Apple MacBook launch event 2020 live updates: Apple announces new 13-inch MacBook Pro

The new MacBook Pro features thunderbolt with USB 4 support

The new MacBook Pro can offer up to 17-hours of battery life

The new 13-inch MacBook Pro reportedly has 5x faster graphics

With M1, the 13-inch MacBook Pro with 8-core CPU can apparently deliver up to 2.8x faster performance. Apple claims it is 3x faster than the best-selling Windows laptop in its class.

Next up: The new 13-inch MacBook Pro

The new Mac Mini is priced starting $699

The ports on the new Mac Mini

The new Mac Mini is 1/10th the size of the comparable PC in its price range and 5x faster

The new Mac Mini can reportedly offer up to 3x faster CPU than previous quad-core Mini

The new M1-powered MacBook Air is priced starting $999

For students, the new laptop is priced starting $899.

The new MacBook Air features a new image signal processor that helps improve FaceTime camera

Apple says the new MacBook Air can offer 15-hours of battery life

The new MacBook Air offers 3.5x faster CPU compared to the previous generation Air laptops

Apple also says that the new MacBook Air offer 5x faster graphics. 

Apple MacBook Air is reportedly also faster than “98 percent of laptops sold last year”, and its apparently 3x faster than the best-selling Windows laptop in its class.

Apple announces new MacBook Air with M1 chipset

Also, did you miss that new MacBook Air?

Craig Federighi just showed off a MacBook Air demo’ing Big Sur. So I guess that’s new. MacBook Air with M1. Instant resume like iOS devices.

— Tushar Burman (@tburman) November 10, 2020

The new Apple Silicon Macs can run iOS apps directly on Mac

Apple has also optimised all its apps for M1

Apple claims that MacOS Big Sur will seem much more snappier with M1 SoC

Apple says Safari really shines on Apple Silicon. 1.5x speedier at running JavaScript and 1.9x more responsive. 

Apple says that the new MacOS Big Sur has been “deeply integrated” with the new M1 chipset, making launching apps almost “instantaneous” 

Apple says each high-efficiency core of the M1 chipset delivers similar speed to current dual-core MacBook Air but more efficiency

Apple claims M1 features the world’s fastest CPU core

As per Apple, the M1 CPU delivers the best CPU performance per watt: 2x CPU performance of PC chip at 10 watts. 

Apple M1 chipset uses 16 billion transistors

It has an 8-core CPU. Four high-performance and four high-efficiency

Apple’s new M1 is the first System on Chip (SoC) for Mac

Apple announces the new M1 chipset that will power its new Macbooks

Apple’s VP, Hardware Engineering talks about the ‘next generation of Mac’

In the classic Apple Event fashion, we are now seeing an aerial view of the Apple Park, and the event is live!

Apple is expected to announce three new laptops tonight

Apple is likely to launch a 13-inch MacBook Air, a 13-inch MacBook Pro, and a 16-inch MacBook Pro at today’s event.

Apple had first announced about the new ARM-based MacBook at WWDC 2020.

Apple is reportedly planning to manufacture 2.5 million MacBook laptops powered by in-house chipsets by 2021.

The first Mac chipset by Apple will reportedly be based on the A14 chip that comes in the latest iPhone 12 lineup and the new iPad Air.

Apple will announce its first MacBook with ARM-based silicon chipset

The event will kick off at 11.30 pm IST.

Stay tuned to the liveblog for all the updates from the launch event.