Apple Launches New 16-Inch MacBook Pro

Apple has unveiled an all-new 16-inch MacBook Pro with a bigger screen and better keyboard.

The all-new MacBook Pro features a 16-inch Retina Display, the latest 8-core processors, with Turbo Boost speeds up to 5.0 GHz, and up to 64GB of memory, next-generation graphics with up to 8GB of VRAM.

Featuring a new Magic Keyboard with a redesigned scissor mechanism and 1mm travel, Apple says the 16-inch MacBook Pro delivers the best typing experience ever in a Mac notebook.

The 16-inch MacBook Pro also includes a six-speaker sound system, longer battery life, Touch Bar, Touch ID, the Force Touch trackpad and the Apple T2 Security Chip.

With a 500 nit, P3 wide colour gamut Retina display the new MacBook Pro features a resolution of 3072×1920 and a higher pixel density of 226 ppi that delivers nearly 6 million pixels.

To power all this performance, MacBook Pro features a 100Wh battery, the largest ever in a Mac notebook for an additional hour of battery life of up to 11 hours of wireless web browsing or Apple TV app video playback.

The new MacBook Pro doubles the SSD storage to 512GB and 1TB on standard configurations. And for the first time, MacBook Pro can be configured with a staggering 8TB of storage, the largest SSD ever in a notebook.

The 16-inch MacBook Pro introduces a completely redesigned six-speaker, high-fidelity sound system. New Apple-patented force-canceling woofers use dual opposed speaker drivers to reduce unwanted vibrations that distort sound.

Apple also announced that the all-new Mac Pro and Apple Pro Display XDR, which will be available in December.

Mac Pro features Xeon processors up to 28 cores, a high-performance memory system with a massive 1.5TB capacity, eight PCIe expansion slots and a graphics architecture.

Pro Display XDR features a 32-inch Retina 6K display with P3 wide and 10-bit color, 1,600 nits of peak brightness, 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and a super wide viewing angle.

Starting at £2,399 (R46,074) the 16-inch MacBook Pro is available today through apple.com and the Apple Store app. It will be in Apple Stores and Apple Authorised Resellers in the US later this week and coming soon to stores around the world.

Mac Pro starts at $5,999 (R89,740) and Pro Display XDR starts at $4,999 (R74,780) Both will be available to order in December through apple.com.