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New Macs with M3 chips

Next–gen Apple silicon arrives in laptops and iMac  BY ALEX SUMMERSBY
Image rights: Apple Inc.

APPLE HAS INTRODUCED a new MacBook Pro lineup, plus a new 24–inch iMac, all powered by a new generation of Apple silicon.

Apple says the 14–inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip is up to 60% faster than the 13–inch model with M1, and it now starts at $1,599 — $400 less than before. The 16–inch MacBook Pro with M3 Pro and M3 Max still starts at $2,499. The M3 Max model is up to 11x faster than the fastest Intel–based MacBook Pro, Apple says.

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