**Space Black and Silver Colors… Starting at 2,390,000 KRW**
Apple has launched a new lineup of MacBook Pros equipped with more powerful chips, according to reports by The Verge and other foreign media on the 30th (local time).
On this day, Apple introduced the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros with the M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips. This time, even the budget-friendly 14-inch MacBook Pro has added a USB-C and Thunderbolt 4 port on the right side and the Space Black color option.
The new M4 Pro and M4 Max MacBook Pros have upgraded their RAM from 18GB to 24GB. Both models are fitted with three Thunderbolt 5 ports that offer a data transfer speed of up to 120Gb/s. The 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M4 chip also increased its RAM capacity from 8GB to 16GB.
According to Apple, the M4 Max model features up to a 16-core CPU, up to a 40-core GPU, more than 0.5 TB/s of unified memory bandwidth, and a neural engine more than three times faster than the M1 Max. It supports up to 128GB of unified memory, allowing developers to easily handle large language models (LLM).
The M4 Pro model boasts a 14-core CPU with 10 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores, and up to a 20-core GPU, which is twice as powerful as the M4. Its memory bandwidth increases by 75% compared to the previous generation and is up to three times faster than models equipped with the M1 Pro.
All three models, M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max, are equipped with a 12-megapixel front camera that offers improved image quality, and can be configured with a new nano-texture option that supports up to 1,000 nits of SDR brightness and 1,600 nits of HDR.
The battery life for the 14-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro is up to 22 hours, and for the 14-inch M4 Max model, up to 18 hours. The 16-inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro offers up to 24 hours, and the M4 Max model up to 21 hours.
All three models are available in Space Black and Silver colors and will be released in the U.S. on November 8th, with pre-orders starting today. In Korea, pre-orders are currently available, but the official release date has not been disclosed.
The new MacBook Pro prices start at $1,599 (2,390,000 KRW) for the 14-inch M4 model and $1,999 (2,990,000 KRW) for the M4 Pro model.