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At the event held on November 10 (3 am on the 11th of Japan time), Apple will be equipped with Apple’s original design chip, Apple silicon “M1” for the first time, 13-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, Mac mini Announced 3 products.
In addition, macOS Big Sur, the next OS for Mac, will be available on November 12, local time (13th Japan time).
▼ Summary of price and release date of new Mac products
▼ First Apple Silicon “M1” announced
▼ M1 installed! 13-inch MacBook Air 104,800 yen ~
▼ M1 installed! 13-inch MacBook Pro 134,800 yen ~
▼ M1 installed! Mac mini 72,800 yen ~
▼ macOS Big Sur released on November 13th
Summary of price and release date of new Mac products
| Apple Store Price (excluding tax) |
Order start date | Release date (Shipping start date) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 inches MacBook Air |
From 104,800 yen | Nov. 11 | November 17th |
| 13 inches MacBook Pro |
From 134,800 yen | Nov. 11 | November 17th |
| Mac mini | From 72,800 yen | Nov. 11 | November 17th |
| macOS Big Sur | ― | ― | November 13 |
Announcement of the first Apple Silicon “M1”
At the event, the first Apple Silicon “M1” was announced. It is a 5 nanometer process chip equipped with 16 billion transistors, and consumes 1/10 of the power consumption of conventional chips, making it the fastest CPU in the world.
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Equipped with M1! 13-inch MacBook Air 104,800 yen ~
The 13-inch MacBook Air was first announced as a new Mac product equipped with the “M1”. Equipped with an M1 chip that has high power saving performance and processing performance with an 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU, and realized fanless by combining with macOS Big Sur that brings out the performance of M1. Battery life has also been significantly extended, enabling 15 hours of wireless web browsing and 18 hours of continuous video playback.
Prices start from JPY 104,800 excluding tax and JPY 93,800 excluding tax for students and faculty members, and we are accepting orders from today. Release is November 17th.
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Equipped with M1! 13-inch MacBook Pro 134,800 yen ~
The second new M1 Mac product is the 13-inch MacBook Pro. The MacBook Air, which was announced at the same time, became fanless, but the MacBook Pro achieves even higher processing performance by performing active cooling with a fan. In addition, the battery operating time is up to 20 hours, which is the longest in Mac history.
The price starts from 134,800 yen excluding tax and 123,800 yen excluding tax for students and faculty members, and we are accepting orders from today. Release is November 17th.
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Equipped with M1! Mac mini 72,800 yen ~
The third new Mac product with M1 is the new Mac mini. Equipped with an M1 chip consisting of an 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine, and 8GB of unified memory (with 16GB option), it is compact yet has excellent performance. The thermal design has also evolved to support up to two displays, including the full 6K resolution Apple Pro Display XDR.
The price starts from 72,800 yen excluding tax, and we are accepting orders from today. Release is November 17th.
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macOS Big Sur released November 13th
The release date of macOS Big Sur, the next OS for Mac, has been announced on November 12th (13th Japan time). macOS Big Sur is available on MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, etc. since 2013 model.
The OS was announced at WWDC in June 2020, and a release Candy Date (RC) version of 11.0.1 was released for developers prior to this event. Immediately after the event, the second 11.0.1 RC was released.
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