Apple’s 14-, 16-inch MacBook Pro and 24-inch iMac with 3-nanometre M3 family of chips will be available at stores and online starting today, November 7, 2023. The new MacBook Pro and iMac supercharged by Cupertino’s fastest homegrown silicon yet were announced a week ago at the company’s virtual event, “Scary Fast”, and went on pre-orders soon after.
The key USP of the new Mac devices, as you can probably tell by now, is the updated silicon. The iMac refresh particularly has been a long time coming. The last version with M1 chip had come out in 2021. On the other hand, the MacBook Pro 14 and 16 have received relatively faster updates. The last versions based on M2 had come out earlier in the year. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with the infamous touch bar has been dropped from the line-up altogether following the announcement.
The new MacBook Pro and iMac belong to the first wave of Apple computers to come rocking its M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max chips. The iMac comes with M3 only while the MacBook Pro comes in a choice of M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max and of course, two screen sizes: 14- and 16-inch.
Apple M3 series MacBook Pro, 24-inch iMac India prices, availability
The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 price in India starts at Rs 1,69,900 and Rs 1,58,900 for education. The M3 Pro-based model starts at Rs 1,99,900 and Rs 1,84,900 for education. The 16-inch MacBook Pro starts at Rs 2,49,900 and Rs 2,29,900 for education. The 24-inch iMac with M3 starts at Rs 1,34,900 and Rs 1,29,900 for education. The devices will be shipping and available across Apple Store locations (Saket and BKC in India) and Apple Authorised Resellers starting today.
Apple M3 series MacBook Pro, 24-inch iMac specs, features
The entry-level 14-inch M3 MacBook Pro has an 8-core CPU, a 10-core GPU, 100GB/s memory bandwidth, 8GB of unified memory and 512GB of SSD storage. The top-end 16-inch M3 Max MacBook Pro on the other hand comes with a 14-core CPU, a 30-core GPU, 300GB/s memory bandwidth, 128GB of unified memory and 1TB of SSD storage.
Design-wise, it may look the same as its predecessor, but the M3 series MacBook Pro uses seemingly more sustainable build materials than before. Apple says its custom alloy enclosure is made using 100 percent recycled aluminium. The M3 based 14-inch MacBook Pro comes in space gray and silver while the 16-inch model comes in space black and silver.
Rest of the specications remain largely the same as the prior models which is to say that you get a Liquid Retina XDR display based on mini-LED technology and up to 120Hz ProMotion tech support. The panel can peak 1600nits when playing HDR content. All the models come with an SDXC card slot, HDMI port, 3.5mm headphone jack and MagSafe 3 port in addition to Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity. The M3-based pro gets two Thunderbolt ports while the M3 Pro/M3 Max options get you three. Touch ID biometrics are available.
Rounding off the package are a six-speaker setup with spatial audio support with dynamic head tracking, studio-quality three-mic array and 1080 webcam.
The 24-inch iMac will be available in 8-core and 10-core GPU configurations with the former having an 8-core CPU, 8GB of unified memory, 256GB SSD and two Thunderbolt ports while the latter comes with an 8-core CPU, 8GB of unified memory, 256GB SSD, two Thunderbolt ports, two additional USB 3 ports and Gigabit Ethernet. The 10-core GPU option also gets you a Magic Keyboard with Touch ID.
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