- #APPLE WWDC MACBOOK PRO KABY LAKE FOR MAC#
- #APPLE WWDC MACBOOK PRO KABY LAKE UPDATE#
- #APPLE WWDC MACBOOK PRO KABY LAKE UPGRADE#
The new version of macOS, 10.13, will be called “High Sierra.” Apple hasn’t repeated an OS name since Leopard and Snow Leopard, and it looks like they see the two OS’s as having a similar relationship. macOS High Sierraįinally, WWDC Mac announcements wouldn’t be complete without a new version of macOS. It comes in the same form factor as the 27″ 5K iMac, with the same screen resolution. We’ll also see super-fast 2666MHz DDR4 RAM, support for 10-bit color and the power to drive external 5K displays.
#APPLE WWDC MACBOOK PRO KABY LAKE UPGRADE#
Shipping at the end of this year, the iMac Pro will include an 8-core Intel Xeon processor, with an option to upgrade to 18 cores, AMD Radeon Vega graphics with up to 16GB of VRAM, up to 1TB SSDs, four Thunderbolt 3 ports and built-in Ethernet.
#APPLE WWDC MACBOOK PRO KABY LAKE FOR MAC#
It’s been a cold world for this hoping for Mac announcements about the Mac Pro, but pro uses have something to look forward to, at least: the new iMac Pro. Pricing for the 21.5-inch starts at $1,099, with the 5K 27-inch model going for $1,799.
The iMac Retina 4K 21.5-inch will offer the same graphics options as its 5K big brother. The baseline 21.5-inch iMac gets upgrades too, with Kaby Lake chips and integrated Iris Plus 640 graphics, chalking up an 80 percent improvement over the previous graphics chips.
#APPLE WWDC MACBOOK PRO KABY LAKE UPDATE#
I/O gets and update as well, with two USB-C connectors that support Thunderbolt 3. Users can upgrade to 64GB of RAM, and Fusion Disks-a combination of SSDs and spinning hard drives-will now be standard. The top-end iMac Retina 5K sports a 27-inch screen and ships with AMD’s Radeon Pro GPU, offering the Radeon 570, 575, or 580 and up to 8GB VRAM. The new machines include Intel’s Kaby Lake processors, more I/O options and improvements to the display, graphics, storage and memory options. The most surprising Mac announcements of WWDC might the refresh for the long-neglected iMac line, last updated in October 2015. MacBooks and the non-Touch Bar 13-inch MacBook Pro now start at $1,299 while Touch Bar MacBook Pros start at $1,799. Users will also see second-generation butterfly switches on all MacBooks and MacBook Pros, and prices have been dropped moderately. The modernized chips won’t make much difference for the MacBook Pros, but the lightweight MacBook stands to see big benefits. The low-power Y-series chip in the 12-inch MacBook saw the biggest upgrade in Kaby Lake, with better power performance and higher clock speeds. The chips are on the same 14nm process, with only a few upgrades, like hardware acceleration for new video codecs, and only slightly faster clock speeds. Kaby Lake is not too different from the Skylake chips Apple used previously.
New MacBook Pros will now ship with Intel’s latest Kaby Lake processors, which have been out for several months. There weren’t any major changes made to the MacBook Pro, but users nevertheless have reason to celebrate. Now, we get spec bump Mac announcements less than a year after a major redesign. Not too long ago, the product line hadn’t been updated for years. Updated MacBook and MacBook ProsĪpple’s MacBook Pros are having a good run. Here’s a breakdown of the biggest Mac announcements from WWDC 2017. And throughout it all, the much-neglected Mac finally got some close attention. This year, Apple pulled out all the stops, announcing dozens of upgrades in a keynote address that ran for over two action-packed hours. WWDC 2017 has come and gone, leaving a slew of amazing announcements in its wake.
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