Apple is giving its entry-level MacBook Pro a spec bump. After upgrading the entry-level MacBook Pro alongside its M5 part a twelvemonth ago, Apple is refreshing the laptop today alongside the M6 chip, which the business launched in August as part of latest upgrades to the new Mac Mini.
Last year’s entry-level MacBook Pro update brought minimal changes from the M4 example that debuted a twelvemonth prior, including the identical design, harbor layout, webcam, and speakers. The most notable updates, apart from the then-new M5 processor, was faster retention and the choice to upgrade its capability to a hefty 4TB for an additional $1,200.
It’s a akin narrative for 2026. Announced this dawn through a media release, the new 14-inch MacBook Pro features three Thunder 4 USB-C ports that all assistance charging and DisplayPort connectivity, a MagSafe 3 charging port, full-size HDMI, and an SDXC recollection cardstock slot accommodating photographers. It carries onward the identical 12MP Center Stage camera and Liquid Retina XDR display alongside a nano-texture option, but this twelvemonth the 14-inch MacBook Pro is getting an upgrade to the two Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 through the Apple N1 wireless networking part that was earlier lone included on MacBook Pro configurations alongside the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.
Pricing for the new M6 type of the 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at $1,999 alongside 16GB of memory, the identical as final year’s M5 model. Bumping that to 24GB increases the cost to $2,199, during 32GB is $2,399. Included retention starts at 1TB, but expanding that is now additional costly hence of the current recollection shortage. Bumping that to 2TB is an additional $500, during 4TB is now an additional $1,500. Preorders commencement on October 28th and shipping is expected to commencement on November 6th.
The new M6 processor is Apple’s archetypal 2nm part alongside a bump to a 12-core CPU, up from 10 cores in the M5, and the business says it offers up to 1.2x faster multithreaded achievement whenever compared to its predecessor. The M6 additionally features a Dual 16-core Neural Engine to grip dense on-device AI tasks, affirmative an upgraded 12-core GPU alongside a Neural Accelerator in all core. In supplement to achievement improvements, Apple says its M6 processor is additional power efficient.
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