1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (247+ words) A note on the numbers below: retail M6 units aren’t widely available yet, so these are early engineering-sample results pulled from third-party CPU benchmark databases (Geekbench Browser, cpu-monkey, etc). We’ll update this post once updated numbers are available. Before the benchmark…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (197+ words) Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 Max chip now starts at $3,899 for the configuration you’re looking at: 18-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 36GB unified memory, and 2TB storage in market Black. That’s a $500 cut from the M4 generation, and it matters because this particular…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (347+ words) Apple informed developers that Mac App Store applications targeting macOS 13 or later can now abandon Intel support entirely, shifting directly to Apple silicon-only builds. The change allows developers to simplify codebases, reduce download sizes, and optimize performance without maintaining backward…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (267+ words) Apple Edited Mac Studio Press Release to Update SSD Architecture – It’s PCIe 5.0, Not 6.0 iThinkDifferent Apple removed a PCIe 6.0 claim from its Mac Studio press release shortly after publishing it, confirming the machine instead uses PCIe 5.0 architecture, the same standard found…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (318+ words) Apple announced new Mac mini and Mac Studio models on August 25, 2026, as Mac sales surged 29% year-over-year in the June quarter to $10.4 billion, outpacing iPhone growth of 22% and marking the fastest expansion of any product segment at the company. Apple’s senior…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (273+ words) Super cores prioritize maximum single-threaded performance and represent Apple’s most powerful core type. They exist because many real workloads cannot be split across multiple cores effectively so they depend on one core running as fast as possible. The M6 includes four…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (342+ words) Here’s how the two chips stack up feature by feature: Apple announced the M6 chip, alongside the M5 Ultra, yesterday. The M6 is arriving as a standalone chip this time, with no M6 Pro or M6 Max variant. Apple is holding those higher-end options back…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (706+ words) The M5 Ultra Mac Studio starts at $5,499 with 1TB of storage, $200 more than the equivalent M3 Ultra model launched in March 2025. That’s a modest increase given the architectural changes underneath, but the real price jump shows up at the top end. The 512GB configuration…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (327+ words) Apple’s AppleCare+ for the M6 Mac mini costs $44.99 per year or $4.49 per month, reflecting a $5 annual price increase that took effect in July 2026 for all new subscriptions. The price bump applies to Mac and iPad protection plans across the board, while…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (233+ words) According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Samsung Display began mass production of the OLED panels in June 2026, making the October window credible rather than speculative. The panel itself is an 8.4-inch LTPS hybrid OLED measured at a fixed 60Hz refresh rate, the…...