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- 16″ MacBook Pro (2021)I’m getting “heavy” 2009 Aluminum 17″ MacBook Pro vibes off of this. Is it the keyboard, with the return of the scissor switch? Is it the screen real estate, and return of physical buttons as opposed to a Touch Bar? It has rounded edges similar to a TiBook rather than… Read more »
- 13″ M1 MacBook Pro (2020)The M1 MacBook Pro and Air were the very first commercially available Apple notebooks with an Apple Silicon chip. For $1299, you get a front row seat on how mobile CPUs have progressed over the years to be powerful enough to run macOS. The new Apple Silicon MacBook Pro features… Read more »
- 14″ MacBook Pro (2024)Spooky.. powerful is what it is. At the time of writing this article, the M4 is among the fastest of CPUs in the Mac lineup, no questions asked. Let’s.. put this into perspective: A 2019 ‘Pro with the 28-core Xeon W-3275M cost $12,999 USD brand new from Apple. Then there’s… Read more »
- 16″ MacBook Pro (2024)Spooky.. powerful is what it is. At the time of writing this article, the M4 Pro/Max are the fastest CPUs in the Mac lineup, no questions asked. Let’s.. put this into perspective: A 2019 ‘Pro with the 28-core Xeon W-3275M cost $12,999 USD brand new from Apple. Then there’s the… Read more »
- Thunderbolt 3 External Graphics Cards (eGPU)Want a Mac Pro expansion slot without the tower? Starting in macOS 10.13.4 High Sierra, you can use an external graphics card with your Thunderbolt equipped Mac, also known as an eGPU. While it’s possible to: use a mini PCIe to PCIe adapter or an MXM to PCIe adapter for… Read more »
- 15″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (Mid 2017)Let’s take a step into the wayback machine.. back to 2017 – whatever happened to the TouchBar? In hindsight, it’s easy to tell from a future when this model has just been phased out – the implementation felt offbeat. This model also suffered from keyboard and LCD flex cable issues,… Read more »
- Mac mini (2024)You just might have to do a double-take if you see one of these in person. Coming in at a remarkable 5″ by 5″ by 2″ (12.7/12.7/5.0 cm), the third-generation Apple Silicon-based Mac mini resembles a footprint akin to an Apple TV 4K. This is a brand new design for… Read more »
- 27″ iMac Pro (Late 2017)You definitely have to ponder for a minute – what was Apple thinking when making this computer? There’s literally nothing else like it, developed and released at a time when people were unsure of whether or not the Mac Pro would receive an update. The 2013 Mac Pro 6,1 received… Read more »
- 24″ M4 iMac (2024)On Monday October 28th 2024, Apple announced the M4 iMac, the first with this most advanced chip. An M4 iPad Pro exists and was released to the general public on May 7th, 2024, being the only other device with an M4 chip at the time. The physical dimensions and design… Read more »
- 24″ M3 iMac (2023)Apple gave the iMac a fresh new look in April 2021, the first major iMac redesign in a long, long time. While the new Apple Silicon iMacs are a multicolored throwback to the PowerPC era, they still retain an aluminum body with a glass screen, with a starkly different appearance.… Read more »
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