According to a press release, Apple just released their new M2 Pro and M2 Max. It is supposed to be 80% faster than the fastest, top spec'd, Intel MacBook, and 20% than the previous generation. Compiling in Xcode is supposedly 2.5x faster, and image processing in Photoshop is, again, 80% faster than the most top-of-the-line Intel based MacBook, and 40% faster than the previous generation.

The GPU is said to have 38 cores and 30% better graphics performance over the M1 Max. "Effects rendering in Cinema 4D is up to 6x faster than the fastest Intel-based MacBook Pro and up to 30 percent faster than the previous generation," Apple stated. "Color grading in DaVinci Resolve is up to 2x faster than the fastest Intel-based MacBook Pro and up to 30 percent faster than the previous generation."

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According to WIRED, the CPU has 12 cores and is in not only the 14 and 16 inch MacBook Pro, which retail for $2,500 USD and $2,700 for the M2 Pro version and $3,100 USD and $3,500 for the M2 Max version, but also the new Mac Mini, which retails for $600 for the lower spec'd M2 version or $800 for the higher-spec'd M2 version, as well as $1,300 USD for the M2 Pro version.

Thanks to M2, the new MacBook Pros now are WiFi 6E compatible, and has an I.O that consists of three USB-C ports, HDMI, an SD card slot, a headphone jack, and a MagSafe connector. It also still uses Touch ID. Apple also claims that the now 22 hours of battery life is "the longest battery life ever in a Mac." They also discontinued all the M1 variants of the Mac Mini and MacBook Pro. Also, according to CNET, there will be no touchscreen, despite the rumors.