Apple announced the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 on the 27th local time. Pricing in Japan starts at ¥339,800, with pre-orders opening on the 29th and sales beginning on 6 November.
Apple announced a new 14-inch MacBook Pro model equipped with the M6 chip. Pricing in Japan starts at ¥339,800 before tax.
The M6 adds 2 cores each to the CPU and GPU, bringing both to 12 cores, and incorporates a Neural Accelerator into each core. Graphics performance is said to be up to 30% faster and AI processing up to 25% faster. Performance gains over MacBook Pro models equipped with the previous-generation M5 and M1 were highlighted.
Unified memory is 16GB as standard, with options up to 32GB, while memory bandwidth is up to 170GB/s. Battery life is up to 24 hours, said to be the longest of any Mac.
The display is a Liquid Retina XDR with peak HDR brightness of up to 1,600 nits, with a Nano-texture option available. Ports include HDMI, MagSafe 3, three Thunderbolt 4 ports and an SDXC slot. The finish is Space Black. The operating system is macOS 27, with the beta version of Siri AI supporting Japanese.
Pre-orders in Japan will begin on the 29th, with sales scheduled to start on 6 November.