US EditionAI Takes Center Stage: Apple Launches M5 MacBook Air, Pro And New XDR Display - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Apple's new MacBook Air and Pro models feature M5 chips with up to 4x faster AI performance and doubled base storage, plus Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 connectivity.
- On Tuesday, Apple Inc. announced refreshed MacBook Air with M5, MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max, plus Studio Display models, with pre-orders starting March 4 and deliveries on March 11.
- Apple's M5 architecture integrates neural accelerators in GPU cores to enable on-device Large Language Models, while unified memory at 153GB/s boosts multitasking and app launch speeds.
- Starting prices show Apple targeting both consumer and pro buyers, with the 13-inch MacBook Air at $1,099 and the 16-inch MacBook Pro at $3,899, supporting up to 128GB of memory.
- Consumers gain larger base storage as MacBook Air starts at 512GB and MacBook Pro at 1TB, reducing reliance on external drives; Pro models offer 24 hours battery life and 2x SSD read/write speed improvement.
- Apple's N1 wireless chip brings Wi‑Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 to new laptops, while Affinity runs 2.7 times faster and Topaz Video 6.9 times faster on M5 versus M1.
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