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Apple announced MacBook Air with a new design and chip M2
Apple Corporation at the presentation for developers WWDC 2022 introduced new models of laptops MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. The broadcast of the presentation was on the company's website.
The new MacBook models work on the M2 chip, which Apple also introduced on June 6. According to company representatives, the central processor, which is part of the M2, operates 18 percent faster than the processor in the M1 chip, and the graphic processor is 35 percent faster. In addition, the new chip supports up to 24 gigabytes of RAM, while computers on M1 received a maximum of 16 gigabytes.
The design of the new MacBook Pro remained the same as the design of the previous 13-inch models, and the MacBook Air design has changed significantly: it began to resemble the MacBook Pro with a screen of 14 and 16 inches, which Apple introduced in the autumn of 2021.
The new MacBook Air received the Magsafe magnetic port, the Liquid Retina screen with a 13.6-inch diagonal (with a “bang”, as in 14/16-inch Pro). There is no cooler in the computer, only passive cooling.
MacBook Air and MacBook Pro will go on sale in the United States in July 2022 at a price of $ 1199 and 1299, respectively. Will computers be sold in Russia is unknown: in early March, the company stopped sales of equipment through its site; Press releases with the announcements of new products on the Russian version of the site have not been released since February 2022.
- At the WWDC 2022 conference, Apple also spoke about the functions that will be included in updating IOS, iPados, MacOS and Watchos operating systems. Their exit is scheduled for autumn.
- In iOS 16, a new lock screen will appear: users of iPhones will be able to configure several different screens with different colors, fonts and widgets that display useful information.
- The Stage Manager mode will appear in MacOS and iPados, which will quickly switch between the windows of several running applications. Also, Apple's computers will be able to use the iPhone camera as a webcam, and tablets can expand the workspace to external monitors.