until next year for their upgrades. There are three flavors of Apple's M four processor. There's the base M four, the M four pro and the M four max. Now the imac it's getting the base M four, the Mac mini, it has options to upgrade to the M four Pro and the Macbook Pro. Well, it's getting the option to upgrade to the M four Pro and the M four Max. They say what's on the inside matters most, but we covered that already. So let's now judge what's on the outside when it comes to the IMAX, the shades of each color are different from last year. But if you're looking at these just from the front side, it might be a little hard to tell some of those color differences, the accessories all match, of course and they all now will charge with a USB C port and yes, that means the magic mouse still has its charging port on the bottom. Mhm All that Apple Intelligence and we're still charging it in a less than intelligent way. But you know what at this point, I just love Apple for keeping it that way because Apple knows that we say things but they don't care. The camera on the IMAC also got a boost. It's a 12 megapixel center stage camera which keeps you in the center of the screen. And it also has something called desk view that gives you this top down view of the desk. If you need to present something that you're doing at your table, let's talk about the ports, the base model, it has two with USB C Thunderbolt four for faster data transfers and you can upgrade that to four ports if you want. And there's another upgrade option. NANO texture glass which reduces reflections. It costs $200 more. But you might want it if you have a room with a lot of light and glare, the starting price of the IMAC remains the same at 1299. Now, let's talk about the mini. It might not be as visually splashy, but it's got some more. Um, yes, it is smaller than before, but it's also a wee bit taller at two inches in height. It's got new ports on the front. Now there's two USB C ports and a headphone jack in front. The back has three thunderbolt four ports. And if you upgrade to an M four Pro chip, well, those become thunderbolt five ports and it gives you the ability need to connect up to three displays. So if you're wondering how much faster is thunderbolt five? Well, the normal USB C in the front, it's gonna get you 10 gigs of transfer speed, but the back is up to 120 gigs. The starting price stays the same baseline model cost 599. Now let's get to the Macbook Pro. Of course, it is the most expensive of the bunch. The 14 inch model starts at 1500 $99. It's the same starting prices before, but now you get some new tricks. The Macbook Pro added another port there are now three thunderbolt four ports. But if you upgrade to an M four pro or an M four max model, well, those turn into thunderbolt five. So in that regard, it's like the Mac mini and just like the imac, it's got a 12 megapixel center stage camera with desk view. And if you want just like the imac, you can upgrade it to a NANO texture option on the display to reduce glare. This laptop also has up to 24 hours of battery life, the longest ever in a Mac says Apple and for that, you can thank the M four. It has more power efficient performance as these products release. We will be hearing more about how these new chips in the Mac will be better for gaming as well as A I. I'm looking forward to seeing how folks put it to the test with heavy A I tasks. Let me know what you think. Are you getting one of these new models? Are you waiting for Apple to upgrade another breed of Mac? I know I shouldn't just buy a computer because of color, but that pink is calling me. I'll catch you next week when I'm sure there'll be one more Apple thing to talk about.