Ondrej Holzman WWDC may be a developer's conference, but today in San Jose there was also a big talk about hardware. The current line of iMacs, MacBooks and MacBook Pros, which received several, especially performance updates, were not forgotten either.
Let's start with the displays, which were already excellent on the 21,5-inch 4K iMac and 27-inch 5K iMacs, but Apple has made them even better. New iMacs have displays that are 43 percent brighter (500 nits) with support for one billion colors.
As expected, it comes with faster Kaby Lake processors clocked at up to 4,2 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 4,5 GHz and with up to double (64GB) memory compared to the previous generation. All 27-inch iMacs will finally offer Fusion Drive in basic configurations, and SSDs are 50 percent faster.
In terms of connectivity, iMacs come with Thunderbolt 3, which is supposed to be the most powerful and at the same time the most versatile port with a wide range of uses.
Users who work with 3D graphics, edit video or play games on the iMac will certainly welcome up to three times more powerful graphics. The smaller iMac will offer at least integrated HD 640 graphics from Intel, but higher configurations (including the larger iMac) rely on AMD and its Radeon Pro 555, 560, 570 and 850 with up to 8GB of graphics memory.
Faster Kaby Lake chips are also coming to MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and perhaps a little surprisingly for some, the MacBook Air also received a small increase in performance, but only within the existing and older Broadwell processor. However, the MacBook Air remains with us. Along with faster processors, MacBooks and MacBook Pros will also offer faster SSDs.
And was the Mac mini mentioned?
Not at all. They have him on the hook. They'd rather come up with a $5000 kit.
From 10 to 5 it works.
unfortunately. I have been waiting for more than two years for the replacement of family ios devices, home media center and workstation.... and nothing..
The Imac is a parody of both a desktop PC and a workstation, constant overheating and the inability to choose a matte display is just horrible.
Well, I'll probably install Android in the 4K phone, I'll buy a Dell Precision instead of a workstation, and when I've completely changed iPhones and iPads in my family, I'll probably go for Sony with Android...
it's a shame, apple doesn't really have anything to offer lately... and by that I don't mean the price or iOS, I don't think so, but their "eco" system is just falling apart and they are constantly smeared with "shit" but there are too many imacs...
haha :-) Give me a choice every time and that's what's great about it ;-)
To me, the iMac is unusable mainly because of how it clings to 21,5″ displays. Usable monitors for me are 27″ and more, and those are already iMacs for such an amount that it is really pointless for normal home use.
And why was the Macbook Pro discounted to $1299 (approx. 30k CZK) but the price is still 39 in the CZ Apple Store? it doesn't make any sense.
39 the basic 990" never cost, that's how much the old 13" Retina of the last generation cost, which has now disappeared from the offer and was replaced by this lower 13" configuration of the current model without Touch Bar, which, however, at this price only has 13 GB SSD.
Its second higher configuration already has 256 GB and costs 45, which is how much the model with this capacity cost even before the update, and that was the lowest price for a new MBP so far, because the one with a lower capacity was not in the offer at the time.
Or simply, 39 is the new lower price that was achieved by half the storage, so technically it is not a discount, but a worsening of one parameter.
And your conversion to dollars is unrealistic, because as we all know, 1 USD = 1 EUR, so for crowns 1299 USD (EUR) x 26,6 is something around 34 + don't forget the Czech VAT and you are on those 500 as nothing.
Yes, thanks for the historical window. But this still does not answer the question for the same computer - MacBook Pro 128GB without touch bar costs $1299 in the US Store (approx. 30k CZK - https://prnt.sc/fgencq) and the same computer costs 39 on Apple.cz - about 990-9k CZK more https://prnt.sc/fgenhg
However, I specifically answered your recalculation in my additional post below... The prices in the US store are shown without VAT, which is different in each US state. With us, you have to take into account the Czech VAT, which Apple already includes in the price for a change on the CZ store. Another factor is 1 USD = 1 EUR, i.e. a conversion that electronics manufacturers adopted many, many years ago (not just Apple). In the surrounding European countries, they pay extra for it, just like us.
Thanks, I didn't see the post below that, so I looked it up. Thanks for the answer and clarification
Cool. If you calculate it according to the key, 39 is still a welcome price, if you can call it that. We can basically do it ourselves for the price of electronics in the European Union.
What? What European union? How basically alone?
he meant the EU, the sajrajite in which we live and which is just making us a bad future
What? Thanks to the EU, I have an absolutely great future. My family and friends too. I guess I'm not a moron, okay?
Not only iMacs have new dedicated graphics, but of course also 15″ MBPs.
And I would like to add that even if the prices of the default 15"MBP configurations have not changed, there is a more favorable surcharge pricing, when the Radeon Pro 555 has a lower default configuration and the best 560 costs only CZK 3200. The more expensive basic configuration already has 560 in the base and there is nothing to buy more.
For the best available chip, the drive was an extra charge of approx. 6200 from the lower configuration (Radeon Pro 450 -> 460) and for the higher one it was necessary to pay another 3200 CZK (455 -> 460).
Is it just me, or does the new Macbook have a second version butterfly keyboard? That is, if it is the case that the macbook pro 2016 also has the second version?
Can the new MacBook - at least in the highest configuration - project an image on an external monitor in 4k at a refresh rate of 60 Hz?