Upgrading this base configuration to 16GB of memory adds $200 to the price. The price for the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro starts at $1,299. Apple M1 chip with 8‑core CPU, 8‑core GPU, and 16‑core Neural Engine.The 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro is configurable with between 256GB and 2TB of storage and features a Magic Keyboard, rather than the problematic butterfly keyboard. The processor integrated memory on board, limiting the device to either 8GB or 16GB of unified memory.

The M1 chip is a unified design with an 8-core CPU and an 8-core CPU. The MacBook features the same look as previous MacBooks, but like the MacBook Air and Mac Mini, switched to Apple silicon.Īpple’s M1 chip brought ARM architecture to the MacBook line, and this was the first MacBook without an Intel processor. In late 2020, Apple introduced the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro as the latest update to the fourth-generation MacBook. The move walked back some of the decisions from the previous generation, adding back an HDMI Port, MagSafe charger, and SD card reader while removing the Touch Bar. In October of 2021, Apple introduced the fifth-generation MacBook Pro with not one but two updated versions of the M1 chip, the M1 Pro and M1 Max. The ARM-based processor brought down power consumption and increased performance. In late-2020, Apple introduced the M1 chip and updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro. In place of function keys, the MacBook Pro gained an OLED Touch Bar. Instead, this redesigned MacBook Pro opted for all Thunderbolt 3 ports and headphone jack. No more MagSafe, no more USB-A ports, and only the 13-inch model kept the function keys. While the third generation received some backlash for the removal of ethernet and the optical drive, the fourth generation was a complete rethinking of the device peripherals. Perhaps the most controversial version of the MacBook Pro is the fourth generation. The third-generation MacBook Pro introduced the retina display as well as MagSafe 2. The second generation of the MacBook Pro was the first to really separate itself from the products before, with a unibody enclosure.

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